Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
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Þegar Wladek Zbyszko ferðaðist frá Bandaríkjunum til Brasilíu í ábatasama ferð
Hver er mesti lögmæti atvinnuglímumaðurinn til að glíma í Bandaríkjunum? How do
Apríl 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
Martin “Farmer” Burns var faglegur grípa-og-afli Wrestler og glímu og líkamlega menningar þjálfari. Þrátt fyrir mikinn árangur sem atvinnumaður, sigraði meira að segja ameríska meistaratitilinn í þungavigt, he is more famous as a wrestling trainer. Martin “Farmer” Burns var fæddur febrúar 15, 1861 Cedar County, Iowa. Both then and now, wrestling is in an Iowan’s blood.
On February 23, 1906, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart defended his title in Los Angeles. When James J. Jeffries retired as heavyweight champion, Hart and Jack Sharkey fought for the vacant title. Hart was the surprise winner of the fight. Hart refused to fight Jack Johnson, the recognized best heavyweight. Instead he fought Tommy Burns, a 5’07” skilled boxer.
Ég skrifaði þessa færslu vegna samtals sem ég var merktur í á Twitter um 1911 endurleikur milli Frank Gotch og Georg Hackenschmidt fyrir heimsmeistaramótið í þungavigt. Jim Cornette, sem fyrir utan að vera einn af bestu stjórnendum í atvinnuglímu er einnig þekktur atvinnuglímusagnfræðingur, talaði um tvöfaldan kross í seinni Gotch-Hack leiknum
During the Golden Age of Radio, the Shadow was a crusading crime fighter named Lamont Cranston. In this 1933 English film produced by Real Arts Productions, the Shadow is a villainous murderer and blackmailer. The film opens up with the Shadow demanding payment from a famous lawyer. The Shadow promises to expose the lawyer who can’t pay. Facing exposure and
St. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Á maí 26, 1901, O’Keefe proved his toughness and quick thinking again by saving a fellow officer from an excited horse and shed fire. St. Louis Police Officer Joseph A. Gerk yfirfarið slá hans á átjándu Street á morgun maí 26, 1901, þegar hann
Í bardagaíþróttum, góður stór maður slær venjulega góðan lítinn mann. Ef þú ert frábær, þú getur oft bætt upp fyrir mikið stærðarmisræmi. Edwin Bibby varð aðeins 5’04” og vó 160 punda en sigraði marga stærri glímukappa á atvinnuglímuferli sínum. Bibby sigraði marga glímumenn þar á meðal risastóra þýska glímukappann William Heygster. Edwin Bibby var fær
Nóvember 30, 1871, mikill mannfjöldi fór um borð í tíu lestarvagna á New Orleans, Mobile og Texas járnbraut þar sem hún stoppaði á Canal Street í New Orleans, Louisiana. Lestin hélt áfram að Montgomery stöðinni nálægt Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, þar sem mannfjöldinn yfirgaf rigninguna og lagði leið sína inn í skóginn. Svo skrýtin ganga
Ágúst 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
Johnny Reagan was an important fighter in the St. Louis boxing scene during the first decade of the 20th Century. Originally from Brooklyn, Reagan moved to St. Louis to train under Jack McKenna. McKenna based his operation out of St. Louis, where his fighter primarily fought at St. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time
When “The Russian Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, þekktur sem “Hakk” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt won the world title in Greco-Roman