Night and the City (1950)

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At nearly 70 urte, Stanislaus Zbyszko made his film debut in Night and the City (1950). Billed as Gregorious, a retired wrestler and the father of London’s wrestling promoter, Zbyszko displayed his wrestling skills, even at his advanced age, in the film’s signature scene. The movie begins with a man chasing Harry Fabian, a London hustler always looking

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Big Man Too Much Jenkinsentzat

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Maiatzaren On 7, 1901, Tom Jenkinsek Nouralah Hassan erraldoiarekin borrokatu zuen New Yorken. Bulgarian jaio zen bitartean 1870, Hassan sei oin zegoen, zortzi zentimetroko altuera eta pisua zuen 331 libera. Jenkinsek borrokarako trebetasun handia zuen bitartean, zaleek eta kazetariek Hassanen tamaina izugarriak Jenkinsi arazoak ekartzea espero zuten. Sustatzaileek gizonezkoak Madison Square Garden-en borrokatzeko erreserbatu zituzten

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1883 Buffalo New York Txapelketa

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Ostiralean, Ekaina 29, 1883, fourteen wrestlers paid $50 to enter a two-day tournament for a $500 championship belt and $500 prize. Richard K. Fox, owner and publisher of the Police Gazette, put up the prize money and belt. Fox avidly supported the promotion of both professional boxing and professional wrestling. While fourteen men attempted to enter the tournament, Fox

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Jatorrizko Masked Marvel Paseak

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Abuztuaren On 4, 1939, Mort Henderson passed away in Rochester, New York at 60 urte. Wrestling fans likely did not remember the name Mort Henderson but as his alter ego, the original Masked Marvel, he saved the fall version of the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Sam Rachmann promoted the tournament with the goal of

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Wladek Zbyszko vs. Helio Gracie

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Wladek Zbyszko Estatu Batuetatik Brasilera bidaiatu zuenean Brasilen Birzorroko Borroka Profesionalaren Zirkuituan, Zbyszkok gutxi susmatu zuen bere lehen lehiaketa ia hogei urtean borrokatuko zuela. Amerikako kideak bezala, Brasilgo borrokalari profesionalek elkarren artean aritu ziren zaleentzako erakusketa zirraragarriak jartzeko. Brasilgo borrokalari profesionalek noizean behin borroka egin zuten

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Union MO Bank Lapurreta Liburuaren Sinadura

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Larunbatean, Apirila 9, 2022, the Franklin County Missouri Historical Society invited me to give a PowerPoint presentation on the Union Missouri Bank Robbery of 1902. The book covers the robbery, the investigation, two nationwide hunts for the fugitive and a daring break from the St. Louis City Jail. Two daring robbers, not yet 23 urte, pulled off

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Dan McLeod Wrestles “Baserritarrak” Erredurak

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Urriaren On 26, 1897, Martin “Farmer” Burns defended his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship against Scottish catch wrestler Dan McLeod. Burns and McLeod were two of the top three or four catch-as-catch-can wrestlers in the United States at the time. 1,200 fans attended the match held at the Grand Opera House in Indianapolis, Indiana. Promoters often put a mat or heavy

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George Tragos, the Original Crippler

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George Tragos gained fame as the trainer of Lou Thesz, the dominant National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion of the 1950s and early 1960s. Tragos, bat 1920 Olympian for his native Greece, possessed an impeccable resume in legitimate wrestling. Born March 14, 1901, in Messinia, Greece, Tragos won national wrestling titles before representing Greece at the 1920 Olympics at only

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Wladek Zbyszko Divorces

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At the end of 1932, 22-year-old Vila Milli sued her husband, professional wrestler Wladek Zbyszko, for divorce alleging physical cruelty and adultery. Milli charged the 41-year-old Zbyszko with physical cruelty for “hugging her too hard.” Justice Dunne of the Brooklyn Supreme Court heard the divorce case. He expressed doubt that Zbyszko abused his wife. Hala ere, he did not dismiss the

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Taro Miyake Ingalaterran

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Estatu Batuetara Immigratu aurretik, Taro Miyake Ingalaterran lehen finkatu zen. Miyake-k Yukio Tani lagundu zuen Judo eta Jujitsu Ingalaterran finkatzen. Miyake eta Tani borroka profesionalek erronka egin zieten beren arte martzialak ezartzeko ahaleginaren zati gisa. Miyake iritsi aurretik erronka partiduetan parte hartu zuen Tani. Miyake-k bere lehen aurkaria grapplifikatu zuen, Tani bera,

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