Episodi 77 – Don’t Call Me Barney!
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En aquest episodi, we discuss Bernarr MacFadden’s professional wrestling career in St. Louis, Missouri.
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I discuss a recent email and provide an update on the Divided Championship project.
Artist rendering of lightweight Greco-Roman wrestler B. La. McFadden in St. Louis. McFadden later became the publisher Bernarr MacFadden (Domini Públic)
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Per anys, 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 i 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.
En 1893 i 1894, MacFadden was Barney McFadden, skilled lightweight Greco-Roman professional wrestler. Only 25-years-old, McFadden already contemplated retirement to enter the publishing business.
Al gener 1894, McFadden wrestled Luttbeg in his final professional wrestling match. We discuss the controversial match in this episode.
Recommendation
I recommend the remaining video of the 1928 partit de títol between Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis and NFL star Gus Sonnenberg. Lewis trained Sonnenberg for the ring.
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Sources: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) Gener 1, 1894, p. 7 i gener 28, 1894, p. 8
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