Staraí Spóirt agus Ealaíontóir Comhraic
Ar Dé hAoine, Meitheamh 29, 1883, ceithre wrestlers déag d'íoc $50 chun cur isteach ar chomórtas dhá lá ar feadh a $500 crios craobhchomórtais agus $500 duais. Risteard K. Fox, úinéir agus foilsitheoir an Police Gazette, cuir suas an duais airgid agus crios. Thacaigh Fox go mór le cur chun cinn na dornálaíochta gairmiúla agus na cogaíochta gairmiúla araon. Cé go ndearna ceithre fhear déag iarracht dul isteach sa chomórtas, Fox
Ar Lúnasa 4, 1939, Fuair Mort Henderson bás i Rochester, Nua Eabhrac ag 60 bliana d'aois. Is dócha nár chuimhnigh lucht leanúna wrestling ar an ainm Mort Henderson ach mar a ego eile, an Marvel Masked bunaidh, shábháil sé an leagan titim den 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Chuir Sam Rachmann an comórtas chun cinn le sprioc
When Wladek Zbyszko travelled from the United States to Brazil for a lucrative tour on Brazil’s well-developed professional wrestling circuit, Zbyszko little suspected that he would wrestle his first contest in almost twenty years. Like their American counterparts, Brazilian professional wrestlers worked with each other to put on exciting exhibitions for the fans. The Brazilian professional wrestlers occasionally wrestled a
Ar Dé Sathairn, Aibreán 9, 2022, the Franklin County Missouri Historical Society invited me to give a PowerPoint presentation on the Union Missouri Bank Robbery of 1902. The book covers the robbery, the investigation, two nationwide hunts for the fugitive and a daring break from the St. Louis City Jail. Two daring robbers, not yet 23 bliana d'aois, pulled off
Ar Deireadh Fómhair 26, 1897, Martin “Farmer” Burns defended his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against Scottish catch wrestler Dan McLeod. Burns and McLeod were two of the top three or four catch-as-catch-can wrestlers in the United States at the time. 1,200 fans attended the match held at the Grand Opera House in Indianapolis, Indiana. Promoters often put a mat or heavy
George Tragos gained fame as the trainer of Lou Thesz, the dominant National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion of the 1950s and early 1960s. Tragos, a 1920 Olympian for his native Greece, possessed an impeccable resume in legitimate wrestling. Born March 14, 1901, in Messinia, Greece, Tragos won national wrestling titles before representing Greece at the 1920 Olympics at only
At the end of 1932, 22-year-old Vila Milli sued her husband, professional wrestler Wladek Zbyszko, for divorce alleging physical cruelty and adultery. Milli charged the 41-year-old Zbyszko with physical cruelty for “hugging her too hard.” Justice Dunne of the Brooklyn Supreme Court heard the divorce case. He expressed doubt that Zbyszko abused his wife. Mar sin féin, he did not dismiss the
Ro immigcadh do na Stit Aontaithe, Shocraigh Taro Miyake i Sasana ar dtús. Chabhraigh Miyake le Yukio Tani Judo agus Jujitsu a bhunú i Sasana. Miyake and Tani challenged professional wrestlers to matches as part of their effort to establish their martial arts. Ghlac Tani páirt i gcluichí dúshláin roimh theacht Miyake. Chuaigh Miyake i ngleic lena chéad chéile comhraic, Tani féin,
Agus é ag déanamh taighde ar stair Chraobhchomórtais Wrestling Trom Mheiriceá (1881 – 1922), D’aimsigh mé cluichí luatha Evan “Strangler” Lewis i Montana. Sula ndearna tú taighde ar an ábhar seo, Shíl mé gur thosaigh Lewis a ghairm bheatha trí chomórtas wrestling 64-fear a bhuachan i Montana le linn 1882. Mar sin féin, Níor bhuaigh Lewis an comórtas. In May 1882, Throid Lewis i gcomórtas wrestling Coirnise
Frank Gotch a bhí i gceannas ar wrestling Mheiriceá ó 1905 go dtí a scor i 1913. Gotch, an Curadh Trom-mheáchain Mheiriceánach atá ann faoi láthair, bhuaigh sé an cluiche is mó dá shaol i mí Aibreáin 3, 1908. Bhuaigh Gotch an Seaimpín Domhanda Trom-mheáchain reatha Georg Hackenschmidt i Chicago, Illinois. Bhí Gotch mar churadh domhanda ceannasach agus a bhí sé mar churaidh Mheiriceá. D'aontaigh Gotch