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Posts about Greco-Roman wrestling matches and other wrestling styles such as collar-and-elbow wrestling, side hold wrestling, Cornish wrestling, itd.
The International Wrestling Tournament occurred in two phases between May 19, 1915 and December 31, 1915. Fifty wrestlers would compete in the first phase of the tournament including World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. The second installment had 40 wrestlers including up and coming star Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Marca 22, 1881, Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon met Collar-and-Elbow World Champion John McMahon at the Terrace Garden in New York City. Muldoon and McMahon met in a best-two-out-of-three-falls match. The first fall was conducted by Greco-Roman rules. The second fall would be contested using collar-and-elbow rules. Zadnjo jesen bi odločil New York
Paul Pons je francosko, grško-rimski Wrestling Champion. Bil je dovolj dober, da bi George Hackenschmidt teči za svoj denar na več turnirjih. Vendar, ko je prišel v Chicago 1900, je bil “poraženi” z lokalnim rokoborec. Okoliščine izgube pusti veliko od želenega. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Eden
William Muldoon, Svetovna grško-rimske rokoborbe prvak in telesno kulturo zagovornik, prišel v Los Angelesu je v torek, April 15, 1884 soočiti z lokalno rokoborec Fred Bauer. Tekma je potekala v lokalni Turnvereine dvorani v Los Angelesu. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he
Decembra 1, 1938 pri 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 let. 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
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
V dokaz, da njegovo predvidevanja in vizije, Svetovne Wrestling prvak William Muldoon je pripravljal, da bo fitnes trenerja, tudi ko na vrhuncu svojih pooblastil, kot rokoborec. Muldoon potekala v prvenstvu od 1880 dokler se je upokojil leta 1890. Med njegovo vladavino, he often gave exhibitions to attract attention to his way of training. The Saturday,
V 1880, William Muldoon would become World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the Greco-Roman style after defeating Thiebaud Bauer, the reigning champion. Before he would accomplish this feat, Muldoon had to pay his dues and prepare for the title tilt with Bauer. V 1876, Muldoon caught the attention of former bare knuckle prizefighting world champion John Morrissey. Morrissey was a former
George Baptiste spent about twenty years serving as St. Louis’ resident all-around athlete before taking over the company, Baptiste Tent and Awning, founded by his father Alexander Baptiste. Besides plying his trade as an occasional but accomplished professional wrestler, Baptise was a powerful swimmer. Avgusta 11, 1900, Baptiste used his swimming skills to save another St. Louisan from drowning.
For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, Način življenja v zdravje in moč (podružnica povezava) by Georg Hackenschmidt. Georg Hackenschmidt set many weightlifitng world records before focusing on professional wrestling. Hackenschmidt would win the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1901. Hackenschmidt would reign as undefeated World Champion for 7 years until losing his