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eddie.horton91
17h
My grandad was a pro wrestler in the last 50s to 70s maybe and I really want to know more about him since he didn't leave anything from his day with us. Nan kinda through his belts out but Ive been looking for a while and I can't find anything about him I heard he had many names but all I know is angry ant cause he was a short tempered British but if anyone could find anything it'd be much appreciated
eddie.horton91
17h
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eddie.horton91
His real name was frederick grice but I don't think he used his real name
RON HISTORYO....Time Cop,
9h
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eddie.horton91
Would love to help on this but there is so little to go on. AS we are on a thread about Manchester , are you saying he lived in Manchester. Using another name is very normal for wrestlers , but someone must know of at least one identity he used. What weight was he . What venues did he wrestle at. Did he have wrestler friends.
You are right in saying he did not use the Grice name.
eddie.horton91
5h
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RON HISTORYO....Time Cop,
I'll look further into thank you for helping and it's all good if you can't find much ill get back to you
There was a Frederick Grice who was an author in that timeframe. One of his books featured a wrestler. Here are some wrestling Freds in that timeframe: Fred Scofield
Freddie Rex
Fred Brennan
Fred Norman
Fred Murray
Fred Unwin
Fred Hannon
Fred Morris
Fred Minto
Fred Woods
Fred Clayton
Fred Dyson
Fred Royle
Fred Storer
Freddy Roberts
Fred Welsh / Fred Walsh
Fred van Lotta
Fred Woolley
Fred Naylor / Red Naylor / Red Fireball
Fred Scott
Fred Graham
Fred George
Fearless Fred
Fred Hill
Fred Tappin
Fred Bentley (still with us at time of writing)
Well, we have Angry Ant to go on. This surely rules out anyone above welterweight.
Lots of comments over the years resulting in poster collections ending up at the tip.
But Ruslan will have nightmares when he reads: " Nan kinda through his belts out."