William Muldoon Defeats Local Wrestler

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William Muldoon, World Greco-Roman Glíma Champion og líkamlega menningu talsmaður, kom til Los Angeles á þriðjudag, Apríl 15, 1884 að takast á við staðbundin Wrestler Fred Bauer. Leikurinn fór fram á staðnum Turnvereine Hall í Los Angeles. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he

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William Muldoon, Líkamleg menning Legend,en

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Ég las fyrst um William Muldoon í ævisögu John L. Sullivan, síðasta ber hnúi þungavigtar meistari. Sullivan ushered in gloved boxing by refusing to take part in any more bare knuckle bouts. Síðasta meiriháttar ber hnúi lota var barist af Sullivan gegn Jake Kilrain í 1889. Odds were against Sullivan, a binge drinker indulging heavily between bouts. Hann var

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William Muldoon og Heilsa Farm hans

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William Muldoon, fyrrum New York City einkaspæjara, vann Veröld Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship með sigra Thiebaud Bauer. Muldoon ríkti í tíu ár áður en gengið er til náða eins og meistari. Eftir svefn, hann byrjaði að gera líf sem einkaþjálfari. Muldoon trained many wrestlers but really came to prominence after getting a woefully out of shape John L. Sullivan fit for

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George Baptiste Dies

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Á Desember 1, 1938 á 5:15 am, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 ára. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home

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George Baptiste’s Heartbreak

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During February 1901, St. Louis professional wrestler and local businessman George Baptiste reluctantly filed for divorce from his wife, Nellie May Baptiste, alleging desertion. It was actually the second time, Baptiste filed for divorce from Mrs. Baptiste. During the summer of 1896, Baptiste was vacationing in Millford, Connecticut. The 31-year-old was a powerful swimmer and all-around athlete in addition to

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Evan “The Strangler” Lewis Laus

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I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century. Evan Lewis was a skilled submission expert during the legitimate professional wrestling era although he did take part in a couple prearranged matches. Í janúar 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “strangle Sorakichi to

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