NOW Look at This 1ST JULY-To The DAY- Bill For The WINTER GARDENS-MORECAMBE!!
It is Virtually IDENTICAL To The SAME Show On MONDAY 28TH JUNE at The SPA ROYAL
HALL-BRIDLINGTON-See Below!- 7/8 of The SAME Wrestlers are Present- TED HEATH On
Today's Bill Replaces KEVIN CONNEELY From The Previous Show!!
SAME 4 Match 'Challenge' Tourney!- SAME £200 Up For Grabs!!- + Even a Trophy For The
'Winner' This Time too!!- Enough Distance between The 2 Venues For Them to 'Get Away'
with it!! -Just The Subsidiary Matches Slightly 'Re-Jigged'!!
But They DID Charge More at The Seaside!!
Oh!- Those Promoters!!
MAIN MASK
In 2008 the death of Kid Callon.
Kid Callon was a man with a story to tell. He was born, Derek Anthony Callon, in Keighley on 26th January, 1926, Young Derek was taught to box by his father, a former bare knuckles fighter, whilst he was still at school. When he left school Derek started work in the local metal works, on full production as part of the war effort. In 1944, aged 18, he was conscripted into the army and within a short time he was posted to Singapore, a hotbed of professional wrestling in the 1940s. In 1945 we find him wrestling at the Great World Arena in Singapore, wrestling alongside the likes of Con Balassis, Jeff Conda and Dara Singh. From 1945 until 1948 he was a regular competitor in the rings of Singapore and Malaysia, a man renowned for his rough tactics inside the ring.
In 1948 Derek returned to Britain where he continued his wrestling career and played rugby league for Keighley. We found him in 1950 wrestling the likes of Bob McDonald, Larry Laycock and Alf Cadman in northern England and Scotland.
Derek Callon died on 1st July, 2008, aged 82, but his remarkable life, more so for his exploits outside the ring, live on in the book that celebrates his life, "The Untamed White Savage," written by his son Derek.
Colin was barely a middlewight at the time, probably a valid catchweight bout.
I wonder what Belle Vue Trophy he had won in those early years of his career?
George Kidd is giving a lot of weight away there.
"A great contest is assured" by AllStar.
Here's a vintage corker:
Working overseas today, Len Britton beat local lad, Brossati, in Barcelona, on this day in 1949.
On our TV screens, on this day in 1964: -
Billy Joyce (European heavyweight champion) v Jan Kovacs
Bob Steele v Eric Sands
Neat detective work Main Mask.
In fairness to the promoters, they do state that the Thursday bout is the final one of the four.
We are clearly missing the Tuesday and Wednesday shows - no prizes for guessing the supporting line-up.
And The BRIDLINGTON Bill -28TH JUNE-again!- Got it Back to Front Above!
KEVIN CONNEELY Replaces TED HEATH-Below- on The MORECAMBE Bill!!
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