A One-Time MIDDLEWEIGHT Champion of CANADA-BOB FIFE was actually a SCOT-
Taking his Ring Name from the Shire of his Birth-The Kingdom of FIFE!
Having Emigrated to CANADA-BOB returned to BRITISH Rings in the Mid '30's as the
Popularity of the Sport began to 'take-off'!
A Popular Mid Carder-He often Appeared on Solid Bills and was a Worthy Competitor!
Here he is below taking on non other than JACK DALE!....with JACK PYE Topping the Bill!!
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How did you get this information on Artchie Smith, i am curious(great grand daughter)
Bob Fife was bornĀ in Scotland. His birth name was Archie Smith, born in Leven, a seaside town in Fife in the east Central Lowlands of Scotland, on 29th June, 1900. When he was thirteen years old Bob's family emigrated to Canada, settling in Ontario. He enlisted in the Army during the First World War and it was around this time that he became interested in wrestling. On leaving the army Archie gained work with Canadian railways and joined a local amateur wrestling club in Hamilton. It was here that he befriended another Brit who had also moved to Canada, Alfred Hodgson. In 1927 Archie Smith turned professional, choosing to adopt the name of Bob Fife, in reference to his home county in Scotland. At the beginning of 1933 Bob and his friend, now wrestling professionally as Jack Wentworth, made the decision to travel to Britain, where professional wrestling was booming. Unable to afford the tickets the two men arranged to work their passage to Southampton. Harold Angus, Jack Dale,George Gregory and Jack Atherton all went down to Bob on occasions. He was to remain a stalwart of the British scene, wrestling throughout the country, until the outbreaks of World War 2. Bob returned to Canada where he continued his wrestling career as a referee.
There is NO Photo of BOB in the A-Z-So here's one Below!...
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