ESPN: How pro wrestling shaped the life of Virginia Tech's Justin Fuente

So while this is somewhat OT, the ACC Blog just put out a very interesting article about CJF's great-grandfather coming over to the U.S. from Spain as a wrestler. It's at least worth a read during the Spring. The full article can be found at the link below...

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When new Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente was young, he would hear bits and pieces about his great-grandfather when his dad and uncle got together. Even then, the details were a little fuzzy.

He remembers being told great-grandpa Jack was a wrestler during the Great Depression. But nobody called him Jack. He was "The Spanish Red Devil." Sometimes "Spanish Jack."

Justin's Uncle Mark and Aunt Barbara set out to do a genealogy search several years ago, mostly out of curiosity. Barbara found that Jack was born Joaquin de la Fuente in 1897 in Oviedo, Spain. Around age 18, he ran away from home for unknown reasons. He stopped in Cuba first and lived with an uncle before coming into the United States.

He started in the Northeast as a boxer, and that eventually led to his brief wrestling career during the Great Depression. One photo shows Jack lifting buckets filled with concrete, which he used as weights. Others show him in a classic wrestling pose, sans shirt.