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	Frank Gotch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The son of Frederick Rudolph and Amelia Gotch, Gotch was born and raised on a small farm three miles south of Humboldt, Iowa.
		Gotch and Hackenschmidt wrestled at Chicago's Dexter Park Pavilion on April 3, 1908 to a crowd of over 40,000.
		Gotch continued to win until April 1, 1913, where he was beaten by Estonian wrestler Georg Lurich in Kansas City.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frank_Gotch (526 words)

	Karl Istaz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1961 he adapted the ring name of Karl Gotch (after Frank Gotch), and began a successful stint in the American Wrestling Association, where he won the AWA Ohio Heavyweight Title in 1962.
		Gotch also got involved in a series of feuds with the "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers.
		Gotch wanted a shot at the NWA World Heavyweight title, and Rogers wanted to avoid getting in the ring with a wrestler he feared would shoot on him, beating him for real and stealing the championship that way.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Karl_Gotch (531 words)

	Professional Wrestling Online Museum - Ring Chronicle Hall of Fame Inductee - Frank Gotch
		Frank Gotch is truly one of the original pioneers of professional wrestling.
		Gotch was trained by the legendary Farmer Burns and he made his wrestling debut in Humboldt, IA. in 1899 with a victory over Marshall Green.
		Gotch died on December 16, 1917 at the age of 41.
	www.wrestlingmuseum.com /pages/bios/halloffame/gotchbio.html (570 words)

	Gotch Quits With Clean Mat Record (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frank Gotch is the one bright spot on the darkened horizon of the wrestling game, and he is one champion who has helped to keep the profession of which he is the ablest exponent from slipping entirely down to disgrace.
		Gotch was then matched with Tom Jenkins, the U.S. champion, and in the contest, which came off at Cleveland on February 22, 1903, Gotch was defeated.
		Gotch's greatest performance was at Chicago on June 1, 1910, when he pinned Zbyszko's shoulders to the mat in 6 1/4 seconds.
	www.1wrestlinglegends.com /wawli/jmk08.htm (1416 words)

	Obsessed With Wrestling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frank Gotch wrestled in the rough and tumble mining camps of Alaska..
		Frank Gotch was well known for his victories over George Hackenschmidt and by his famous toehold finisher..
		Frank Gotch is buried at Union Cemetery in Humboldt, Iowa, in the large family tomb..
	www.obsessedwithwrestling.com /profiles/f/frank-gotch.html (314 words)

	Wrestling's Greatest Stars (Pre-WWII Era) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Born in Iowa in 1876, Gotch was a protege of the legendary Farmer Burns.
		Gotch, comparatively small for a heavyweight, had great tendon strength and enormous wrestling skill.
		Gotch died an untimely death on December 16, 1917 at the age of 41.
	www.angelfire.com /ny2/Lansky2000/century.html (519 words)

	Professional Wrestling Online Museum - Ring Chronicle Hall of Fame Inductee - Karl Gotch
		The name Gotch means a lot to wrestling, and instantly conjures up thoughts about the legendary turn-of-the-century exploits of the original World Wrestling Champion, Frank Gotch.
		In Japan, Karl Gotch is held in as high esteem as Frank Gotch is in America.
		Gotch trained them all, and many others, and instilled in them the same appreciation of wrestling skill and technique that had made him such a star in Japan.
	www.wrestlingmuseum.com /pages/bios/halloffame/kgotchbio.html (1059 words)

	WrestleLine.com: Columns - The Plancha Ranch By Zac Hanscom - Pro Wrestling Opinion and Analysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The big difference between Gotch and Hackenschmidt was that Gotch could wrestle, and he was a legitimate athlete, even if he didn't compete in a legitimate sport.
		Gotch had lost the American Heavyweight Championship to Tom Jenkins, and in 1905, Jenkins had a unification bout with Hackenschmidt for the first World Heavyweight Championship.
		Gotch would crank it on until his opponent had to let himself be pinned to relieve the pressure.
	www.wrestleline.com /columns/plancha/plancha021605.shtml (1029 words)

	Journal of Combative Sport: Gotch in Talk of Dawson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Now that Frank Gotch is a top-notcher in the world of sport as a champion wrestler, he is given to talking of the glories of his past and the victories he scored.
		Note: Frank Gotch was arguably the most technically proficient US professional wrestler of the twentieth century; Farmer Burns was his mentor.
		Frank Slavin was a competent heavyweight boxer of the period.
	ejmas.com /jcs/jcsart_YukonWorld_1199.htm (387 words)

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		Frank Alvin Gotch was born April 27, 1878, on a farm three miles south of Humboldt, in north central Iowa.
		His parents were married in their native Germany in 1855 and immigrated to the United States in 1863.
		Frederick Gotch saw action in several battles, including the capture of Petersburg, but escaped serious injury and was mustered out in 1865.
	www.frankgotch.com /biography.html (172 words)

	Four (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frank Gotch is considered by many to be the top professional wrestler of all-time.
		Gotch came from Humboldt, Iowa around the turn of the century.
		Gotch finished his pro career with a record of 158 wins and 9 losses and his "toe hold" move is still used today.
	www.kuhse.com /IowaCentury/four.htm (232 words)

	FRANK A GOTCH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frank Alvin Gotch was born April 27, 1878, on a farm three miles south of Humboldt.
		Frank was either pretty confidante, or he was displaying the naiveté of a young Iowa farm boy.
		Gotch Day - 1908 - Humboldt, IA Gotch died on December 16, 1917 at the age of 41.
	www.rootsweb.com /~iahumbol/history/gotch.htm (355 words)

	Frank Gotch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frank Alvin Gotch (April 27, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Gotch and Hackenschmidt wrestled at Chicago[Click link for more facts about this topic]'s Dexter Park Pavilion on April 3, EHandler: no quick summary.
		(Frank Gotch died in 1917 of at age 39 of uremic poisoning.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fr/frank_gotch.htm (998 words)

	Reader Submission: Gotch - Part 2
		Young Gotch, described as a “combination of beef and bone and grit,” (which if you add “fleshy,” is also how Wendy’s chili will be forever described) would be issued a challenge at a athletic meet by traveling American champion Dan McLeod, using the incredibly creative pseudonym Dan Stewart, for a bout on a cinder path.
		It’s also where Gotch’s real-life rep for questionable tactics may have been born as Jenkins complained to the ref that Gotch was trying to gouge out one of his eyes.
		The first fall was catch-as-catch-can, and saw Gotch become so enraged at Rogers slamming his elbow into his face, that he put “championship strength into action” and slamming Rogers to the mat with a forearm on his chest for the first fall.
	www.gumgod.com /reader_page14.htm (1619 words)

	Combat Wrestling - Catch Wrestling - The Ultimate Form of Submission Fighting
		Frank Gotch became world champion in 1908, beating the Russian Lion, George Hackenschmidt, in front of 30,000 people in Chicago's Comiskey Park - the largest crowd to ever see a professional sporting event in America at the time.
		Gotch was able to readily escape from the judo submissions while the same could not be said for the Japanese artist.
		Frank Gotch was a wide-open catch wrestler, who had a much greater diversity of abilities and training.
	www.combatwrestling.com /catchwrestling.html (2706 words)

	Matt Furey's Farmer Burns Catch Wrestling Submission Fighting Book and Video Course (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Gotch's technique was so brutal that his wife once told a friend, "I was so glad when Karl quit going to judo and jiu-jitsu." The reason for her relief: "It was so hard washing the blood from his gi every night."
		Gotch was a wide-open catch wrestler, who had a much greater diversity of abilities.
		My opinion is that Gotch won fair and square and Hack couldn't handle the reality of it when he got back home, so he made a piss-pot full of excuses and never stopped telling them til the day he died.
	farmerburns.com /catch_wrestling_martialart.html (4249 words)

	1911
		Gotch partisans maintain that he will win because he is the cleverer catch-as-catch-can wrestler, a quicker thinker, and perhaps as srong as his opponent.
		Frank Gotch, the world's champion wrestler, has made a quick response to the offer of Giovannia Raicevich to wrestle him, and intends to send a business representative to New York at once to carefully consider the proposition.
		Gotch was then matched with Tom Jenkins, the U.S. champion, and in the contest, which came off at Cleveland on Feb. 22, 1903, Gotch was defeated.
	purotapes.tripod.com /1911 (9776 words)

	Facts about frank gotch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frank Alvin Gotch (April 27, 1878 - December 17, 1917) was an American wrestler.
		Gotch met Dan McLeod, former American heavyweight champion, in Luverne, Iowa, on June 18, 1899.
		Gotch continued to win until April 1, 1913, where he was beaten by George Lurich in Kansas City.
	www.supercrawler.com /Facts/frank_gotch.html (490 words)

	Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frank Gotch, who many people consider to be the greatest wrestler of all-time, was born in Humboldt, Iowa in 1878.Gotch was trained by Martin "Farmer" Burns and in 1904, Gotch won the title from Tom Jenkins.
		Frank Kennedy was the name he used during a very successful wrestling tour of Alaska early in his career.
		Gotch's name, along with Strangler Lewis' name, were mentioned in the movie "The Music Man".
	www.pwhf.org /halloffamers/bios/gotch.asp (169 words)

	JManly: Gotch in the Klondike: Hewitt
		As Gotch went on to become one of America’s most famous professional wrestlers, it is surprising that this portion of his career has not received greater scrutiny, and this article is an effort to correct that omission.
		Gotch meanwhile was the "ringer." His cover was that of "Frank Kennedy" of Springfield, Missouri, and he was a Filipino-American War veteran prospecting for gold.
		Frank Kennedy and Ole Marsh signed articles to wrestle in private, "one pin fall, catch-as-catch-can Police Gazette rulesbefore no more than 20 personsfor a side bet of $1000." The match was tentatively scheduled for September 4.
	ejmas.com /jmanly/articles/2001/jmanlyart_hewitt_0901.htm (1944 words)

	IWIM - Frank Gotch 5k Memorial Run (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Started in 2002 and added to the Hall of Fame Inductions Weekend, the Frank Gotch 5k Memorial Run was introduced to give a broader audience the chance to participate in the festivities, as well as honor the legacy of Frank Gotch, perhaps the greatest professional wrestler of all time.
		The first Frank Gotch Run was started by Billy Mills, 1964 Olympic Gold Medal winner in the 10,000 meter run.
		The Frank Gotch Memorial Run is held at Maytag Park, near the Museum.
	www.wrestlingmuseum.org /gotchrun.html (350 words)

	tOA: the Other Arena, Biography
		During this time, the wrestling world was preparing for a super match between Frank Gotch, who though retired was still thought of as the world champion by the public, and the new king Joe Stecher.
		Frank Gotch joined them in April and he was in Caddock's corner the night of the match.
		After Gotch's retirement, many thought of Stanislaus as the likely candidate to replace the champion, but Zbyszko was being held as a political prisoner in Russia during one of the European wars so common at the time.
	www.otherarena.com /htm/cgi-bin/biography.cgi?earlcadd (9634 words)

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		Gotch, Frank (1878-1917), wrestler, was born in Humboldt, Iowa.
		Frank Gotch was born in Humboldt, Iowa, in 1878.
		Gotch developed stomach trouble during the year and neither he nor his fans realized the seriousness of his illness.
	www.caulifloweralleyclub.org /story5.htm (4128 words)

	Tom Jenkins: Tough as Barbed Wire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jenkins and his successor, Frank Gotch, popularized catch-as-catch-can wrestling, and it became the dominant form of grappling in the U.S. Jenkins was born in Bedford, Ohio in 1872 of Welsh ancestry.
		Gotch lauded his rival, commenting, "Jenkins was the strongest and roughest wrestler of his time.
		It is true Gotch twice beat Hackenschmidt, who twice defeated Jenkins, but Gotch resorted to all manner of foul tactics to do so and in the second contest, he even paid Ad Santel to injure Hack during training.
	www.1wrestlinglegends.com /columns/hewitt/mh1.htm (1793 words)

	Gotsch
		Anna A. (Henrietta?) Gotch, born Dec 02, 1859 in Prussia; died Oct 29, 1901 in Humboldt, Iowa (Indian Mound Cemetary).
		Frank Alvin Gotch, born Apr 27, 1878 in Humboldt, Iowa?; died Dec 16, 1917 in Humboldt, Iowa (Union Cemetary Mausoleum).
		Gotch, born Feb 24, 1914 in Humboldt, Iowa; died Dec 07, 1971 in Humboldt, Iowa (Union Cemetary Mausoleum).
	www.kubiatowicz.com /Gotsch.htm (1310 words)

	Stickgrappler's MMA page - Unofficial Underground forum archives - Indian Wrestling in MMA? page
		Frank Gotch was savvy to ignore Indian wrestlers because against a top Indian he did not have the defensive ability of graeco-roman wrestler like Zbyszko to last against someone like Gama.
		Gotch was booed by fans who were close to the ring and could see his dirty work.
		Minutes later Hackenschmidt said "Gotch is a great wrestler, the best man I've met yet, but he uses unfair tactics." This is not an interpretation of the facts, this is what he said minutes after quitting the arena that evening.
	members.tripod.com /stickgrappler/ug/indwrest.html (6483 words)

	IWIM - Frank Gotch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frank Gotch was born April 27, 1878, on a farm near Huboldt, Iowa, and lived in Humboldt all his life.
		Gotch won the world championship from George Hackenschimdt, the famed Russian Lion, in 1908.
		Their rematch in 1911 in Comiskey Park drew 33,000 fans, and made Gotch a sports super star.
	www.wrestlingmuseum.org /people/gotch_frank.html (335 words)

	George Hackenschmidt
		He was indeed the overwhelming favorite in his first wrestling match with Frank Gotch in Chicago in 1908, with most predicting a brief match (Hack won most of his battles in less than 10 minutes).
		Gotch had Hackenschmidt in his famous toehold which usually led to a pin or in the opponent conceding; Gotch had broken a couple legs of opponents, and Hackenscmidt didn't want that to happen to him.
		Hackenschmidt's shoulders were nearing the mat as Gotch cranked on the toehold; George told the referee that he submitted.
	www.sandowmuseum.com /page28.html (583 words)

	toehold
		Frank Gotch is considered by most to be the greatest Catch Wrestler to ever step into the ring.
		Probably no man in the annals of wrestling has had these elements so mingled in him in the proper proportions as Frank Gotch." He was America's greatest in the sport's greatest era, and the Toe Hold was his best known hold.
		Don't forget that Frank Gotch BROKE the legs of a couple of his opponents in matches with these holds!
	gnarlmaster.tripod.com /gnarlmaster/toehold.htm (1445 words)

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