Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportsutøver
Fred Beell kjempet profesjonelt fra 1900 til 1919. Etter å ha utviklet et legendarisk rykte på grunn av noen av hans seire over Martin “Farmer” Burns, Dan McLeod og Frank Gotch, Beell trakk seg tilbake da han nærmet seg 43 år. Hans karriere etter bryting ville føre til hans uventede død kl 57. Fred Beell overvant lange odds for å bli en kompetent profesjonell bryter
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, verdensmester wrestler og vektløfter i 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch holdt tittelen i fem år, og beseiret alle comers. Ved den forholdsvis ung alder 35, Gotch besluttet å fratre. For hans siste kamp, han ville ta på seg en annen berømt europeisk fotballspiller og vektløfter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Rundt 10 er på torsdag, April 10, 1919, fem tungt bevæpnede menn brøt ut i Baden Bank. Bandittene konfronterte M.W. Muntzel, kassereren, og krevde tilgang til hvelvet. De avrundet de fire andre ansatte da Muntzel ledet gruppen til hvelvet. Ranerne hadde på seg fargede bandanas for å tilsløre funksjonene deres. Mens to av de fem mennene
På fredag, May 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 minutter. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
August 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions ga ut Killer Dill (1947), en krimfilm som den profesjonelle bryteren Mike Mazurki spiller «Little Joe», en håndlanger som spiller begge sider av en gjengfeide. Stuart Erwin spiller Johnny "Killer" Dill, en undertøysdesigner og selger, som folk tar feil av for en gangster. Etter å ha involvert seg selv i en gjengkrig, hans
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. Han brukte
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) is one of the five Sherlock Holmes films starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes. Director Leslie S. Hiscott adapted the Sherlock Holmes novel The Valley of Fear but added to the story to give Professor Moriarty and Col. Sebastian Moran roles in the story. A significant portion of the movie is the retelling of
August 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. I 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. I 1847, den
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, who was