Storico degli sport da combattimento e artista marziale
Aprile 13, 1936, Ed "Strangler" Lewis ha lottato la sua ultima gara legittima con Lee Wykoff
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Ottobre 20, 1916, Ad Santel, una nota "prostituta" o un abile lottatore di sottomissione, Met di Taro
Chi è il più grande wrestler professionista legittimo a lottare negli Stati Uniti? How do
Henry Moses Dufur detenne il campione mondiale di wrestling collare e gomito durante gli anni '70 dell'Ottocento. Da 1855, Dufur si ritirò dal wrestling professionistico per intraprendere la sua professione a tempo pieno di sarto di abbigliamento. Anche durante la sua carriera di wrestling, Dufur ha lavorato come sarto. Dufur ha detto al corrispondente del Boston Globe di essere nato a Richford, Vermont a giugno 5, 1943. Questa data di
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
Nel 19° secolo, 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
Nel mese di gennaio 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.
Paolo Pons è stato il campione di wrestling greco-romana di Francia nel 1890. Ha vinto un torneo al Folies-Bergeres, prima di vincere un torneo in Russia nel 1898. Queste vittorie gli hanno permesso di rivendicare il campionato mondiale di lotta greco-romana. Pons capitalizzato su questa notorietà aprendo una palestra di lottatori treni e uomini forti. Pons’ la vittoria è stata particolarmente notevole a causa di
In 1934, Carlo Arturo “Bel ragazzo” Floyd ha concluso la sua carriera criminale in un East Liverpool, Campo di mais dell'Ohio dopo una sparatoria con agenti dell'FBI e agenti delle forze dell'ordine locali. Tuttavia, a dicembre 1925, era il numero del detenuto 29078 al penitenziario del Missouri. Il ventunenne Floyd era stato appena condannato per aver rapinato la sede principale della Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company
Ottobre 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, che ha ucciso
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 (link di affiliazione) 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
Dicembre 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