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Fred Beell brott professionellt från 1900 till 1919. Efter att ha utvecklat ett legendariskt rykte på grund av några av hans segrar över Martin “Farmer” Burns, Dan McLeod och Frank Gotch, Beell avgick som han närmade 43 år. Hans inlägg brottning karriär skulle leda till hans oväntade död 57. Fred Beell vann långa odds att bli en kompetent professionell brottare
Broadcast bolag letade efter innehåll under de första dagarna av tv. Förutom äldre filmer och vissa broadcast företagets produktioner, sport var en källa till programmering för många TV-stationer. 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, världsmästare brottare och tyngdlyftare i 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch höll titeln i fem år och besegrade alla uppstickare. På den relativt unga åldern av 35, Gotch beslutat att gå i pension. För sin sista match, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Runt 10 är på torsdag, April 10, 1919, fem tungt beväpnade män trängde in på Badenbanken. Banditerna konfronterade M.W. Munzel, kassörskan, och krävde tillgång till valvet. De samlade ihop de fyra andra anställda när Muntzel ledde gruppen till valvet. Rånarna bar färgade bandanas för att dölja deras ansiktsdrag. Medan två av de fem männen
På fredag, Maj 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 minuter. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
På Augusti 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, 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 deltog i flera legitima tävlingar med japanska jujitsu-utövare. Han använde
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
På Augusti 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, som var