Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportsutøver
Films and television shows based on combat sports such as boxing, bryting, or martial arts or starring combat sports athletes.
August 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions ga ut Killer Dill (1947), en krimfilm som den profesjonelle bryteren Mike Mazurki spiller «Little Joe», en håndlanger som spiller begge sider av en gjengfeide. Stuart Erwin spiller Johnny "Killer" Dill, en undertøysdesigner og selger, som folk tar feil av for en gangster. Etter å ha involvert seg selv i en gjengkrig, hans
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) ga ut Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) i november 1941. En av de senere Thin Man-filmene (affiliate link), filmen inneholder interessante vignetter for wrestling-fans. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, blir trukket inn i en statlig etterforskning av en lokal gambling ring. To lokale brytingspromotører driver gamblingringen, som er kunst som imiterer livet hvis
Og “Strangler” Lewis er en av de to beste amerikanske profesjonelle bryterne gjennom tidene. Mens Lewis var en legitim innleveringsbryter, som kunne slå hvem som helst i en brytekonkurranse, han jobbet nesten utelukkende i forhåndsbestemte utstillingskamper. I 1929, han deltok i en kamp med profesjonell fotballspiller som ble bryter, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg var på Providence Steam Roller,
I recently discovered a three minute clip on YouTube, which included two of Jim Londos’ matches 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
November 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
Født Norman Edward Wescoatt på Hawaii i august 2, 1911, "Rusty" Wescoatt spilte fotball for University of Hawaii før han debuterte for profesjonell bryting på Hawaii under 1933. Wescoatt var også svømmemester. Wescoatt kom først med flere nyheter for svømmingen enn brytingen sin da han reiste til det kontinentale USA i 1935. Påskedag, April
På nesten 70 år, Stanislaus Zbyszko filmdebuterte i Night and the City (1950). Regnes som Gregorious, en pensjonert bryter og faren til Londons brytingspromotor, Zbyszko viste sine bryteferdigheter, selv i hans høye alder, i filmens signaturscene. Filmen begynner med en mann som jager Harry Fabian, en London hustler som alltid leter
Joe Stecher capturing the world wrestling championship from Earl Caddock is the oldest professional wrestling film in existence. Tragisk, 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
Willard “Wild Bill” Longson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, juni 8, 1906 but spent most of his adult life in St. Louis, Missouri. After beginning his career as a professional wrestler in 1931, Longson found himself working for Tom Packs in St. Louis. He never really left as it would be his home base for the remainder
Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star