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Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Louis Departamento de Polícia. 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. Por 1904 ou 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,
Em janeiro de 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. Neste filme, Louis Hayward plays The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmund Dantes, Jr. The Count inherits his father’s money and the
Na segunda-feira, Maio 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, no início do século XX, teve uma cena proeminente no boxe profissional. Abe Attel, embora nascido em São Francisco, estava sediado em São. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell defendeu seu Campeonato Mundial de Boxe Peso Pena contra o rival frequente Harry Forbes. Forbes também era presença regular no St.. Cena de boxe de Louis. Forbes derrotou Danny Dougherty pelo
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. However, 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 é considerado um dos maiores lutadores pound for pound de todos os tempos. Nascido em março 4, 1883 em Weymouth quedas, Nova Scotia, ele é considerado o maior boxeador canadense de todos os tempos. Sua carreira de lutador se estendeu de 1900 a 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Ele
O Gorilla (1939) é uma comédia-mistério “B” filme estrelado os Ritz Irmãos, Joseph Calleia, Bela Lugosi e Lionell Atwill. O filme foi produzido pela Twentieth-Century Fox antes de sair fazendo “B” filmes, the first film on a double bill. The Ritz irmãos estavam ativos entre 1925 e os 1960, when Al Ritz the oldest brother passed away. The brothers made
Em outubro 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) Campeonato, mas permaneceu fora dos holofotes até
Em novembro 7, 1908, Charles Olson conheceu “Americus” Gus Schonlein pelo Campeonato Mundial de Luta Livre Meio Pesado. A partida provou ser tão emocionante quanto os observadores suspeitavam, mas terminou em polêmica. Olson ficou 6’01” mas pesou apenas 170 libras. Nascido Max Flaskamp em Krefeld, Renânia do Norte-Vestfália em 1879, ele adotou o nome de Charles ou Charley Olson