Four birthdays and two deaths.
Happy birthday to Mighty John Cox
John Cox
Today is also the anniversary of the birth of
Atholl Oakeley
Tiger Joe Robinson
Pete Curry
And the death of
Ski Hi Lee
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Four birthdays and two deaths.
Happy birthday to Mighty John Cox
Today is also the anniversary of the birth of
And the death of
I love Ron's contribution from Preston. Every one was a winner with those descriptions, "The Human Whirlwind," "Prefers a fight to having his dinner," "The Terror of the Midlands," "A record a mile long," and "An earthquke will be quite mild in comparison." All that and a title match.
Who could resist spending half a crown?
Wrestling overseas today, Dewsbury lad, Harry Fields took on Gilbert LeDuc in Paris, France, on this day in 1950.
On our TV screens, on this day in 1971:-
Rocky Wall (W) v Mike Marino
Ian Campbell (W) v John Cox
31 May 1960
Ernie Riley defended his British light heavyweight championship against Arthur Ricardo in Leicester
Interesting.
The Outlaw was on Joint bills all through 1968, including the RAH v Starck in February and tv in February and March. Surely Gordon Nelson in such high profile matches? He's busy until October and only a few though in November and December.
Interesting though is that Gordon Nelson has results in Japan from June 1968 and USA from September. So that means Joint were using a second Outlaw (Carl Dane) at least from mid 1968.
Hi MM
We saw The Outlaw against Danny Lynch at the Palais in April 1968 always assumed it was Gordon Nelson but can't be 100% sure?
It's another two-for-the-price-of-one, with our lads wrestling overseas today, as Colin Joynson took on, and beat, Roy St. Clair in Leverkusen, Germany, on this day in 1975.
On our TV screens, on this day in 1969: -
Len Hurst (KO) v Sid Cooper
Steve Veidor (W) v Johnny Czeslaw
Adrian Street Esq (W) v Pancho Zapatta
A night at Tooting in 1968.
The Outlaw was in hospital?