Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Louis Police Department. 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. Von 1904 oder 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,
Am January 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. In diesem Film, Louis Hayward plays The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmund Dantes, Jr. The Count inherits his father’s money and the
Am Montag, Mai 30, 1892, the great Peter Jackson boxed a gloved bout with former protégé Frank Slavin. Both men lived and fought in Australia, although fan interest led Jackson to tour the world to take advantage of the financial opportunities in the United States and England. As in Australia, Jackson often found white boxers unwilling to fight him. Few
St. Louis, am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts, hatte eine herausragende professionelle Box-Szene. Abe Attell, obwohl in San Francisco geboren, in St beruhte. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell verteidigt seinen World Boxing Championship gegen Featherweight häufige Rivalen Harry Forbes. Forbes war auch regelmäßig auf der St. Louis Box-Szene. Forbes besiegte Danny Dougherty für die
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. Jedoch, 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 gilt als einer der größten Pfund für Pfund Kämpfer aller Zeiten. Geboren am Donnerstag, März 4, 1883 in Weymouth Fälle, Neuschottland, Er ist der größte kanadische Boxer aller Zeiten. Seine Karriere als Kämpfer erstreckte sich von 1900 to 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Er
Der Gorilla (1939) ist eine Komödie-Geheimnis “B” Film mit der Ritz-Brüder, Joseph Calleia, Bela Lugosi und Lionell Atwill. Der Film wurde von Twentieth-Century Fox produziert, bevor sie Herstellung beenden “B” Filme, the first film on a double bill. Die Ritz Brüder waren zwischen aktiven 1925 und die 1960er Jahre, wenn Al Ritz der älteste Bruder starb. Die Brüder gemacht
Am Oktober 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) Championship but remained out of the spotlight until
On November 7, 1908, Charles Olson traf “Americus” Gus Schönlein für die Welt-Schwergewichts-Wrestling Championship. Das Spiel erwies sich als spannend werden, als Beobachter vermuteten, es wäre aber es endete in Streit. Olson stand 6’01” aber wog nur 170 Pfund. Geboren Max Flaskamp in Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen in 1879, er nahm den Namen Charles oder Charley Olson