Rov 77 – Don’t Call Me Barney!
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Hauv no rov, 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. IB. McFadden in St. Louis. McFadden later became the publisher Bernarr MacFadden (Public sau)
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Lub xyoo, 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 thiab 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.
Nyob rau hauv 1893 thiab 1894, MacFadden was Barney McFadden, skilled lightweight Greco-Roman professional wrestler. Only 25-years-old, McFadden already contemplated retirement to enter the publishing business.
Nyob rau lub ib hlis ntuj 1894, McFadden wrestled Luttbeg in his final professional wrestling match. We discuss the controversial match in this episode.
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Qhov chaw: St. Louis Dispatch tom qab (St. Louis, Missouri) Lub ib hlis ntuj 1, 1894, p. 7 thiab lub ib hlis ntuj 28, 1894, p. 8
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