Wyandot Sports Hall of Fame

A 1982 Riverdale High School graduate, John Wolfe was a football standout who broke the school’s single season rushing record and was an All-Ohioan on defense.

As a fullback in 1981, Wolfe ran the ball 220 times for 1,281 yards, averaging 5.8 yards per carry, and scored 14 touchdowns. He led the North Central Conference in rushing and added eight receptions for 143 yards. Wolfe was named to the All-NCC first team on offense for the 8-2 Falcons, who finished second in the conference.

But defense is where he really excelled as a linebacker. He topped the NCC in tackles with 192, including 121 first hits, 88 solo tackles, 71 assists and 19 sacks, with two interceptions. He earned All-NCC first-team honors and All-Ohio special mention as a linebacker. He had received All-Ohio honorable mention as a junior.

Wolfe was an excellent student-athlete and leader on and off the field at Riverdale. He is remembered as a modest, well-mannered, tough, hard-nosed and talented player who performed with passion and loved the game of football.

He was recruited to play football at Findlay College but felt an obligation to remain at home to assist his father in the operation of the family farm business. He remains a successful farmer and businessman as the third-generation owner of Wolfe’s Produce in Findlay.

Wolfe has been married for more than 30 years to his wife, Marty, and they have a son, Evan, who is a civil engineer in Columbus and married to a wife, Lindsey, who is a teacher.