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Tag: Tony Lanza

Mad Dog Vachon: A filmmaker’s memories – PAGE 5

Posted by JOHN DOLIN - For SLAM! Wrestling | Nov 21, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Obituaries, Opinion

Pre-production seemed to go on forever. I needed archival footage of the Dog but it was in short...

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Harry Madison: Canadian Olympian turned ruffian

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 6, 2012 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

The transformation of an 18-year-old Maurice Vachon at the 1948 Olympic Games into a “Mad...

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Ken Ackles: From the Maritimes to Hollywood

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 2, 2010 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Hollywood Headlock, Interviews

REAL NAME: Kenneth V. Ackles BORN: July 13, 1916 in Springhill, Nova Scotia 5′ 10″,...

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Ovila Asselin a rose by any other name

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 3, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

It’s the names that are intriguing, not the result. Consider this St. Louis bout from May...

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Tony Lanza dead at 84

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 26, 2005 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

He was, quite simply, the greatest wrestling photographer the world had ever known. And now, with...

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