Wrestlers we've never heard of 1960+

The difficulty is that most of us are guided by You Tube.For example prior to January 1973 no one in the UK had heard of Frank Dhondt.In reality more than half a century later he would be completely forgotten if it were not for the fact that his January 1973 match versus Paul Mitchell appears on several You Tube channels and has thousands of views.

The real "not heard of"wrestlers appear on the bottom of bills from the last century and not one member of this forum can come up with any info on them!

The problem word in the title of this topic is WE. Which of us can speak for us all? I wish people would use less sloppy language when titling topics.

Anyway, speaking for me, myself, personally:

We talked about Fred Bentley some time back. He trained Bob Anthony who spoke highly of him. He's a few weeks older than Sam Betts which makes him the oldest known British wrestler alive.

Hi Ron

Biff Watson and Fred Bentley would go here for me.

Could he be Scandinavian or German and the printers misspelt as they often did what about Axel Anderson, There was a wrestler of that name in Minnesota in the early 1930's and a German actor from the 1960s and 1970s too. It's a possibility.

1987, and Alan Kilby is making a defence against Axle Anderson.

Does anyone know anything about Axle Anderson?

John Asley....photo on ebay

This one interests me as being on a JP bill. John Tempest. Never heard of him or seen him on any other bill.

Also entrusted with an early JP outing for Haystack:

I only went to a boxing bill at St. James once. Top of the bill was a Ginger Rawlings.

Could he have turned to wrestling, or just a coincidence?

A final update on the mystery wrestler from Yorkshire. Sadly, he lost his final fight earlier this year. Out of respect, I will continue to protect his privacy, but I will say he was well looked after in his final days and his legacy is still out there, on Youtube and in a few comments asking about him, and where he went in later life. Thanks to everyone who tried to help me identify him and rest well, RS.

TV Times for yesterday in 1971 has Al Hayes v a Pete Bruso (or Bruno) billed out of Portsmouth. Possibly a typo for Mr. Elrington?

Tell him we would love to see his matches( we might have already watched them) , but more important is that he knows we are interested in his achievements in the ring and out of the ring too.

Give him mine and no dou others from the forum our best wishes.

Just as a round-up for everyone who was interested in my mystery wrestler - I now know who he is and I was thrilled to discover him anew. He wrestled under a totally unrelated name and I would never have found him if it hadn't been for the kind friend showing us a picture. He, as I said, is very private and I will respect that but I really hope he will allow people in one day as he was a great wrestler and he has suffered a lot in the years since his hay-days. I would love to tell him how interested people are in him and how much people would want to help. The friend has shown him some of his old matches on Youtube and apparently his face lit up; he had no idea those matches were there. Also, some *bleep* apparently stole his championship belt many years ago!

Pete Phillips on today's Morecambe bill.

Ray Ronaldo was another today in a feature bout at Bournemouth.

Both JP bills.

could it have been from before Haystacks moved to Joint Promotions

If he's not deceased, he seems the best one to ask, and then share with us.

Could he have been George Burgess?

Sorry gillmojo, I too have drawn a blank. Any idea where he was from, you vaguely mention Yorkshire. It's a needle in a Giant Haystacks.

bkendo1 Are you ok? Are you trying to tell us something?

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Here's John Asley again, in France, still "British Champion", only this time, he is called Bob.........