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David F. Matuszak is an author, teacher, and Westerner. He is best known for authoring The Cowboy's Trail Guide to Westerns and Nelson Point: Portrait of a Northern Gold Rush Town. Other works include writings in the areas of kinesiology, elementary education, philosophy of sports ethics, and performance-enhancing drugs. Matuszak is also known as an avid outdoorsman, environmentalist, and political activist. He is the founder of the Californio Ranch Roping Club and the president of the Friends of Live Oak Canyon. ==Early years== Matuszak is the youngest of three sons born to retired school teachers, Frank and Vera Matuszak. His childhood was influenced by Western culture. In The Cowboy’s Trail Guide to Westerns, he remembers his early years during the golden years of the Hollywood Western. Many afternoons were spent playing Cowboys and Indians. “I was 6 years old...and riding with the ‘Ardendale Kids.’ We were a tough bunch. Riding Schwinn ponies with our Mattel ‘Fanner Fifties’ strapped to our side, we roamed the length of Ardendale Avenue in the suburbs of Los Angeles every afternoon from three to five.” 〔Matuszak, David F. Centennial Edition: The Cowboy’s Trail Guide to Westerns, 2003, p. vii. ISBN 0-9633582-5-1〕 Matuszak attended Holy Angels parochial school located directly across from Santa Anita thoroughbred racetrack. The racetrack culture further fostered his love of horses and the West. In the summer of 1960 at the age of six, he began nearly two decades of annual retreats to the backwoods of the Oregon Cascades. There the family operated Moose Creek Boys' Ranch. At “the ranch” he learned to shoot, horseback ride, fish, pan for gold, log, and other frontier skills that would shape his adulthood.〔 At the ranch he became an NRA competition range master at the age of fourteen. During his eighth grade confirmation at Holy Angles church, Matuszak, born without a middle name, chose Francis as his confirmation name because of his admiration for Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, nature, and the environment. Thereafter, he used the name David F. Matuszak. The son of a high school coach, Matuszak was exposed to a wide variety of sports at an early age. He excelled in baseball and wrestling. At the age of eighteen he became a southern California (CIF) high school wrestling official. Matuszak earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Kinesiology from California State University, Long Beach. Later he earned his doctorate degree in both Western history and exercise science. In 1977, Matuszak left Long Beach to accept a head wrestling coach and teaching position at Yucaipa High School. In 2010 he began his 34th year on the staff. Matuszak’s teaching position allowed ample vacation time to pursue frontier adventures. During the 1980s, Matuszak performed with The California Bounty Hunters. The Bounty Hunters were widely recognized throughout the 1960s 70s, and 80s as one of the most authentic Wild West re-enactor shows in the country.〔Matuszak, David F. Centennial Edition: The Cowboy’s Trail Guide to Westerns, 2003, p. 45. ISBN 0-9633582-5-1〕 In the mid-1980s, Matuszak completed training at both the San Bernardino and Riverside County Sheriff’s Academies in preparation for his service as a peace officer with the Redlands Mounted Police.〔Matuszak, David F. The Cowboy’s Trail Guide to Westerns, 1998, p. rear dust flap.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Matuszak」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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