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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
At nearly 70 urte, Stanislaus Zbyszko made his film debut in Night and the City (1950). Billed as Gregorious, a retired wrestler and the father of London’s wrestling promoter, Zbyszko displayed his wrestling skills, even at his advanced age, in the film’s signature scene. The movie begins with a man chasing Harry Fabian, a London hustler always looking
Maiatzaren On 7, 1901, Tom Jenkinsek Nouralah Hassan erraldoiarekin borrokatu zuen New Yorken. Bulgarian jaio zen bitartean 1870, Hassan sei oin zegoen, zortzi zentimetroko altuera eta pisua zuen 331 libera. Jenkinsek borrokarako trebetasun handia zuen bitartean, zaleek eta kazetariek Hassanen tamaina izugarriak Jenkinsi arazoak ekartzea espero zuten. Sustatzaileek gizonezkoak Madison Square Garden-en borrokatzeko erreserbatu zituzten
Abuztuaren On 4, 1939, Mort Henderson passed away in Rochester, New York at 60 urte. Wrestling fans likely did not remember the name Mort Henderson but as his alter ego, the original Masked Marvel, he saved the fall version of the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Sam Rachmann promoted the tournament with the goal of
George Tragos gained fame as the trainer of Lou Thesz, the dominant National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion of the 1950s and early 1960s. Tragos, bat 1920 Olympian for his native Greece, possessed an impeccable resume in legitimate wrestling. Born March 14, 1901, in Messinia, Greece, Tragos won national wrestling titles before representing Greece at the 1920 Olympics at only
At the end of 1932, 22-year-old Vila Milli sued her husband, professional wrestler Wladek Zbyszko, for divorce alleging physical cruelty and adultery. Milli charged the 41-year-old Zbyszko with physical cruelty for “hugging her too hard.” Justice Dunne of the Brooklyn Supreme Court heard the divorce case. He expressed doubt that Zbyszko abused his wife. Hala ere, he did not dismiss the
Frank Gotch dominated American wrestling from 1905 to his retirement in 1913. Gotch, the current American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, won the biggest match of his career on April 3, 1908. Gotch defeated current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Georg Hackenschmidt in Chicago, Illinois. Gotch proved as dominant a World Champion as he had been as the American Champion. Gotch agreed to
On Thursday, Apirila 29, 1909, Frank Gotch traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to wrestle highly regarded light heavyweight wrestler Charles Hackenschmidt. Hackenschmidt won the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship under his real name, John Berg. Although fans thought well of Berg, they did not see him as a threat to defeat Frank Gotch in a straight match. To increase fan interest
Joe Stecher wrestled during a transitional time in American professional wrestling. Prior to 1900, wrestlers engaged primarily in legitimate contests although wrestlers did work matches occasionally. After 1915, all wrestlers worked their matches. Wrestlers wrestled legitimate contests only to settle promotional dispute or to pull off a double-cross. Etatik 1900 arte 1915, wrestlers engaged in a mixture of worked matches
(Post hau nire liburu berriaren pasarte bat da, Gotch vs. Zbyszko: Erredentzioaren Bila, otsailean argitaratua 2, 2022.) Frank Gotch-en ibilbidearen etorkizunari eragiten zion gertaerarik garrantzitsuena urtarrilean gertatu zen 11, 1911. Gotch Gladys Oestrich ohiarekin ezkondu zen bere gurasoen etxean Humboldten, Iowa. Mrs. Gotchek nahiago zuen Frankek ringetik erretiratzea
Urtarrilaren On 2, 1911, John Lemm borrokalari suitzarrak borroka profesionalen zaleen eta kazetarien barre-sorta aurkitu zuen bere burua. Gertaera Lemm-ek Stanislaus Zbyszko Buffalon borrokatu zuenean gertatu zen, New York. Zaleek Frank Gotchen munduko titulurako hautagai nagusitzat jo zuten Zbyszko. Zbyszko mundu mailako borrokalaria zen, nahiz eta borroka greko-erromatarrean trebeagoa zen harrapatzeko borrokan baino.. Lemm trebea zen