Eipeasóid 21 – Yusuf Ismail
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Sa chlár seo, Pléifidh mé gairm bheatha ghearr ach tionchar an Turc Uafásach bunaidh, Yusuf Ismail.
Nuashonraigh
Endeavor recently bought World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) agus chumasc isteach i gcuideachta é leis an gCraobhchomórtas Troid Deiridh (UFC). Seans nach é an smaoineamh iontach a shamhlaigh Endeavour taispeántas saothair a chumasc le comórtais dhlisteanacha.
Yusuf Ismail, the Terrible Turk from the Public Domain
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An “Terrible Turk”, Yusuf Ismail, arrived in the United States during March 1898. Ismail wrestled Ernst Roeber (twice), Tom Jenkins, Herklides and Evan “Strangler” Lewis.
Ismail booked passage back to the Ottoman Empire on the SS La Bourgogne. The ship struck another ship and sank off the coast of the United States and Canada. The SS La Bourgogne is famous for only 13 percent of passengers surviving while 48 percent of the crew survived.
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In the next episode, I will discuss the first wrestling matches to include Sumo wrestling in the United States during the 1880s.
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