Martin “Farmer” Burns

Martin “Farmer” Burns was a professional catch-as-catch can wrestler as well as wrestling and physical cultural trainer. Minkejja suċċess kbir bħala lottatur professjonali, anke jirbaħ il-Kampjonat Amerikan tal-Heavyweight, he is more famous as a wrestling trainer.

Martin “Farmer” Burns was born February 15, 1861 in Cedar County, Iowa. Both then and now, wrestling is in an Iowan’s blood. Burns was already wrestling at an early age. Meta missieru miet, Burns began to do farm work to help support his mother and siblings. Dan ix-xogħol għenu jiżviluppa saħħa fiżika tremenda biex imur mal-kapaċita 'tal-lotta tiegħu.

Fil 19, he was already winning professional wrestling matches. Neck strength was one of Burns’ strongest assets. Burns worked to develop a 20 inch neck. Biex juri s-saħħa ta 'għonqu, kien ikollu assistent jiddendlu ma 'għonq b'ħabel biex jimpressjona folol u studenti potenzjali. Burns dejjem telaq bla ħsara mill-wirjiet tiegħu.

Even though he weighed only 165 liri, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship and was undefeated between 1890 u 1893. Ħafna drabi jissieltu rġiel ferm akbar, Burns uża t-teknika u s-setgħa biex jegħleb lill-isfidanti kollha matul ir-renju tiegħu. He finally retired in the early 1900s after a second reign as champion between 1895 u 1897.

Burns started training other wrestlers in 1893. Frank Gotch kien l-iktar student famuż tiegħu. Burns defeated his future student in 1899, when Gotch was 21. Impressjonat minn Gotch f'età daqshekk żgħira, Burns immaniġġja u mħarreġ primarjament Gotch, who won the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt in 1908, from 1899 on.

Fil 1914, Burns would publish an almost hundred page course on lessons in both physical culture and wrestling. Besides Gotch, Ed “Strangler” Lewis also followed Burns’ training methods.

Burns passed away on January 8, 1937 fuq 75 years of age in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Burns and his wife had three children, two sons and a daughter. Burns’ wife passed away in 1930. After his daughter passed away in 1932, Burns’ health began to deteriorate quickly. In-niket kien l-uniku avversarju li kiseb il-vantaġġ “Farmer” Burns.

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