PHOTOS: Legendary Gwinnett wrestling coach Cliff Ramos dies after cancer battle
Hall of Fame wrestling coach Cliff Ramos, left, held a special ‘one more practice’ event in June 2019 at Collins Hill High School.
The exterior of the Cliff Ramos Wrestling Facility at Collins Hill.
Wrestlers from each part of Cliff Ramos’ Hall of Fame coaching career came to Collins Hill in June 2019 for one more practice.
Hall of Fame wrestling coach Cliff Ramos, right, talks to a former wrestler during a special 'one more practice' event Saturday at the Suwanee school.
Cliff Ramos has survived pancreatic cancer for more than one year since being diagnosed. The former Collins Hill and Meadowcreek wrestling coach hosted a practice with former wrestlers and coaches Saturday at the Collins Hill fieldhouse.
Cliff Ramos, a former wrestling coach at Collins Hill, celebrates on an exam table at M.D. Anderson in Houston after a surgeon told him he could move forward with surgery. Ramos hosted a practice with former wrestlers and coaches at Collins Hill High School on Saturday. He also wrote a memoir of his experience, titled “One More Practice.”
First United Methodist Church of Lawrenceville business administrator Jeff Poynter, right, poses with his friend, longtime Collins Hill High School wrestling coach Cliff Ramos, in this undated photograph. Poynter is running a marathon in Savannah this weekend and has so far raised more than $40,000 for pancreatic cancer research in honor of Ramos and coworker Donna Bennett, both of whom have the cancer. (Special Photo)
First United Methodist Church of Lawrenceville business administrator Jeff Poynter, right, poses with his friend, longtime Collins Hill High School wrestling coach Cliff Ramos, in this undated photograph. Poynter is running a marathon in Savannah this weekend and has so far raised more than $40,000 for pancreatic cancer research in honor of Ramos and coworker Donna Bennett, both of whom have the cancer. (Special Photo)
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Kyle Maynard the 2017 Gwinnett Sports Hall of Fame Inductee pose for a photo with coach Cliff Ramos at The Infinite Energy Center in Duluth on Friday evening, May 19th, 2017. (Special Photo: Enka Lawson)
Cliff Ramos, right, has written a book about his summer travels with his friend Steve West, left, called “Backroads, No Plan, Good Deeds, and Pee Wee.” (Special Photo)
Steve West and Cliff Ramos visited the Cadillac Ranch near Amarillo, Texas during their most recent “Travels with Pee Wee” road trip. (Special Photo)
Cliff Ramos poses outside the Luckenbach, Texas post office during his recent road trip. (Special photo)
Cliff Ramos poses at the Cadillac Ranch near Amarillo, Texas. (Special Photo)
Steve West and Cliff Ramos visited the Norman Petty Recording Studio in Clovis, N.M., during their recent road trip. (Special Photo)
Cliff Ramos and Steve West pose in front of the sign to Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico. (Special Photo)
Cliff Ramos and Steve West move a piano at the Norman Petty Recording Studio in Clovis, N.M. (Special photo)
Retired Collins Hill, Meadowcreek, and Greater Atlanta Christian wrestling coach Cliff Ramos speaks at his induction to the Gwinnett Sports Hall of Fame at the Infinite Energy Center Friday night. (Special Photo: Brian Hadden)
The 2016 Gwinnett Sports Hall of Fame inductees pose of a photo together at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth on Friday night. (front row) Jocelyn Penn, Juan Daniels. (back row) Cliff Ramos, Britany Rogers Mayweather and Mike Emery. (Special Photo: Brian Hadden)
Retired Collins Hill, Meadowcreek and Greater Atlanta Christian School wrestling coach Cliff Ramos poses for a photo with his family during the reception of the 2016 Gwinnett Sports Hall of Fame at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth.
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To the end, Cliff Ramos fought hard against his pancreatic cancer.
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