Tag: historian

History bonds the Tragos/Thesz wrestling family

Posted by John Cosper | Jul 20, 2024 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF

WATERLOO, Iowa — Just after 8 pm on Friday night, July 19, Coach Jim Miller stood at the...

Mat Matters: All about ‘Ballyhoo,’ my new book

Posted by Jon Langmead | Jan 30, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Opinion

Jon Langmead’s Ballyhoo!: The Roughhousers, Con Artists, and Wildmen Who Invented Professional...

The end result: Don Luce’s death is history’s loss

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 27, 2023 | Obituaries

Being a pro wrestling historian is tough at the best of times. It is often solitary work, poring...

Historian Steve Johnson embodies spirit of CAC’s Jim Melby Award

Posted by Kari Williams | Sep 9, 2022 | CAC, Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Steve Johnson was wrapping up an interview with Virginia Wenzel – wife of wrestler Dave Levin – in...

Mat Matters: An appreciation for the late David Williamson

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 10, 2022 | Obituaries, Opinion

No one works alone, and there’s always someone out there that knows more about a subject...

When it comes to old-school wrestling, Mark James knows his stuff

Posted by Amos Mina | Jul 6, 2021 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF

Wrestling historian and author, 54-year-old Mark James knows a thing or two about old-school...

Detroit historian Mark Bujan dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 12, 2021 | Obituaries

How do you measure a wrestling historian? Is it their knowledge? Their collection? In the case of...

Yohe the Great

Posted by Jon Langmead | May 12, 2019 | CAC, Interviews

Sitting in Steve Yohe’s living room and talking about wrestling history is an experience...

Melby Award honours Koji Miyamoto’s many contributions

Posted by Jon Langmead | Jul 9, 2018 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF

Koji Miyamoto fell in love with pro wrestling as a 10-year old living in Mito City and his deep...

Don Luce the ‘godfather’ of pro wrestling research

Posted by Jon Langmead | Apr 14, 2018 | CAC, Interviews

No less of an authority than J Michael Kenyon called Don Luce, who is being honored by the...

In Memoriam: J Michael Kenyon, Master of Mat History

Posted by Steven Johnson | May 8, 2017 | Interviews, Obituaries

If you combined Falstaff, Hemingway, and Gus the Wrestling Bear, you might just start to capture...

Preeminent historian Fred Hornby, dead at 76, had rich radio past

Posted by Steven Johnson | Jul 16, 2015 | Interviews, Obituaries

By STEVEN JOHNSON and GREG OLIVER Whether he was running the desk at a highly rated all-news radio...

Mat Matters: Clawmaster Zordani was a key part of the historian community

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 15, 2014 | Interviews, Obituaries, Opinion

The name Jim Zordani won’t mean anything to most wrestling fans; even his online handle of...

The history of wrestling ‘historians’

Posted by J MICHAEL KENYON - For SLAM! Wrestling | Jul 7, 2010 | Interviews

EDITOR’S NOTE: J Michael Kenyon is presenting this paper on the occasion of the annual...

Mat Matters: Saying goodbye to Jim Melby

Posted by Bill Fernow | Feb 11, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Obituaries, Opinion, Tragos/Thesz HOF

At a workplace Christmas function, nine years ago, a co-worker familiar with my love of pro...

Noted historian James C. Melby dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 11, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews, Obituaries

The name James C. Melby would be familiar to any wrestling fan of a certain age. He wasn’t a...

Rodgers has Pacific Northwest covered

Posted by Fred Johns | Jul 7, 2005 | Interviews

The recent passing of wrestler Johnny Kostas is yet another in a long string of wrestling deaths....

Will finds a way for Toronto history site

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 27, 2003 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

The recent massive blackout turned out to be a good period to do some work for Waterloo,...

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