Sandor Szabo
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| Sandor Szabo | |
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| Born | 1906 |
| Died | October 16, 1966 |
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Sandor Szabo (died October 16, 1966) was a Hungarian professional wrestler of the mid-twentieth century. At first, due to his large size, he was promoted by Jack Pfefer and Jack Curley of New York City as a "freak talent", one of a number of foreign and extraordinary wrestlers booked to attract the curious.[1] In the early 1940s Szabo held three world championships. In the 1950s he was quite popular in Southern California, where he was assistant booker to Jules Strongbow,[2] and held tag team championships in Los Angeles and San Francisco. In 2000 he was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. He died of a heart attack at the age of 60.
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- Montreal Athletic Commission
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- World Heavyweight Championship (Montreal version) (1 time)
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- NWA International Television Tag Team Championship (5 times) - with Wilbur Snyder (2), Bobo Brazil (1), Billy Darnell (1), and Edouard Carpentier (1)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles version) (1 time) - with Billy Darnell
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- NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) (2 times) - with Primo Carnera (1) and Ron Etchison (1)
[edit] References
- ^ MacKaye, Milton, "On the Hoof", Saturday Evening Post, December 14, 1935
- ^ LeBell, Gene, The Godfather of Grappling, (Sports Publishing:2005), p. 94.
an online version of the article "On the Hoof"
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