Post by ideamark on Aug 12, 2006 22:45:41 GMT -5
The match was nearly 100 years ago...
and people are still talking about it.
The match: Iowa farm boy Frank Gotch, taking on the world champion George "the Russian Lion" Hackenschmidt for the title in Chicago in April 1908...
(Sounds a lot like Gardner vs Karelin, doesn't it? The farm boy vs the massive, muscular Russian....)
Now, thanks to wrestling collector Rob England, there are now NEW photos of this epic upset in the Frank Gotch vs George Hackenschmidt Yahoo group!
You'll see 1908 match pics from a modern-day Russian amateur wrestling program. (Do you speak/read Russian? You can provide us with translations of the captions!)
This Yahoo group also features photos from their 1911 rematch... along with tons of photos of Frank Gotch and George Hackenschmidt in wrestling gear and in street clothes... great articles... and much, much more. Here's the link:
sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/FrankGotchVsGeorgeHackenschmidt/
Check it out!
Mark
Moderator, FrankGotchVsGeorgeHackenschmidt Yahoo group
and people are still talking about it.
The match: Iowa farm boy Frank Gotch, taking on the world champion George "the Russian Lion" Hackenschmidt for the title in Chicago in April 1908...
(Sounds a lot like Gardner vs Karelin, doesn't it? The farm boy vs the massive, muscular Russian....)
Now, thanks to wrestling collector Rob England, there are now NEW photos of this epic upset in the Frank Gotch vs George Hackenschmidt Yahoo group!
You'll see 1908 match pics from a modern-day Russian amateur wrestling program. (Do you speak/read Russian? You can provide us with translations of the captions!)
This Yahoo group also features photos from their 1911 rematch... along with tons of photos of Frank Gotch and George Hackenschmidt in wrestling gear and in street clothes... great articles... and much, much more. Here's the link:
sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/FrankGotchVsGeorgeHackenschmidt/
Check it out!
Mark
Moderator, FrankGotchVsGeorgeHackenschmidt Yahoo group