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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
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Nóvember 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman
The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935) is an adaptation of one of the Ellery Queen novels. Two cousins, Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee, who wrote a number of detective novels under the pseudonym of the title character. Í þessari mynd, Ellery Queen is taking a vacation to California with his friend Judge Macklin. Of course, they are not long into their
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
Sigur Sherlock Holmes (1935) is one of the five Sherlock Holmes films starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes. Director Leslie S. Hiscott adapted the Sherlock Holmes novel The Valley of Fear but added to the story to give Professor Moriarty and Col. Sebastian Moran roles in the story. Verulegur hluti myndarinnar er endursögn á
Nóvember 16, 1877, St. Louis Police Officer John S. White and his partner Officer Heffernan responded to a report of a wanted man tried to pawn stolen merchandise at Wright’s Pawnshop. Maðurinn síðar greind sem Frank Rande inn pawnshop Wright á um 9:30 a.m. Wright sendi einn af aðstoðarmönnum hans fyrir lögreglu. As Officer White and Heffernan
Í janúar 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 he 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 var Greco-Roman Glíma Champion Frakklands í 1890s. Hann vann mótið á Folies-Bergeres áður vann mót í Rússlandi í 1898. Þessir sigrar gerðu honum kleift að gera tilkall til heimsmeistaramótsins í grísk-rómverskri glímu. Pons eignfærð á þessari frægð með því að opna ræktina til að þjálfa wrestlers og sterkra manna. Pons’ sigurinn var sérstaklega merkilegur vegna
Í 1934, Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd ended his criminal career in an East Liverpool, Ohio corn field after a shoot out with FBI agents and local law enforcement officers. Þó, in December 1925, he was inmate number 29078 at the Missouri Penitentiary. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office
Á október 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, sem drap
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 gaf út Appointment with Danger (tengja hlekkur) in London in 1950 en gaf það ekki út í United