Oliver Kirk a 1904 St. Gemau Olympaidd Louis

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Oliver Leonard Kirk sydd â'r fraint o fod yr unig bocsiwr Olympaidd i ennill medal aur mewn dau ddosbarth pwysau ar wahân yn yr un Gemau Olympaidd. Gyflawni Oliver Kirk camp hwn yn ei dref enedigol Gemau Olympaidd yn 1904. St. Cynnal Louis y trydydd Olympiad yn ystod y 1904 Dangosiad Ffair y Byd yn. Fel y Gemau Paris bedair blynedd cyn, St. Louis gave

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Gotch Crushes Jenkins for Title

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Ar ddydd Iau, Ionawr 27, 1904, Amddiffynnodd Tom Jenkins ei Bencampwriaeth Reslo America yn erbyn reslwr addawol o Iowa. Ar ôl y cwymp cyntaf, sylweddolodd y cefnogwyr mai hon oedd gêm anoddaf y c Frank Alvin Gotch, yr Humboldt, Bachgen fferm Iowa sydd yn mynd yn groes Georg Hackenschmidt ar gyfer Pencampwriaeth Pwysau Trwm y Byd yn 1908, Roedd Jenkins’ Challenger. Jenkins wedi trechu Gotch

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Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

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After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Tachwedd 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman

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Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

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Ym mis Ionawr 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last Undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.

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