Lawson Coltrane Ms. Todd Junior Paper 20 May 2024 Why did the murder of Dave Shultzs changed wrestling minds around the world? There are a lot of things that happen in the world for no reason. But I believe that everything happens for a reason, even if the event that happened is a good event or a bad event. I'm sorry, but right now I am talking about a bad event that could have happened for the better. I am talking about the murder of David Shultz. Before all this happened. So there is a guy and his name is John Du Pont. He is the center of all of this. He is what you could call a very well off guy because of the fortune that his family left him. They are known as one of the richest families in the United States since the mid-19th century. How they got their fortune is when the family became big in the gunpowder business. …show more content…
He supported many sports like Swimming and Track along with wrestling. That started this whole situation. Now there was a wrestling duo that Du Pont saw interest in being on his team. The names of the brothers were Dave Shultzs and Mark Shultzs. So once he saw something he wanted, he naturally wanted to take it and get what he wanted. He got to talk to them, became friends with them and got their trust to get them to come and train with him at his facility. This facility is known as Team Foxcatcher. Named after Du Ponts fathers horse stable. Lead up to the murder. So the lead up to the murder was very odd. The man John Du Pont was never a normal person, saying that growing up he never got to see the man in his life called his father. John said that he would have to set up an appointment to see his dad, as he was one of his many workers. So him growing up in a rich home was probably the worst thing for him as he never got the regular childhood like many kids like all of us. People around him everyday mostly said that he would use the sports to get to socialize with people, but the thing is that he did not