“Sailor” Art Thomas vs. Ray Zills

Thaum xav txog neeg Asmeskas American keeb kwm lub hlis, Kuv xav txog tus thawj poj dub wrestler uas kuv pom ntaub ntawv. Thaum kuv pib menyuam wrestling hauv St. Louis thaum 1979, “Sailor” Daim duab Thomas wrestled nquag rau Wrestling ntawm tus Caum, Peb lub zos wrestling qhia. Wrestling ntawm tus Caum aired txhua hnub xya hauv 11 a.m. Rau KPLR Channel 11.

Txawm hais tias Thomas nyob hauv nws mid-fifties, Nws tseem tswj ib magnificent physique. Thomas muaj ib lub cev zoo tshaj ntawm cov wrestlers nees nkaum peb caug xyoo yau dua nws.

Kuv nrhiav tau ib tug yees duab ntawm “Sailor” Art Thomas, peb paub los lawm li “Seaman” Art Thomas, Ntawm Chicago nyob Chicago 1961. Thomas yuav tau li 37 xyoo thiab closer rau nws wrestling prime. Thomas yog ib lub hnub qub loj nyob Chicago hauv lub 1960s thaum ntxov.

“Sailor” Art Thomas yug rau lub ib hlis ntuj 30, 1924 Hauv Gurdon, Arkansas. Nws niam nyuam qhuav txav los rau Madison, Wisconsin. E-mail’ Niam tuag ua ntej Thomas yog ib tug neeg laus. Thomas siv tas nws thaum yau nyob orphanages thiab foster tsev.

Tom qab ib stint hauv lub Merchant Marines, Thomas ua haujlwm rau Greyhound tsheb thauj mus kab. Thomas kuj coj tuaj bodybuilding. Wrestling promoter Jimmy Demetral sab Thomas hauv lub gym thiab thov nej tsam ces Thomas los qhia rau kev wrestling.

Thomas muab Demetral cia chiv tab sis Nws thiaj li nug Demetral los qhia Thomas rau kev wrestling. Thomas ua nws debut hauv 1954 tom 30 xyoo. Thomas tsim rau hauv ib qhov biggest African American hnub qub nyob rau hauv kev wrestling.

Thomas wrestled mus txog rau thaum 1981, Thaum Thomas muaj 57 xyoo. Thomas yog rau thawj daim card kuv kawm ntaub ntawv. Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub ib hlis ntuj 25, 1980, kuv txiv ntuj, Kenny Zimmerman, Coj kuv mus Kiel Auditorium rau kuv lub hnub yug saib Andre tus Giant thiab Dick tus Bruiser wrestle vaj ntxwv Kong Brody thiab Dick Murdoch hauv lub ntsiab kev tshwm sim.

Nyob rau hauv cov plaub match rau daim card no, “Sailor” Daim duab Thomas teamed nrog David Von Erich los swb “Tswv” Alfred Hayes thiab “Bulldog” Bob xim av. Kiv cua cheered tas li Thomas thiab Von Erich tau loj loj favorites hauv St. Louis.

Thomas nyob tau 79 xyoo kis tseg hauv Wisconsin rau lub peb hlis ntuj 20, 2003. Thomas dim ntawm nws tus poj niam thiab xya cov me nyuam.

Koj yuav tawm ib saib los nug cov lus nug txog qhov no los yog tej tsev xa rau kuv Facebook phab.

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