Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
Sur Avril 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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On October 20, 1916, Ad Santel, Articles sur la lutte professionnelle dans les années 1900, met Taro
Qui est le plus grand lutteur professionnel légitime à lutter aux États-Unis? How do
Henry Moses Dufur détenait le titre de champion du monde de lutte au collier et au coude des poids lourds dans les années 1870.. Par 1855, Dufur a pris sa retraite de la lutte professionnelle pour exercer son métier de tailleur de vêtements à plein temps.. Même pendant sa carrière de catcheur, Dufur travaillait comme tailleur. Dufur a déclaré au correspondant du Boston Globe qu'il était né à Richford, Vermont en juin 5, 1943. Cette date de
In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
Dans le 19ème siècle, most states banned bare-knuckled prizefighting and professional gloved boxing. Police often arrested fighter, managers, and promoters to stop prizefighting. A unique aspect of geography turned St. Louis into an ideal fight venue to get around the authorities’s activity to stop professional prizefighting. In the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois, the river’s current created a handful
En Janvier 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so Santel did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
Paul Pons était le champion de lutte gréco-romaine de la France dans les années 1890. Il a remporté un tournoi à l'Folies-Bergères, avant de remporter un tournoi en Russie 1898. Ces victoires lui ont permis de remporter le Championnat du monde de lutte gréco-romaine. Pons a capitalisé sur cette notoriété en ouvrant un gymnase pour former des lutteurs et des hommes forts. Pons’ la victoire a été particulièrement remarquable en raison de
Dans 1934, Charles Arthur “Joli garçon” Floyd a terminé sa carrière criminelle dans un East Liverpool, champ de maïs de l'Ohio après une fusillade avec des agents du FBI et les agents chargés de l'application de la loi locale. Cependant, en décembre 1925, il était détenu nombre 29078 au pénitencier du Missouri. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office
On October 16, 1920, Special Officers Preston Anslyn and William A. Moller were following two burglars in the 3800 block of Juanita Avenue during a heavy fog. One or both burglars shot the officers from a gangway as they walked onto the lawn of a house, where they thought the burglars entered. The officers both suffered fatal wounds, which killed
I’m continuing with watching some old Alan Ladd movies that I first saw thirty years ago on American Movie Classics (AMC), when they showed classic movies. I recently watched Appointment with Danger (1950), which was as entertaining as I remembered it. Paramount Pictures released Appointment with Danger (affiliate link) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United
Running a pawn shop has always been a tough business because you constantly have to be on the look out for thieves attempting to pawn their stolen goods in your shop. In the late 19th Century, police detectives worked with pawn shops, as they do today, to try to stop the fencing of goods. In August 1885, future St. Louis
Sur Décembre 15, 1903, about 2:00 o’clock in the morning, George Harding, the clerk of the Erie Hotel, was busy working in his office. Used to working alone, Harding had relaxed his vigil and didn’t notice three large, hard looking men enter the hotel at Fourth and Clark Streets. His attention was arrested, when the first man entered his office