Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
Fred Beell loitou profesionalmente desde 1900 para 1919. Despois de desenvolver unha reputación lendaria debido a algunhas das súas vitorias sobre Martín “Agricultores” Queimaduras, Dan McLeod e Frank Gotch, Beell retirouse cando se achegaba 43 anos de idade. A súa carreira post-loita levaría á súa morte inesperada en 57. Fred Beell superou as grandes probabilidades para converterse nun loitador profesional competente
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
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, o loitador campión do mundo e levantador de peso en 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch detiña o título por cinco anos e gañou todos os recunchos. Na idade relativamente novo de 35, Gotch decidiu aposentar. Para a súa última partida, ía asumir outro loitador europeo famoso e levantador de peso, George Lurich. George Lurich
En torno a 10 son o xoves, Abril 10, 1919, cinco homes fortemente armados irromperon no banco de Baden. Os bandidos enfrontáronse a M.W. Munzel, o caixeiro, e esixiu o acceso á bóveda. Reuniron aos outros catro empregados mentres Muntzel conducía o grupo á bóveda. Os ladróns levaban bandanas de cores para ocultar os seus trazos. Mentres que dous dos cinco homes
O venres, Maio 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 actas. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
En agosto 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions released Killer Dill (1947), a crime film that professional wrestler Mike Mazurki plays “Little Joe”, a henchman playing both sides of a gang feud. Stuart Erwin stars as Johnny “Killer” Dill, a lingerie designer and salesperson, who people mistake for a gangster. After accidentally involving himself in a gang war, seu
Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. El usou
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) é un dos cinco películas de Sherlock Holmes, estrelado por Arthur Wontner como Sherlock Holmes. Director Leslie S. Hiscott adaptou a novela Sherlock Holmes The Valley of Fear, pero engadiu á historia para dar Profesor Moriarty e Col. Papeis Sebastian Moran na historia. A significant portion of the movie is the retelling of
En agosto 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. En 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. En 1847, o
In late 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States to challenge World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Prior to meeting Gotch, Zbyszko toured the United States and battled many local wrestlers throughout the early part of 1910. Zbyszko would travel 37,000 miles. Early in his tour, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, que era