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Chicago Tribune, October 12, 1888
Des Moines Register, March 4, 1918
Inter Ocean, October 12, 1895
Madison Democrat, August 21, 1885
Madison Magazine, December 1991
Milwaukee Sentinel, March 8, 1886
New York Times, December 22, 1880; July 27, 1884
Ogden Standard, March 1, 1891
Pittsburgh Dispatch, June 14, 1887
Wisconsin State Journal, February 15, 1886; January 30, 1886
3. “Farmer” Burns
Chapman, Mike, The Life and Legacy of Frank Gotch (Paladin Press, 2008).
Gilbey, John, Western Boxing and World Wrestling (North Atlantic Books, 1986).
Hewitt, Mark, Catch Wrestling (Paladin Press, 2005).
Hornbaker, Tim, “Farmer Burns Wrestling History,” LegacyofWrestling.com.
———, “Frank Gotch Wrestling History,” LegacyofWrestling.com.
Nash, John, “The Forgotten Golden Age of Mixed Martial Arts: The Golden Age of Wrestling and the Lost Art of American Catch-as-Catch-Can,” BloodyElbow.com.
Robbins, George S., Frank A. Gotch, World’s Champion Wrestler: His Life, Mat Battles and Instructions on How to Wrestle (Joseph B. Bowles, 1913).
Teal, Scott, “Farmer Burns,” Whatever Happened To . . . ?, Volume 6.
Wallace, Eugene and Halm, John, The Lifework of “Farmer” Burns (A.J. Kuhlman, 1911).
Select Newspapers:
Semi-Weekly Klondike Nugget, September 18, 1901
4. Jenkins, the Turk, and the American Title
Burke, Tom, “The History of Wrestling Managers — Part 1,” Ring Wrestling. May 1979.
Chapman, Mike, The Life and Legacy of Frank Gotch (Paladin Press, 2008).
Duncan, Royal and Gary Will, Wrestling Title Histories (Archeus Communications, 2000).
Fleischer, Nat, From Milo to Londos (The Ring Athletic Library, 1936).
Gilbey, John, Western Boxing and World Wrestling (North Atlantic Books, 1986).
Gotch, Frank and George Robbins, How to Wrestle (Max Stein Publishing House, 1934).
Hewitt, Mark, Catch Wrestling Round 2 (Paladin Press, 2009).
———, “Tom Jenkins: Tough as Barbed Wire,” 1WrestlingLegends.com.
Noble, Graham, “The Life and Death of the Terrible Turk,” Eurozine, May 2003.
Rauer, John E., “‘Rough Tom’ Jenkins,” PWHF.org.
Reeder, Rex, “You Don’t Have to Be as Big as the Other Man: The Tom Jenkins Story,” The Authoritative Encyclopedia of Scientific Wrestling Volume III (Scientific Wrestling, 2005).
Robbins, George S., Frank A. Gotch, World’s Champion Wrestler: His Life, Mat Battles and Instructions on How to Wrestle (Joseph B. Bowles, 1913).
Shannon, Jake, The Authoritative Encyclopedia of Scientific Wrestling Volume III (Scientific Wrestling, 2005).
Shepherd, Barron, “Tom Jenkins,” CatchWrestling-Coach.blogspot.com, July 26, 2009.
Yohe, Steve, “A Review of the Nine Frank Gotch/Tom Jenkins Matches,” WrestlingClassics.com, June 16, 2007.
Select Newspapers:
Baltimore Sun, November 8, 1901
Chicago Tribune, December 26, 1902
Cincinnati Enquirer, May 6, 1898
Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 6, 1898
Dubuque Sunday Herald, July 1, 1900
New York Times, March 27, 1898; May 1, 1898
New York World, April 30, 1898
5. The Russian Lion Roars
Chapman, David, Sandow the Magnificent (University of Illinois Press, 1994).
Fleischer, Nat, From Milo to Londos (The Ring Athletic Library, 1936).
Gentle, David, “George Hackenschmidt: The Russian Lion,” SandowPlus.co.uk.
“George Hackenscmidt — The Russian Lion,” WrestlingHeritage.co.uk.
Gotch, Frank and George Robbins, How to Wrestle (Max Stein Publishing House, 1934).
Hackenschmidt, George, The Way to Live (Strength and Health Publishing, 1908).
Lurich, George, personal letter, from the Mark Hewitt Collection.
MacKaye, Milton, “On the Hoof,” Saturday Evening Post, December 14, 1935.
Select Newspapers:
Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 29, 1904
Marshfield Times, December 1, 1905
New York Times, April 16, 1905; May 5, 1905
Oakland Tribune, March 28, 1905
United Press Association, January 31, 1904
Washington Post, December 19, 1906
6. Old World vs. New World: Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt
Beekman, Scott M., Ringside (Praeger, 2006).
Chapman, Mike, Gotch: An American Hero (Culture House Books, 1999).
———, The Life and Legacy of Frank Gotch (Paladin Press, 2008).
Gotch, Frank and George Robbins, How to Wrestle (Max Stein Publishing House, 1934).
MacKaye, Milton, “On the Hoof,” Saturday Evening Post, December 14, 1935.
Robbins, George S., Frank A. Gotch, World’s Champion Wrestler: His Life, Mat Battles and Instructions on How to Wrestle (Joseph B. Bowles, 1913).
Smith, Ed Wallace, Professional Wrestling (American Sports Publishing Company, 1912).
Ward, Geoffrey, Unforgivable Blackness (Vintage, 2004).
Yohe, Steve, “A Review of the Nine Frank Gotch/Tom Jenkins Matches,” WrestlingClassics.com, June 7, 2007.
Select Magazines and Newspapers:
Chicago Daily Tribune, April 4, 1908
Health & Strength Magazine, March 7, 1931
Evansville Press, October 21, 1915
Lowell Sun & Citizen Leader, 1942
Reno Evening Gazette, November 18, 1914
Seattle Times, March 10, 1910; November 29, 1910; January 1, 1911
Stevens Point Journal, September 3, 1910
Washington Post, April 6, 1908; December 6, 1931
7. From the Kodokan to the Count of Combat: Mitsuyo Maeda
Bunasawa, Nori and John Murray, Mitsuyo Maeda: The Toughest Man Who Ever Lived (Judo Journal and Innovations, 2007).
Gracie, Renzo and John Danaher, Mastering Jujitsu (Human Kinetics, 2003).
Green, Thomas and Joseph Svinth, Martial Arts in the Modern World (Praeger Publishers, 2003).
Hewitt, Mark, Catch Wrestling (Paladin Press, 2005).
“History of Jiu Jitsu,” CrosleyGracie.com.
Kano, Jigoro, “Conversation with Gunki Koizumi,” Budokwai Bulletin, April 1947.
Svinth, Joseph, “Tokugoro Ito,” Electronic Journal of Martial Arts and Sciences, July 2006.
Virgilio, Stanlei, Conde Koma (Editora Átomo, 2002).
8. A World Without Heroes
Beekman, Scott M., Ringside (Praeger, 2006).
Davis, Mac, 100 Greatest Sports Heroes (Grosset & Dunlop, 1958).
Duncan, Royal and Gary Will, Wrestling Title Histories (Archeus Communications, 2000).
Fleischer, Nat, From Milo to Londos (The Ring Athletic Library, 1936).
Gilbey, John, Western Boxing and World Wrestling (North Atlantic Books, 1986).
Griffin, Marcus, Fall Guys: The Barnums of Bounce (The Reilly and Lee Co, 1937).
Hewitt, Mark, Catch Wrestling (Paladin Press, 2005).
Mucken, Lynn, “The Strangler and the Mauler,” Sports Illustrated, August 3, 1970.
Yohe, Steve, Ed Lewis Biography (WrestlingClassics.com, 2011).
——— and John D. Williams, “Joe Stecher Bio,” WrestlingClassics.com.
———, “Wladek Zbyszko Bio,” WrestlingClassics.com.
Select Newspapers:
Associated Press, November 27, 1922
Des Moines Register, January 23, 1918
Japan Times, March 3, 1921
Los Angeles Times,
February 1, 1917
New York Times, December 14, 1920; January 31, 1920; April 5, 1921, November 9, 1921
Nashville Banner, March 16, 1922
Rochester American, December 10, 1922
9. Policemen, Trustbusters, and the Double Cross
Beekman, Scott M., Ringside (Praeger, 2006).
Campbell, Jason, “Pro Wrestling Supercards: Chicago,” ProWrestlingHistory.com.
Duncan, Royal and Gary Will, Wrestling Title Histories (Archeus Communications, 2000).
Fleischer, Nat, From Milo to Londos (The Ring Athletic Library, 1936).
Griffin, Marcus, Fall Guys: The Barnums of Bounce (The Reilly and Lee Co, 1937).
Haynes, Richard, “The Joe Stecher Ring Record.”
Hewitt, Mark, Catch Wrestling (Paladin Press, 2005).
———, Catch Wrestling Round 2 (Paladin Press, 2009).
Hornbaker, Tim, “Tom Packs Wrestling Biography,” LegacyofWrestling.com.
Oberthaler, Joan, “King of the Ring: Gus Sonnenberg: Lawyer, Football Star, Heavyweight.” Marquette Monthly.
“Sport: Baba & Behemoths,” Time, May 18, 1936.
“Sport: Lewis vs. Munn,” Time, January 19, 1925.
“Sport: Steele vs. Strangler,” Time, December 12, 1932.
Thesz, Lou and Kit Bauman, Hooker: An Authentic Wrestler’s Adventures Inside the Bizarre World of Professional Wrestling (Lou Thesz Books, 1995).
Wrestling Champion of the World,” Marquette Monthly, October 2000.
Yohe, Steve, Ed Lewis Biography (WrestlingClassics.com, 2011).
Select Newspapers:
Boston Globe, June 28, 1935
East St. Louis Journal, June 20, 1934
Ironwood Daily Globe, July 13, 1929,
Los Angeles Examiner, October 10, 1934
New York Times, March 1, 1921; November 14, 1921; November 15, 1921; November 16, 1921; July 10, 1929
Schenectady Gazette, June 28, 1935
Vancouver Sun, December 6, 1932
Washington Reporter, July 31, 1935
10. Thesz
Benaka, Lee, “Lou Thesz,” DeathValleyDriver.com.
Gordienko, George, “George Gordienko Autobiography,” HouseofDeception.com.
Hallinan, Mike, “No Angel of Islington,” WrestlingHeritage.co.uk.
Hartley, Jeremy, “Lou Thesz Interview,” TWConline.com.
Hornbaker, Tim, National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly that Strangled Pro Wrestling (ECW Press, 2007).
Meltzer, Dave, Tributes II (Sports Publishing LLC, 2004).
Murdock, Bill, “Dick Hutton: A True Legend,” MikeMooneyham.com.
Oliver, Greg, “Nephew aims to boost Gordienko’s legacy,” Slam.Canoe.ca.
Phantom of the Ring, “Life and Times of a Hooker,” Wrestling Perspective, Volume 13, Issue 100.
Skolnick, David, “The Bruno Sammartino Interview,” Wrestling Perspective, Volume 11, Issue 71.
Shannon, Jake, Say Uncle (ECW Press, 2011).
Teal, Scott, “Wrestle in Peace: Lou Thesz,” Whatever Happened To . . ?, Volume 52.
Thesz, Lou, interview with author.
——— and Kit Bauman, Hooker: An Authentic Wrestler’s Adventures Inside the Bizarre World of Professional Wrestling (Lou Thesz Books, 1995).
11. The Revolution Will Be Televised
Abramson, Albert, The History of Television: 1942–2000 (McFarland, 2003).
Baughman, James L., Same Time, Same Station: Creating American Television, 1948–1961 (JHU Press, 2007).
Brooks, Tim and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present, 6th Edition (Ballantine Books, 2007).
Dolin, John, director, Wrestling with the Past, 1999.
Gilbey, John, Western Boxing and World Wrestling (North Atlantic Books, 1986).
Hall, Ward, “Sideshow World,” SideShowWorld.com.
Hogan, Hulk, Hollywood Hulk Hogan (Simon and Schuster, 2002).
“It’s a Gaudy Show,” Sports Illustrated, April 11, 1955.
Kisseloff, Jeff, The Box: An Oral History of Television (Viking, 1995).
Mooneyham, Mike, “Matsuda very influential in pro wrestling,” Post and Courier, December 5, 1999.
Oliver, Greg, “Classic AWA to air on Viewer’s Choice,” SlamWrestling.com.
———, “Mad Dog gets top CAC honor,” SlamWrestling.com, 2003.
Presley, Jeff, “Interview with Billy Wicks,” Catch.20m.com.
Race, Harley and Gerry Tritz, King of the Ring: The Harley Race Story (Sports Publishing LLC, 2006).
Shagawat, Robert, “Television Recording — The Origins and Earliest Surviving Live TV Broadcasts Recordings,” EarlyTelevision.org, October 2004.
12. The Great Danny Hodge
Baker, Ox, “$10,000 Wasted,” 1WrestlingLegend.com.
Botter, Jeremy, “Exclusive: Legendary Announcer Jim Ross Validates Folklore,” Heavy.com.
“Dan Hodge’s Progress,” Sports Illustrated, April 7, 1958.
Duncan, Royal and Gary Will, Wrestling Title Histories (Archeus Communications, 2000).
Funk, Terry and Scott Williams, Terry Funk: More Than Just Hardcore (Sports Publishing LLC, 2006).
Hodge, Dan, interview with author.
Hornbaker, Tim, National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly that Strangled Pro Wrestling (ECW Press, 2007).
In Your Head Wrestling, “Danny Hodge Interview,” July 16, 2010.
Meltzer, Dave, “Danny Hodge: What might’ve been?” Yahoo.com.
Molinaro, John, “Danny Hodge: The Giant Jr. Heavyweight,” SlamWrestling.com.
———, Top 100 Pro Wrestlers of All Time (Winding Star Press, 2002).
Parker, Don, “Dan the Puncher,” Sports Illustrated, March 17, 1958.
———, “The Man to Beat,” Sports Illustrated, April 1, 1957.
“Sugar Ray’s Manager Hired by White Pro,” Jet, May 29, 1958.
Watts, Bill and Scott Williams, The Cowboy and the Cross (ECW Press, 2006).
Wrestling 411, “Mike Chapman & Dan Hodge talk about the new book, Oklahoma Shooter: The Dan Hodge Story.” Wrestling411.com.
13. No One Before Kimura, and No One After
Chen, Jim, “The Man Who Defeated Helio Gracie,” JudoInfo.com.
Kimura, Masahiko, My Judo (Budo Videos, 1985).
Marshall, Gavin. “Death of a Hero,” Wrestling Revue, April 1964.
Meltzer, Dave, “MMA to return to Brazilian roots for UFC 134,” Yahoo.com
———, “Remembering Helio Gracie,” Yahoo.com.
Nishi, Yoshinori, “Helio Gracie Interviewed,” Kakuto Striking Spirit, May 1, 2002.
Thesz, Lou and Kit Bauman, Hooker: An Authentic Wrestler’s Adventures Inside the Bizarre World of Professional Wrestling (Lou Thesz Books, 1995).
Whiting, Robert, Tokyo Underworld (Random House Digital, 2000).
14. Wigan
Duncan, Royal and Gary Will,Wrestling Title Histories (Archeus Communications, 2000).
Flair, Ric and Keith Greenberg, Ric Flair: To Be the Man (Simon and Schuster, 2004).
Graham, Billy, interview with author.
Kleinberg, Adam and Adam Nudelman, Mysteries of Wrestling: Solved (ECW Press, 2005).
Martin, Todd, “The Overlooked History of Mixed Martial Arts,” CBSsports.com, 2007.
Malenko, Joe, interview with author.
Mooneyham, Mike, “‘God of Wrestling’ Gotch Dead,” MikeMooneyham.com, 2007.
Robinson, Billy, interview with author.
Shannon, Jake, interview with author.
———, Say Uncle (ECW Press, 2011).
Snowden, Jonathan, Total MMA: Inside Ultimate Fighting (ECW Press, 2008).
Todd, Mike and
Ian Bennett, directors, Catch: The Hold Not Taken, 2005.
Wrestling Observer Radio, “Billy Robinson Interview,” October 28, 2009.
15. Judo Gene and Bad News
Billington, Tom, Pure Dynamite (Sw Publishing, 1999).
Cater, Dave, “Legend in His Own Time,” InsideKung-fu.com.
Coage, Allen, interview with author.
Falcone, Dewey, “Judo vs. Boxing,” Black Belt, May/June 1964.
Harris, Jeff, “This Mall Cop Is Real Bad News,” SlamWrestling.com.
Hillhouse, Dave, “Messing Around with ‘Judo’ Gene LeBell,” SlamWrestling.com.
Jacobs, Mark, “Tough Guys Wear Pink,” Sports Illustrated, April 3, 1995.
Kram, Mark, “The Lady Is a Champ,” Sports Illustrated, November 6, 1967.
LeBell, Gene, “Bruce Lee — Student, Friend and Teacher,” GeneLeBell.com.
——— and Bob Calhoun, The Godfather of Grappling (Gene LeBell, 2005).
———, interview with author.
McCoy, Heath, Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling (CanWest Books, 2005).
McGee, John, “Allen Coage: Would You Send This Boy to College?” Black Belt, January 1969.
Miller, Davis, Tao of Bruce Lee (Random House, 2001).
Nilsson, Thomas, “A Conversation with the Toughest Man Alive,” Black Belt, April 1994.
O’Brien, Jess, Nei Jia Quan: Internal Martial Arts (North Atlantic Books, 2004).
People v. Lebell (1979) 89 Cal.App.3d 772 [152 Cal.Rptr. 840].
Smash Wrestling, “Bad News Brown Interview,” March 2001.
The Joe Rogan Experience, February 9, 2011.
Wertheim, L. Jon, Blood in the Cage (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008).
Zemen, Ned, “Seagal Under Siege,” Vanity Fair, October 2002.
Zimmerman, Richard, “Allen Coage: Judo Player of the Year,” Black Belt, January 1978.
Select Newspapers:
Los Angeles Times, September 12, 1976; June 14, 1979
16. The Inoki Legend Born
“Ali, Inoki, Pick and Roll to Standoff in Sleeper,” Jet, July 15, 1976.
Cashill, Jack, Suckerpunch (Thomas Nelson, 2006).
“Catch as Ali Can,” Sports Illustrated, April 19, 1976.
Draeger, Donn, “Muhammad Ali versus Antonio Inoki,” Journal of Combative Sport, 2000.