1931 professional wrestling w/ Jim "Golden Greek" Londos ...
Item # 726199
February 14, 1931
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 14, 1931
* Early Jim Londos "The Golden Greek"
* Early professional wrestling match
* vs. Rudy Dusek at the Boston Garden
The bottom of page 13 has a discrete and brief report with tiny heading: "Londos Wins Boston Mat Bout" (see image)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
Complete with all 36 pages, rag edition, minor spine wear, nice condition.
background: Step back into the smoke-filled electricity of the Boston Garden on the night of February 13, 1931, with this stunning piece of wrestling history documenting the collision between the "Golden Greek" Jim Londos and the ferocious Rudy Dusek. This wasn't just a match; it was a 48-minute masterclass in Depression-era grit, where the world’s most charismatic champion survived Dusek’s brutal "roughhouse" tactics to deliver a thunderous airplane spin that shook the rafters of the Garden. A quintessential relic from the absolute zenith of the Golden Age of Wrestling, this item captures the raw, unscripted intensity of a night when Londos proved exactly why he was the highest-paid athlete in America, defending his World Heavyweight title before a roaring, capacity crowd of New England’s most die-hard fans.
* Early Jim Londos "The Golden Greek"
* Early professional wrestling match
* vs. Rudy Dusek at the Boston Garden
The bottom of page 13 has a discrete and brief report with tiny heading: "Londos Wins Boston Mat Bout" (see image)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
Complete with all 36 pages, rag edition, minor spine wear, nice condition.
background: Step back into the smoke-filled electricity of the Boston Garden on the night of February 13, 1931, with this stunning piece of wrestling history documenting the collision between the "Golden Greek" Jim Londos and the ferocious Rudy Dusek. This wasn't just a match; it was a 48-minute masterclass in Depression-era grit, where the world’s most charismatic champion survived Dusek’s brutal "roughhouse" tactics to deliver a thunderous airplane spin that shook the rafters of the Garden. A quintessential relic from the absolute zenith of the Golden Age of Wrestling, this item captures the raw, unscripted intensity of a night when Londos proved exactly why he was the highest-paid athlete in America, defending his World Heavyweight title before a roaring, capacity crowd of New England’s most die-hard fans.
Category: The 20th Century
