 A major presence in this organization will be Charlie Wysocki. Charlie is a local celebrity athlete from the area who will share his incredible story with our fans.  Mr. Wysocki was an All-State football player and wrestler at Wilkes-Barre Myers. Charlie is the second all-time leading rusher at the University of Maryland and attended the Dallas Cowboys camp before being struck with a career ending illness. Charlie has been featured in many stories locally and nationally and a book on his story is in the works. Charlie wants to help others through the Charlie Wysocki foundation and more information can be found at www.charliewysocki.com. Charlie enters his fourth season as Quality Control Coach with Coach LaMagna and resides in Carbondale, PA.
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Times-Leader series on Charlie Wysocki
On August 22-24, 2004, the Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader newspaper presented a three-part series on NAMI PA Scranton member Charlie Wysocki. Times-Leader writer, Joe Petrucci wrote an in-depth series of articles on Charlie’s life beginning with his high school sports career; his being adopted by the Wysocki family; his outstanding football career at the University of Maryland and his experiences dealing with a very severe case of bipolar disorder.
Click here to see each of the three articles in their entirety.
