14th April and on this day the death of Canadian Paul Lortie.
Billed from France, a thrilling French Ace no less, but actually from Montreal, Canada, heavyweight Paul Lortie worked in Britain between 1935 and 1939 against top men such as Bert Mansfield and Jack Sherry. Whilst in Britain he was featured in an exhibition of wrestling with Mike Demitre broadcast on television in 1939. He was the elder of the Lortie brothers, and found greater success than brother Bob. Paul Lortie died on 14th April, 1953 at the untimely age of just 38.
Wrestling overseas today, Dalibar (Gil) Singh defeated Omar Atlas in Osaka, Japan, on this day in 1985.
On our TV screens, on this day in 1971:-
Jon Cortez (1) v Zolton Boscik (0)
Jackie Pallo v Bobby Graham