Episode 77 – Don’t Call Me Barney!
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Nan sa a 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. Yon. McFadden in St. Louis. McFadden later became the publisher Bernarr MacFadden (Public Domain)
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Pou ane, 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 ak 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.
Nan 1893 ak 1894, MacFadden was Barney McFadden, skilled lightweight Greco-Roman professional wrestler. Only 25-years-old, McFadden already contemplated retirement to enter the publishing business.
Nan mwa janvye 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) Janvye 1, 1894, p. 7 and January 28, 1894, p. 8
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