WHS Athletic HoF- Curran '96

Joe Curran was a three-sport athlete competing in football, wrestling, and lacrosse for Weymouth High School. Curran was a 2-year Varsity nose tackle for the WHS football team and when football season was over, Curran brought his grit and determination from the football field onto the wrestling mat where he earned a reputation that was known throughout the State. Curran was the first New England Champion in the sport of wrestling for WHS and is one of only three athletes to have ever achieved that title.

Curran was a 2-time South Sectional Wrestling Champion, a Div. 1 State Champion, and a Massachusetts All-State Champion. In his senior year, Curran had an almost perfect record of 50-1 and avenged his only loss of that season by defeating college All-American, Pete Doucet of NH in the New England finals. Curran was named the Boston Globe’s All-Scholastic Wrestler of the Year in 1996 and was a 3-time Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic, a 2-time Boston Herald All-Scholastic, and a 2-time Boston Globe All-Scholastic. Curran was a 3-time champion at the North Attleboro wrestling tournament, a 2-time champion at the Whitman Hanson Invitational and Marshfield Holiday Classic tournaments, and was a 2-time gold medalist at the Massachusetts Summer Bay State Games. Curran was named the WHS Male MVP in 1996 and after graduating from WHS, Curran went on to wrestle at Blair Academy in New Jersey which is the #1 ranked prep school in wrestling in the country. After completing one year of post-graduate studies at Blair Academy, Curran went on to wrestle for Springfield College and Roger Williams University where he was ranked as high as 14th in the country, #1 in New England and eventually went on to achieve All-New England honors. Curran was a team captain for both the wrestling and lacrosse teams at WHS. On the lacrosse field, Curran was a dominant “face-off” specialist racking up one of the highest face-off win records in team history.

After completing his undergraduate studies, Curran went on to graduate from law school and now has a successful law firm in Weymouth. Curran now lives in Hanover with his wife, Franca, and his two children, Ava and Luke.