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Toen reisde Wladek Zbyszko vanuit de Verenigde Staten naar Brazilië voor een lucratieve tournee
Wie is de grootste legitieme professionele worstelaar die in de Verenigde Staten worstelt?? How do
Op april 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
Fred Beell worstelde er professioneel mee 1900 naar 1919. Nadat hij een legendarische reputatie had opgebouwd dankzij enkele van zijn overwinningen op Martin “Boer” Burns, Dan McLeod en Frank Gotch, Beell trok zich terug toen hij dichterbij kwam 43 jaar. Zijn carrière na het worstelen zou leiden tot zijn onverwachte dood 57. Fred Beell overwon grote problemen om een competente professionele worstelaar te worden
Growing up I heard lots of stories about my Great Grandmother Caroline “Luwte” Ellis from my mother. She spent lots of time with her grandmother who lived in St. Louis. Grandpa Ellis moved to Illinois a couple of times during the 1940s and 1950s. Mom would come back to St. Louis frequently to see Great Grandma Ellis. Grandma and Grandpa
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, de wereldkampioen worstelaar en gewichtheffer in 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch hield de titel voor vijf jaar en versloeg alle nieuwkomers. Bij de relatief jonge leeftijd van 35, Gotch besloten met pensioen te gaan. Voor zijn laatste wedstrijd, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Op november 13, 1930, Roland V. West uitgebracht The Bat Whispers,,en,Editing nog steeds gedomineerd de continuïteit en het verhaal,,en,de tweede van drie films gebaseerd op de populaire Shadow radioprogramma,,en (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, De Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Echter, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.
Around 10 ben op donderdag, April 10, 1919, vijf zwaarbewapende mannen stormden de Badense Bank binnen. De bandieten confronteerden M.W. Muntzel, de kassier, en eiste toegang tot de kluis. Ze verzamelden de vier andere werknemers terwijl Muntzel de groep naar de kluis leidde. De overvallers droegen gekleurde bandana's om hun trekken te verbergen. Terwijl twee van de vijf mannen
Op vrijdag, Mei 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 notulen. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
Universal Pictures released the thirteenth of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes on February 1, 1946. Twentieth Century-Fox produced the first two films. Universal produced the final 12 films. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. Rodney Carstairs hires Holmes to protect the
Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. Hij gebruikte
Op mei 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd returned to the Dick Tracy franchise in Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947). It was welcome news for fans of the franchise although Chester Gould was a notable exception. Gould created the Tracy character for the comic page of the Detroit Mirror. After the Chicago Tribune picked up the comic for syndication, it’s popularity exploded. Gould
Op augustus 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. In 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. In 1847, de