Harcsporttörténész és harcművész
Április 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis Lee Wykoffdal birkózta meg az utolsó legitim versenyét
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Október 20, 1916, Ad Santel, egy elismert „hoker” vagy képzett beküldő birkózó, Met Taro
Ki a legnagyobb birkózó legális profi birkózó az Egyesült Államokban? Hogyan
Johnny Reagan fontos harcos volt a St. Louis boksz jelenete a 20. század első évtizedében. Eredetileg Brooklynból, Reagan St. Louis Jack McKenna vezetése alatt edzeni. McKenna a St. Louis, ahol harcosa elsősorban St. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan akkoriban növekvő súlyú volt
Augusztus 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. Louis, Missouri around 7:30 a.m. Three figures exited the train. Two healthy looking police officers were escorting John D. “Jack” Shea, who killed St. Louis Police Officer Patrick Doran on November 7, 1881. The gaunt and sickly Shea was no longer the young thug, who executed Doran during a chase after
Mikor “Az orosz Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, known as “Hack” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt görög-római világbajnoki címet szerzett
On a chilly night, Január 9, 1915, Sgt. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 a.m. Sgt. Gibbons walked towards the Wabash Railroad’s Delmar Station, which was in complete darkness. Gibbons kneeled and wrapped his nightstick on the platform to signal any nearby beat officers to report to him. Patrolman Arthur J. Saxy hallott az éjszaka
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 words, A St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 év. They replaced him with Desmond’s ex-assistant James Smith, who was dismissed by the previous board. How did one of the greatest, if not the greatest, detectives in
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Csak egy ember vetette komoly kihívás elé Muldoont uralkodása alatt. A 165 kilós Clarence Whistler következetesen megadta Muldoon legkeményebb kihívásait. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, November 1, 1883 in San Francisco, Kaliforniában több meccsük egyikén. William Muldoon majdnem egy fejjel magasabb volt, és súlya is volt
Fred Beell developed a reputation in the early 20th Century as a powerful and dangerous wrestler. His reputation was not built by his 1903 campaign. Beell suffered as many high-profile defeats as victories. Beell started well in April 1903, when he defeated St. Paul AAU Wrestling Champion James McAuley. McAuley won the first fall in 22 jegyzőkönyv. Beell won the
Joe Acton Anglia egyik legjobb birkózója volt a 19. században. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of
Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Louis rendőrség. He would need all that toughness on the morning of January 6, 1911, when a burglar entered the boarding house, where O’Keefe lived and tried to steal several items including O’Keefe’s pants. O’Keefe had just woken up and was getting ready
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “worked” matches thrown in the mix. Által 1904 vagy 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,