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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
In late 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Seljak” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Međutim, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Po 1902, George
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
U subotu, Studeni 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 zapisnik. 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 je opsjednut
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
Međunarodni turnir u hrvanju dogodila u dvije faze, u razdoblju od svibnja 19, 1915 i prosinac 31, 1915. Pedeset hrvači će se natjecati u prvoj fazi turnira, uključujući Svjetski grčko-rimskom prvak Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Druga rata imala 40 hrvači uključujući i dolaze s tri zvjezdice u Edu “Davitelj” Klin dizač, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Paul Pons je francuski grčko-rimski Hrvanje prvak. On je bio dovoljno dobar da daju George Hackenschmidt trčanje za svoj novac u nekoliko turnira. Međutim, kada je došao u Chicago 1900, bio je “poražen” po lokalnom hrvač. Okolnosti gubitka ostavite puno da se željeni. Paul Pons otputovao u SAD-u 1900. Jedan
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Seljak” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 funti. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg se hrvao
U prosincu 1, 1938 na 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 godina. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home
Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. Dok ova priča može ili može
“Don’t break my leg!” As the two muscular men struggled in the center of the ring, the man on top continued to work on the downed man’s legs. Again, the man on bottom yelled, “Please don’t break my leg!”Frank Gotch gledao preko na suparnika George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt