Came across a really good report in 1907 about Old Timers when they were older.
Of special Interest to Ruslan I imagine , but very good for anyone interested in this kind of stuff.
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Came across a really good report in 1907 about Old Timers when they were older.
Of special Interest to Ruslan I imagine , but very good for anyone interested in this kind of stuff.
wow. what a great find! speechless. made my day!!! thank you so very much Ron! truly appreciate that! so many fantastic names in this list! so many great champions, the true legends of pro wrestling! I would classify them into separate groups.
Englishmen, the catcheurs, Bibby, Acton, Connors, Tom Cannon the greatest British wrestler of XIX c., by the way Wm Schora of Ashton-under-Lyne (THE GREATEST!!!) is missed he also made it to America and stayed here for the rest of his life.
Americans, J.H. McLaughlin 'Paddy' of Detroit MI, the one and only first pro collar and elbow champion wrestler of America!!! Wm Muldoon - the greatest American pro wrestler of XIX c, period! Jack Carkeek - King of Wrestlers! Evan Lewis, the original strangler, first American catcheur! D. C. Ross the all-around champion athlete of America! Farmer Burns, the father of circus-style pro wrestling, the "American fashion"!
Frenchmen, Bauer and Christol, both undisputed kings of mat!
and of course The One and Only - The Original Golden Greek - Antonio Pierri, The Man With A Midas Touch who turned into $$$ everything he touched!
THANK YOU!
A counter point to the White Owl in the other thread
A great find Ron. I take your point about possible (likely) inaccuracies but three of them reportedly still wrestling in their fifties.
Some great names there Ron. The original Strangler Lewis and Greek George who I was reading about just a couple of weeks ago.
Excellent find, Ron, I love this sort of stuff. None of us know how truthful or accurate the information is, but if it is correct, it must have taken quite a while to track all of these people down and find out where they were and what they were doing, via pen and paper/letter.
Edit: Are we sure that the newspaper article date is correct? (1907), I just took a quick look at the date-of-birth of a few of the wrestlers mentioned (Connors, Acton, Carkeek) and the ages, above, don't match. Tom Connors was still wrestling in the USA up to 1911, and Bauer seems to have died in 1901 (assuming this is Theobaud Bauer, not Theodor). Duncan C. Ross would have been 51 in 1907.
Wonder if someone made all the above up, thinking no one would ever find out?