Hanesydd Chwaraeon Brwydro ac Artist Ymladd
Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Adran Heddlu Louis. He would need all that toughness on the morning of January 6, 1911, when a burglar entered the boarding house, where O’Keefe lived and tried to steal several items including O’Keefe’s pants. O’Keefe had just woken up and was getting ready
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “worked” matches thrown in the mix. Erbyn 1904 neu 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,
Ar Ionawr 10, 1940, Rowland V. Lee released his low-budget feature film The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) through United Artists. Rowland V. Lee started directing films in 1920 and would make 59 films before retiring in 1945. Yn y ffilm hon, Louis Hayward plays The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmund Dantes, Jr. The Count inherits his father’s money and the
Ar ddydd Llun, Mai 30, 1892, bu'r gwych Peter Jackson yn bocsio pwl menig gyda'r cyn brotégé Frank Slavin. Roedd y ddau ddyn yn byw ac yn ymladd yn Awstralia, er bod diddordeb y ffans wedi arwain Jackson i fynd ar daith o amgylch y byd i fanteisio ar y cyfleoedd ariannol yn yr Unol Daleithiau a Lloegr. Fel yn Awstralia, Roedd Jackson yn aml yn gweld paffwyr gwyn yn anfodlon ymladd ag ef. Ychydig
St. Louis, ar ddechrau'r 20fed Ganrif, Roedd golygfa bocsio proffesiynol blaenllaw. Abe Attell, er ei eni yn San Francisco, yn seiliedig yn St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, amddiffynnodd Attell ei Pencampwriaeth Bocsio Pwysau Plu y Byd yn erbyn wrthwynebydd aml Harry Forbes. Forbes hefyd yn rheolaidd ar y St. Golygfa bocsio Louis. Gorchfygodd Forbes Danny Dougherty am y
Jim Londos rose through the ranks of professional wrestling to become the biggest box office star of not only the 1930s but of all-time. Fodd bynnag,, if Londos had not come to St. Louis in the early 1920s, the story could have been quite different. Londos learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling while Londos performed as a strong man in the carnival circuit during
Sam Langford yn cael ei ystyried yn un o'r mwyaf i bunt diffoddwyr punt o bob amser. Ganwyd ar Mawrth 4, 1883 mewn Falls Weymouth, Nova Scotia, mae'n cael ei ystyried yn y paffiwr Canada gorau erioed. ymestyn ei yrfa ymladd oddi 1900 i 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Roedd
Y Gorilla (1939) yn gomedi-ddirgelwch “B” ffilm serennu y Brodyr Ritz, Joseph Calleia, Bela Lugosi a Lionell Atwill. Cafodd y ffilm ei gynhyrchu gan yr Ugeinfed Ganrif Fox cyn iddynt roi'r gorau i wneud “B” films, the first film on a double bill. Y Brodyr Ritz oedd yn weithredol rhwng 1925 a'r 1960au, when Al Ritz the oldest brother passed away. The brothers made
Ar Hydref 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Pencampwriaeth ond arhosodd allan o'r chwyddwydr tan
Ar Dachwedd 7, 1908, Cyfarfu Charles Olson “Americus” Gus Schonlein ar gyfer Pencampwriaeth y Byd Reslo Light Pwysau Trwm. Profodd y gêm i fod mor gyffrous fel arsyllwyr amau y byddai'n ond mae'n dod i ben yn dadlau. Safai Olson yn 6’01” ond pwyso dim ond 170 bunnoedd. Ganwyd Max Flaskamp yn Krefeld, Gogledd Rhine-Westphalia yn 1879, cymerodd yr enw Charles neu Charley Olson