Kenny Owens and Pat Burnham outdoors
Don Whitman’s motto was “Men to Match the Mountains” and his boyfriend Pat Burnham has matched that with Kenny Owens in this outdoor series from the 50s.
Category: Boxing-Wrestling
Boxers, wrestlers, MMA and agonophilia posts.
Frank Zeuch vs Doran Propp
Frank Zeuch and Doran Propp wrestling by Don Whitman of WPG.
Louis Igot wrestlers
19th century artists loves their fighting men; so here’s Louis Igot’s 1870s version of it.
Charles Butler vs Robert Rex
Charles Butler wrestling Robert Rex for AMG circa 1959.
Chief Don Eagle
Wrestler Chief Don Eagle (Sometimes credited as War-Eagle) was a first-nations Canadian of the Mohawk tribe. He wrestled in Native American garb with the traditional Mohawk haircut from 1945 to 1953. He got his back broken in the ring by faux-Nazi heel Hans Schmidt in 1953 and had to retire. After years of chronic pain his death was ruled a suicide in 1966.
Antonino “Argentina” Rocca
Antonino Rocca (1922-1977) was famous in professional wrestling for his acrobatics, particularly the flying kick. He wrestled from 1947 through the early 70s and mentored many other wrestlers.
Rasslin Rascals
Rasslin Rascals, photos by Old Reliable, write up bu Butch Murdock mid 80s.
Chris Kapellas by AMG
Chris Kapellas, AKA Flash was a bad boy hustler in LA in the early 80s who worked with Old Reliable and Bob Mizer of AMG. Here’s a set of his AMG solos.
Eric Pederson 2
Wrestler Eric Pederson dominated the fitness magazines of the late 40s and early 50s, photographed by Spartan, Eberson, Earle Forbes, and others. I had the honor of meeting him when I hosted bay-con.