Well, quite a bit of interest for me on this advert I just came across.
Klondyke Bill - "Madison Square Gardens." The first time I saw him he was said to have just come from Madison Square Gardens (and of course there was an American original Klondyke Bill. Weighs 40 stones. Yes that's what my posters sau, none of your deflated 32 stones. Discovered by Ruby Goldstein. What a laugh. This must have given them a few smiles back in the Malton Co-Op.
Stoker Brookes - He was Barnsley through and through. And about to be annihilated. Stoker was no heavyweight, 14 stones at the most. Mostly seen in the company of Pedro the Gypsy.
Jim Armstrong - Interesting because this was around the time he was billed as British heavyweight champion by the Wrestling Federation of Great Britain. A few years back there was much questioning by Ruslan about Armstrong having this title and the belt used.
Gypsy Salvadore - The wrestling Romany from Stoke, this would have been most likely Bill Ogden.
Jumping Jim Moser - Under rated, a good wrestler, more valued by the independents than Joint
Dave Newman - I saw Dave Newman a couple of times, thought him good enough but nothing special. I'd also heard of a wrestler from Wigan called Brian Burke but at the time didn't know they were the same person.
Andreas Svajick - One of two brilliant lightweights from Accrington, almost always accompanied by his pal Ian St John. Oh, there he is on the opposite side.
Sandor Rosza - Well there's a turn up for the book. Some time ago two good Heritage wrestler friends who both knew Andreas Svajick told us he was also Sandor Rosza. I don't doubt them and would put money in Sandor Rosza being substituted.
Ian St John - The other brilliant Accrington lightweight much under-valued by Joint.
Andy McCormack - Okay, who was he?
Seats: 10/-. That's a bit pricey for 1965.
When you say that St John and Svajick were "under-valued by Joint" that should not be interpreted in relation to their ability. Joint Promotions wanted wrestlers who would travel nationwide and face a variety of opponents.
That the employer used them and allowed them their own limited range of venues and opponents is a credit both to the employer's felxibility and the employees' abilities.
I am still working out the impact of Dave Newman switching to the more dynamically alliterative ring name of Brian Burke. Doesn't quite cut it for me ....
It's almost as though they were on tour. Here is Andy McCormack again in North Wales that summer.
Good find Hack. I think your right with Sandor Rosza being substituted.
Well, I certainly give them full credit for getting all the spellings right!