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Joe Dusek was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on December 12, 1910. He wrestled with Rudy, Ernie and Emil in the New York territory from 1935 to 1940. He lost to Ed Lewis and also wrestled French great Yvon Robert to a draw. As a promoter, he gave Tim Woods the name Mr. Wrestling. He died on October 31, 1992, in Omaha, Nebraska.
"Beautiful Nebraska" is the regional anthem of the U.S. state of Nebraska. The music was composed by Jim Fras in 1960 and the lyrics were written by Jim Fras and Guy G. Miller, prior to adoption as Nebraska's state song in 1967.
The Nebraska Cornhuskers wrestling team competes as part of NCAA Division I, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference. Nebraska primarily hosted meets at the NU Coliseum from 1926 until moving to the larger Bob Devaney Sports Center in 2013.
Jack Hoffman, a young cancer patient and Nebraska fan who scored an iconic touchdown during the Cornhuskers’ spring game in 2013, died on Wednesday. Hoffman was 19.
Thanks in part to a timely growth spurt, Jim excelled at Greco-Roman style grappling — which forbids holds below the waist — and went on to win the 1958 Nebraska state heavyweight wrestling ...
James Henry Neidhart (February 8, 1955 – August 13, 2018) [6] was an American professional wrestler known for his appearances in the 1980s and 1990s in the World Wrestling Federation as Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart, where he was a two-time WWF Tag Team Champion with his real-life brother-in-law Bret Hart in the Hart Foundation.
Local Nebraska sports anchor Kevin Sjuts was just one of the people Nebraska punter Sam Foltz touched in his time on earth. Foltz and former Michigan State punter Mike Sadler were killed in a ...
Little is known of McManus' career due to McManus often wrestling under masks. He wrestled as "Bruiser" McManus and was a journeyman wrestler. He made appearances as Inferno #3 as early as 1967 for NWA Mid-America and was part of the Infernos team from 1975-1976 in NWA Hollywood Wrestling and in New Japan Pro Wrestling. [20]