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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into
V soboto, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 min. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem possessed
Avgusta 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, njegov
When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the
The International Wrestling Tournament occurred in two phases between May 19, 1915 and December 31, 1915. Fifty wrestlers would compete in the first phase of the tournament including World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. The second installment had 40 wrestlers including up and coming star Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Willard “Divji Bill” Longson se je rodil v Salt Lake Cityju, Utah, junija 8, 1906 vendar je večino svojega odraslega življenja preživel v St. Louis, Missouri. Po začetku kariere profesionalnega rokoborca v 1931, Longson je delal za Toma Packsa v St. Louis. Nikoli ni zares odšel, saj bi bila to njegova domača baza za preostanek
V 1910-ih, Ameriška profesionalna rokoborba se je trajno preselila iz legitimnih rokoborskih tekmovanj v vnaprej dogovorjene ekshibicije. Zanimanje oboževalcev, nadzor promotorja in manjša obraba rokoborcev sta igrala vlogo pri tem prehodu. Drugi pritisk, o katerem se manj govori, je bil zunaj samega športa. Pred 20. stoletjem, profesionalni boks je bil v ZDA nezakonit. Goli členek
Paul Pons je francosko, grško-rimski Wrestling Champion. Bil je dovolj dober, da bi George Hackenschmidt teči za svoj denar na več turnirjih. Vendar, ko je prišel v Chicago 1900, je bil “poraženi” z lokalnim rokoborec. Okoliščine izgube pusti veliko od želenega. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Eden
RKO Pictures prinesel Dick Tracy lik stripov na velika platna decembra 1, 1945. Medtem ko je film je definitivno “B” Film mišljeno, da se najprej na dvojni zakona, da bi še vedno bili v interesu mnogih ljubiteljev priljubljenega stripa. Chester Gould ustvaril strip v oktobru 1931 for the Detroit
Earl Caddock je imel v poznih 1910-ih in zgodnjih 1920-ih razmeroma kratko, a znamenito poklicno rokoborsko kariero.. Svoj profesionalni prvenec v 1915 po osvojitvi treh naslovov državnega prvaka AAU v amaterski rokoborbi, Caddock se je profesionalno boril samo do 1922. Vendar, bi bil priznan kot svetovni prvak, potem ko je aprila premagal Joeja Stecherja 1917. Caddock bi izgubil naslov nazaj