Londos Wrestles Coleman and Shikina

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I recently discovered a three minute clip on YouTube, which included two of Jim Londosmatches from the 1930s. In the first match, Londos wrestles Abe Coleman. In the second match, Londos wrestles a mixed styles match with Oki Shikina, who was trained by Taro Miyake, the Judo black belt and professional wrestler. Londos was the biggest box office star

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லண்டோஸ் vs. Nagurski in 1938

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நவம்பர் 18, 1938, former world wrestling champion Jim Londos wrestled current world champion Bronko Nagurski, the great former football player for the Chicago Bears. The men wrestled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for Nagurski’s version of the world wrestling championship. You can view the 14-minute match in its entirety on YouTube. When I viewed the match for the first time, several

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Rusty Wescoatt, Athletics and Acting

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Born Norman Edward Wescoatt in Hawaii on August 2, 1911, “Rusty” Wescoatt played football for the University of Hawaii before making his professional wrestling debut in Hawaii during 1933. Wescoatt was also a swimming champion. Wescoatt initially made more news for his swimming than his wrestling when he traveled to the continental United States in 1935. On Easter Sunday, ஏப்ரல்

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Night and the City (1950)

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At nearly 70 வயது, Stanislaus Zbyszko made his film debut in Night and the City (1950). Billed as Gregorious, a retired wrestler and the father of London’s wrestling promoter, Zbyszko displayed his wrestling skills, even at his advanced age, in the film’s signature scene. The movie begins with a man chasing Harry Fabian, a London hustler always looking

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தொடர்பு கொள்ளவும்

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Joe Stecher capturing the world wrestling championship from Earl Caddock is the oldest professional wrestling film in existence. தீவிரமான, promoters filmed the biggest matches of the 1910s and 1920s including the second Frank Gotch-Georg Hackenshmidt match, but they rotted in storage areas. Camera operators filmed Ed “Strangler” Lewis vs. Wayne “Big” Munn, Stecher vs. Stanislaus Zbyszko, and the reunification match

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வைல்ட் பில் லாங்சன் தலைப்பை மீண்டும் பெறுகிறார்

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WillardWild BillLongson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 8, 1906 but spent most of his adult life in St. லூயிஸ், மிசோரி. After beginning his career as a professional wrestler in 1931, Longson found himself working for Tom Packs in St. லூயிஸ். He never really left as it would be his home base for the remainder

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Lewis Drops Title to Sonnenberg

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மற்றும் “Strangler” Lewis is one of the top two American professional wrestlers of all-time. While Lewis was a legitimate submission wrestler, who could beat anyone in a wrestling contest, he worked almost exclusively in prearranged exhibition matches. இல் 1929, he took part in a match with professional football player turned wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg was on the Providence Steam Roller,

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So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942)

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Monogram Pictures released So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942) on April 17, 1942. Zasu Pitts stars as Aunt Emma Bates. In her youth, Aunt Emma was engaged to up-and-coming professional fighter Jim O’Banion. Her sister didn’t approve of the match, so they sent her on a trip to break up the couple. Aunt Emma regretted it and starts following the career

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டிக் ட்ரேசி, துப்பறியும் (1945)

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RKO படங்கள் டிசம்பர் மீது பெரிய திரையில் டிக் ட்ரேசி காமிக் பாத்திரம் கொண்டு 1, 1945. திரைப்படம் நிச்சயம் இருக்கும் போது, ஒரு “பி” படம் இரட்டை மசோதா மீது முதல் இருக்க வேண்டும் என்று, அது இன்னும் பிரபலமான காமிக் பல ரசிகர்கள் ஆர்வம் இருந்திருக்கும். Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit

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Palooka (1934)

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ஜனவரி 26, 1934, United Artists released Palooka (1934), a feature film based on the popular comic strip. Stuart Erwin plays Joe Palooka but Jimmy Durante steals the show as his manager Knobby Walsh. Joe Palooka is the son of former world boxing champion Pete Palooka. When Joe was a baby, his mother Mayme, played by Marjorie Rambeau, takes him

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