Robert J. Steckle

Robert J. Steckle was a farm boy and a native of the Kitchener area where his parents farmed for many years.

Steckle started wrestling while he was going to school, although most of his later wrestling was done at the YMCA where he won many championships.

He was an outstanding champion in Freestyle and Greco-Roman in the light heavyweight class. Steckle won the Canadian Freestyle championship nine times between the years of 1951 and 1963. He also won the Canadian championship in Greco-Roman three times, and the United States National championship in 1955 and 1957.

Adding to these accomplishments, Steckle represented Canada in three Olympic Games: 1952, 1956 and 1960; two British Empire Games in 1954 and 1958; the Pan American Games in 1963 where he won a silver medal; and the World Championships in 1962.