Alias the Champ (1949)

מדהים-ג'ורג 'ואישה

Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star

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Legend of Yusuf Ismail

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Yusuf Ismail only wrestled in the United States for six months in the first half of 1898. In his first significant match, he was disqualified for a vicious foul. In his only other significant match, he gave Evan “<תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "976" = bbox_w "1948" = bbox_h "52" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = "” Lewis the beating of his life. Yet his short tour of the United States made him a legend. Ismail entered the

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Gotch פוגש התאמה בZbyszko

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ביום חמישי בלילה, נובמבר 25, 1909, אלוף העולם בהיאבקות פרנק Gotch פגש היאבקות פולנית אלוף סטניסלב Zbyszko להתאמה לנכים באפלו, ניו יורק. Gotch הסכים לוותר על התקף אם הוא לא יכול לזרוק Zbyszko פעמיים בשעה. הגודל של Zbyszko והכוח יצרו בעיות לGotch, ששקל 190 לירות לZbyszko של 260 קילו. אולם, Zbyszko

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Masked Marvel Throws Berner

Åberg סמיות-פלא-ציור

Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “אלכס” Åberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in

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Stecher Beats Westergaard in Lincoln

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In a blog post last month, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Originally scheduled for Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha Chief of Police and Police Commissioner were concerned about the match being prearranged or a “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they

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Mail Order JuJitsu in 1921

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An ad was printed in the January 16, 1921 מהדורה של סנט. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising a mail order course on Jujitsu from Capt. Allan Smith. Capt. Smith was originally born in Scotland but was fascinated with demonstrations of Japanese Jujitsu (actually Judo) he saw in England. Smith traveled to Japan with a company and learned Judo reaching 1st degree

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פרנק Gotch משלם את חובו

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פרנק Gotch, the farm boy from Humboldt, איווה, would defeat George Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1908. This victory and his subsequent defeat of “Hack” in the 1911 rematch cemented Gotch’s place as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Gotch was a very talented wrestler but he was not the undefeated wunderkind of legend. Gotch

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ג'ייק Kilrain תיבות תיקו

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בעוד מפורסם נלחם ג'ון L. סאליבן בעולם שעבר באליפות אגרוף במחלוקת תחת כללי אגרופים חשופים, ג'ייק Kilrain גם השתתף רבים התקפים בכפפות. התגוששות הייתה מעבר מכללי אגרופים חשופים כדי בכפפות התקפים תחת חוקי מרקיז מקווינסברי (חובבים מוקדם איגרוף מקצועי) במאה ה -19. כמו סאליבן, Kilrain שיילחם גדול

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Zbyszko Defeats Westergard

סטניסלב-Zbyszko-1909

On January 10, 1912, Stanislaus Zbyszko continued his campaign for another title shot with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To press his claim, he secured a match with Gotch training partner and protegé, Jake Westergard. Westergard claimed a questionable win over his mentor Gotch, who probably dropped the match to Westergard in a prearranged match. זביסקו היה מיומן

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Police Chief Prevents Wrestling Match

Stecher-הנאבק-Zbyszko

Omaha Chief of Police H.W. Dunn created headlines on March 28, 1915, when he issued an order banning the advertised professional wrestling match between Joe Stecher and Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 match was scheduled for the Omaha Auditorium. The chief actually issued the order at the behest of Superintendent of Police A.C. Kugel. Kugel issued a statement to

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