Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Odjel Louis policije. 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. Po 1904 ili 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,
Siječnja 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. U tom filmu, Louis Hayward plays The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmund Dantes, Jr. The Count inherits his father’s money and the
U ponedjeljak, Svibanj 30, 1892, veliki Peter Jackson boksao se u rukavicama s bivšim štićenikom Frankom Slavinom. Obojica su živjela i borila se u Australiji, iako je interes obožavatelja naveo Jacksona na turneju po svijetu kako bi iskoristio financijske prilike u Sjedinjenim Državama i Engleskoj. Kao u Australiji, Jackson je često pronalazio bijele boksače koji nisu voljni boriti se s njim. Nekoliko
St. Louis, na početku 20. stoljeća, imao istaknutu profesionalnu boksačku scenu. Abe Attell, iako rođen u San Franciscu, sa sjedištem u St. Louis. U veljači 1, 1904, Attell je branio titulu Svjetskog boksačkog prvaka u pero kategoriji protiv čestog rivala Harryja Forbesa. Forbes je također bio redoviti gost na St. Louis boksačka scena. Forbes je pobijedio Dannyja Doughertyja za
Jim Londos popeo se u profesionalnom hrvanju da bi postao najveća zvijezda blagajni ne samo 1930-ih nego i svih vremena. Međutim, da Londos nije došao u St. Louisu ranih 1920-ih, priča je mogla biti sasvim drugačija. Londos je naučio hrvanje uhvati-kao-uhvati, dok je Londos nastupao kao jak čovjek u karnevalskom krugu tijekom
Sam Langford se smatra jednim od najvećih funta za funta boraca svih vremena. Rođen u ožujku 4, 1883 u Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, smatra se najvećim kanadskim boksačem svih vremena. Njegova borilačka karijera protezala se od 1900 to 1926. Langford je samo stajao 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. On
The Gorilla (1939) is a comedy-mystery “B” film starring the Ritz Brothers, Joseph Calleia, Bela Lugosi and Lionell Atwill. The film was produced by Twentieth-Century Fox before they quit making “B” filmovi, the first film on a double bill. The Ritz Brothers were active between 1925 and the 1960s, when Al Ritz the oldest brother passed away. The brothers made
Prvog listopada 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) Prvenstvo, ali je ostao izvan svjetla pozornosti do
Studeni 7, 1908, Charles Olson upoznao “Americus” Gus Schonlein za Svjetsko prvenstvo u hrvanju u poluteškoj kategoriji. Utakmica se pokazala uzbudljivom koliko su promatrači i očekivali da će biti, ali završila je kontroverzama. Olson je bio 6’01” ali vagao samo 170 funti. Rođen kao Max Flaskamp u Krefeldu, Sjeverna Rajna-Vestfalija u 1879, uzeo je ime Charles ili Charley Olson