Episode 77 – Don’t Call Me Barney!
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In hierdie episode, we discuss Bernarr MacFadden’s professional wrestling career in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Artist rendering of lightweight Greco-Roman wrestler B. 'N. McFadden in St. Louis. McFadden later became the publisher Bernarr MacFadden (Public Domain)
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Vir jare, I could not find any account of Bernarr MacFadden’s exploits as a professional wrestler in St. Louis. While research the beginnings of what would become Tom Packs’ St. Louis wrestling promotion in 1921 en 1922, I stumbled across an article that listed B.A. McFadden’s match with Max Luttbeg as one of the best matches held in St. Louis.
In 1893 en 1894, MacFadden was Barney McFadden, skilled lightweight Greco-Roman professional wrestler. Only 25-years-old, McFadden already contemplated retirement to enter the publishing business.
In Januarie 1894, McFadden wrestled Luttbeg in his final professional wrestling match. We discuss the controversial match in this episode.
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Sources: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) Januarie 1, 1894, p. 7 and January 28, 1894, p. 8
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