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April 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Oktober 20, 1916, Ad Santel, a noted “hooker” or skilled submission wrestler, met Taro
Hvem er den største legitime profesjonelle bryteren til å bryte i USA? Hvordan gjøre
Jeg leste nylig Choque: Den ufortalte historien om Jiu-Jitsu i Brasil, Volum 1 av Roberto Pedreira (Amazon-tilknyttet lenke), som forteller en alternativ historie om BJJs begynnelse enn vi har blitt fortalt av i forskjellige intervjuer med medlemmer av Gracie-familien. “Sjokk” oversetter til “sjokkerende” på brasiliansk portugisisk. While Pedreira exhaustively researches and cites primary sources, mostly Brazilian newspapers,
Fred Beell kjempet profesjonelt fra 1900 til 1919. Etter å ha utviklet et legendarisk rykte på grunn av noen av hans seire over Martin “Farmer” Burns, Dan McLeod og Frank Gotch, Beell trakk seg tilbake da han nærmet seg 43 år. Hans karriere etter bryting ville føre til hans uventede død kl 57. Fred Beell overvant lange odds for å bli en kompetent profesjonell bryter
Growing up I heard lots of stories about my Great Grandmother Caroline “Lee” 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, verdensmester wrestler og vektløfter i 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch holdt tittelen i fem år, og beseiret alle comers. Ved den forholdsvis ung alder 35, Gotch besluttet å fratre. For hans siste kamp, han ville ta på seg en annen berømt europeisk fotballspiller og vektløfter, George Lurich. George Lurich
November 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, The Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. However, 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.
Rundt 10 er på torsdag, April 10, 1919, fem tungt bevæpnede menn brøt ut i Baden Bank. Bandittene konfronterte M.W. Muntzel, kassereren, og krevde tilgang til hvelvet. De avrundet de fire andre ansatte da Muntzel ledet gruppen til hvelvet. Ranerne hadde på seg fargede bandanas for å tilsløre funksjonene deres. Mens to av de fem mennene
På fredag, May 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 minutter. 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 filmer. 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. Han brukte
Mai 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