Episode 77 – Don’t Call Me Barney!
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I denne episode, 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. A. McFadden in St. Louis. McFadden later became the publisher Bernarr MacFadden (Public Domain)
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I årevis, 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 og 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.
I 1893 og 1894, MacFadden was Barney McFadden, skilled lightweight Greco-Roman professional wrestler. Only 25-years-old, McFadden already contemplated retirement to enter the publishing business.
I januar 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 title match between Ed “Strangler” Lewis and NFL star Gus Sonnenberg. Lewis trained Sonnenberg for the ring.
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Sources: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) Januar 1, 1894, p. 7 and January 28, 1894, p. 8
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