British Wrestlers Reunion
Strengthening the Ring of Friendship
Strengthening the Ring of Friendship
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Dressing Room in the Sky
Wrestling with the Angels
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as we trust the music that we have added will enhance the tremendous senseof loss from these great characters ,while you observe a few quiet minutes
reflecting on your own personal memories and feelings for those who
were taken from us. This beautiful and poignant piece is called
'Beyond the Rainbows Edge' by Daniel O'Donnell. Please take a minute to read
the beautiful poem at the bottom of the page, written by one of the 'boys'
Here you will find a list of all of the British Wrestlers and Officials who are sadly
no longer with us. These great gladiators are immortalized by their work within
the ring and are embedded in our hearts and thoughts forever. This is our small
tribute to those great men and women, who will live on in the annals of
wrestling history. If there are any omissions please let us know.
It's Your World Now
A perfect day, the sun is sinking low
As evening falls, the gentle breezes blow
The time we shared went by so fast
Just like a dream, we knew it couldnt last
But I'd do it all again
If I could, somehow
But I must be leaving soon
It's your world now
It's your world now
My race is run
I'm moving on
Like the setting sun
No sad goodbyes
No tears allowed
You'll be alright
It's your world now
Even when we are apart
You'll always be in my heart
When dark clouds appear in the sky
Remember true love never dies
But first a kiss, one glass of wine
Just one more dance while there's still time
My one last wish: someday, you'll see
How hard I tried and how much you meant to me
It's your world now
Use well your time
Be part of something good
Leave something good behind
The curtain falls
I take my bow
That's how it's meant to be
It's your world now
A
George Andrews
Bob Abbott (LenoLarazzi)
Chris Adams
HaroldAngus
Ray Apollon
Chris Archer O'Brien
BobArcherO'Brien
Bert Assirati
MarjorieAssirati
JackAtherton
CliffAttenborough
Black Angus (Frank Hoy)
Syd Askin
B
George Baker
Ernie Baldwin
William Bankier
John Bates
Cliff Beaumont
Jack Beaumont
Bill Benny
Ted Beresford
Ray St Bernard
Francis P Blake
Yuri Borienko
Bill Brennan
Ed Bright
Dean Briscoe
Harry Brooks
Billy Best
Peter Bates
Hassan Ali Bey
Harry Bennett
George Bollas ( Zebra Kid)
Andre (sledgehammer) Baker
Robby Baron
Alan J. Batt
Billy Barber
Dave 'Butcher' Bond
Roger Brown (referee)
Sue Brittain ( Marje Farrar)
Allan Best
'Lord' James (Jan) Blears
Bob Bell
Dave Barrie
Alan Bingham aka Al Tarzo
C
George Callaghan
Ian Campbell
Tiny Carr
Jack Carroll
Mick Casey
Steve Casey
Tom Casey
Douglas Clark
George Clark
Steve Clements
Bull Coleman
Geoffrey Condliffe (Count Bartelli)
Gary Cooper (Catweazle)
Gordon Corbet
Bill Coverdale
Shirley Crabtree (Big Daddy)
Frank Cuell
Jack Cunningham '
Romeo' Joe Critchley
Peter Cortez
Kevin Conneely
Dick Conlon
Eddie Capelli
Kevin Cawley
Bill Connor
Ken Cadman
'Bronco' Jack Cassidy
Eric Cutler
'Romeo' Joe Critchley
Ricky Cortez
George Cooper (Jim Cooper)
Sir Henry Cooper OBE
Alf Cadman
John Copping
Vic Coleman
Ray Crawley
Johnny Czeslaw
Clive Carpenter
Jimmy Cassidy
'Mad' Eli Collins (Superfan and Charity Fundraiser)
Tony Charles
Tony Cassio
Charlie Cornish
D
Tommy Dale
Jack Dale
John Dale
Dan Davey
Roy (Bull)
Alf (
Leo Demitral
Herbert Devereaux
Fred Downes
Dennis Dean
Alan Denison
Mike Demitri
Jack Dempsey ( Tommy Moore)
Carl Dane
Harry Digby
Ray Diamond ( White Angel)
Peter Deakin
Harry Duval
Al Diamond ( The Ebony Kid)
Eric Dudley ( Yorkshire Kid)
Axel Dieter
Phil Davis (Referee)
Eric Day
Gerry Diprose
Arthur Donovan
Gwyn Davies
Ian 'Doc' Dean
E
'Big' Bruno Elrington
Johnny Eagle
Maurice Everett
Ebony Kid
Ken Else ...The Kangaroo Kid
F
Charlie Fisher
Arthur Fisher
Mickey Flack
John Foley
Grant Fotheringham
Danny Flynn
Tony Fury
Ezra Francis ( Sugar Ray Do Do & The Withdoctor)
Eddie Foxx
Tim Fitzmaurice
Ted Fretwell
Jack Fallon
Tony Francis
Vic Faulkner
G
Rex Gable
Alan Garfield
Fred Gee
Bill Garnon
Dave George
Mitchell Gill
Abe Ginsberg
Brian Glover (Leon Arras)
Karl Gotch ( Karel Istz)
Peter Gotz
Fred Green
Bob Gregory
Francis St Clair Gregory
Graham Guthri
Georges Gordienko
Charlie Green
Raymond Glendenning
Abe Goldberg
'Butcher' Goodman
Tommy Grant
Ian Glasper ( Ray Diamond- White Angel))
Harry Geoghegan
Bobby Graham
Peter Gurr
Roger Green
George Hackenschmidt
Patsy Hagate
Roy Harding
Jackie Harris
Ezzard Hart
Vic Hesselle
John Haggar ( Humphrey Mendoza)
Joe Hill
Tom (Tug) Holton
Mike Howley
Ron Harrison
Ray Hunter
Frankie Hughes
Frank Hurley
Shinya Hasimoto
'Judo' Al Hayes (Lord Alfred )
Billy Howes
John Harris
'Jumping' Jim Hussey
Steve 'Hardboiled' Haggerty
Dave Hines
Roy Hefferman
Tommy Hanson a.k.a. Toma Anson
Johnny Howard ( Rasputin)
'Texas' Ted Heath
Lennie Hurst
Eric Hodgkinson a.k.a. Vince Apollo
J
Eric Jackson
Gerry De Jaegar
Arthur (Butcher) Johnson
Harry Joyce
Doug Joyce
Ken Joyce
Mike 'Flash' Jordan
Peter Jay
Norman 'BoBo' Johnson
Paul Jerome aka Ponsenby Pendleton Pratt
K
John Kelly
Alf
George Kidd
Sammy King
Ernie (Kiwi)
Mal (King Kong) Kirk
Johnny Kovacs
Johnny Kwango
Les Kellet
Gorden Kilmartin
Tracy Kemp
'Prince' Gordon Kumali
Harry Kendall
John (Killer) Kowalski
Jeff Kaye
L
Alf Lagren
Charlie Law
Sky High Lee
Maurice Letchford
Leo Lightbody
Johnny Lipman
Chris Londos
Tommy Lusardi
Paul Luty
Steve Logan
'Dangerous' Danny Lynch
Ken Lasenby
Frank Lane
Tommy Lorne
Gordon Lye (Klondyke Bill)
Chic Linton
Paul Lincoln ( Doctor Death)
Lolita Loren
Barry Lee
Jack Land a.k.a. Karl Von Kramer
Dick Lanagan
M
Pat Madden
Jim Maloney
Tony Mancelli
Tommy Mann
Tony Mansi
Lou Marco
Mike Marino
Bert Marsh
Johnny Marsh
Les Martin
Masambula
Bill McDonald
Raymond Miller
Dennis Mitchell
Don Mitchell
Jean Morandi
Johnny Morgan
Julien Morice
Norman Morrell
Don Mendoza
Charlie McDonald (Lee Charles)
Dave Morgan
Brian (Butch) Mason
Steal Mcree
Rocky Moran
Peter Maivia
Jimmy Munro
Leah Maivia
Stefan Milla
Bob Moncreiff
Dennis McNamara
Brian Manelli
Jim McKenzie
'Judo' Al Marquette
Jim Martell
Bernard Murray
Mick McManus
Drew McDonald
John Murphy
'Jumping' Jim Moser
Keith Martinelli
Mick McMichael
N
Terry O'Neil
Gordon Nelson ( The Outlaw)
Ramon Napolitano
Terry Nylands
O
Sir Athel Oakley
Ron Oakley
Sandy Orford
P
Bobby Palmer
George Lawson Peeke
Charlie Purvis
Bully Pye
Dominic Pye
Harry Pye
Jack Pye
'Bad' Bill Pye
Emile Povey
Ivan Penzekoff
Angelo Papini
Chic Purvey
Mr Jackie 'TV' Pallo
Steve "Gaylord" Peacock
Roy Parkes ( Mr. Big )
John Paul
Vic Power
Kevin Peach
Johnny Peters
Eric Pickering aka The Scorpion
Dave Phillips
Pat Patton
Geoff Portz
Barry Potter (The Badger) - Promoter
Peter Preston
Q
Babe Quesick
Joe Quesick
R
Harry Rabin
Nat Rabin
Sam Rabin
Milton Reed (Mighty Chang)
Carl Reginsky
Doug Relwyskow
George Relwyskow
Ken Richmond
Billy Riley
Melvin Riss
Alf Robinson
Guido Ronga
Harry Roth
Martin Ruane (Giant Haystacks)
Jimmy Ryan
Pat Roach
Reg Reynolds
Peter Rann
Ernie Riley
Terry Ricardo
Isaak Rain
Gordon Renton ( Farmers Boy)
Billy Robinson
Llew Roberts
Ryan Williams
Anne De Relwyskow
'Tiger' Joe Robinson
Dave Reece (Referee)
S
Tony (Pasquale)Salvo
Eric Sands
Eugene Stezycki
Max Martin Schultz
Bill Shelton
Stan Stone
Michael Sullivan
Tibor Szakacs
Eddie Stratton
Dave Smith (British Bulldog)
Pat O' Sullivan
Dave Shade
Ricki Starr
Ken Shaw
Peter Szakacs
Mick Shannon
Joe Sands
Barry Shearman aka Rex Strong
Bill Sigsworth
Tommy Stevenson
T
Billy Torontos
Lou Thesz
Lord Bertie Topham
Doug Taylor
Brian Trevors
Jack Taylor (Bradford)
Sheik Tannous
Kris Travis
V
'Legs' Valentine
Paula Valdez aka Princess Paula
W
Sonny Wallis
Bill Walsh
Norman Walsh
Johnny Williams
Freddie Woods
Billy Woods
Eddie Woodward
Arthur Wright
Kent Walton
Roger Wells
Max Ward
Joe Williams
George Wade
Bob Walsh
Johnny Willis
Orig Williams
Sgt. Bill Warner
Kevin Wood
Tiger Williams
Woody Waldo
Tony Wood ( The Viking)
Keith Waddington
Buddy Ward
John (Ed) Wensor
Otto Wanz
Albert 'Rocky' Wall
X
Y
Harry Yardley
Johnny Yearsley
Reg Yates
Z
Alexander Zass
Honey Boy Zimba
Adolph Zubrowski
Ivan Josef Zaranoff
Tony Zale
Having formed an affiliation with the South African
Reunion we now include their obituary rosta
A
Frikkie Alberto
B
Harry Bradford
Hans Van Den BergC
Sam Cohen (Masked Star of David and Alec Simpson )
Killer Coetzer
D
Johan De Beer
Renaldo Delport (Ronaldo from Canada)
Andy Dell
F
Flash Fourie (Springbok Amateur)
Johan Ferreira
G
Herman Von Gentz
Maans Groenewald
H
Bull Hefer
Johan Hefer
Wilhelm Hall (Masked Mister X )
Hans Van Hansen
Alf Harding (Springbok Amateur)
Dutchy' HollandJ
Abe Tarzan Jacobs ( lost title to John Lees)
Janni8e Jacobs
Martiens Jacobs (Masked Wildman from Kalahari)
K
Willie Kohne
L
Lappies Labeschagne ( Springbok amateur)
Willie Liebenberg (National hero)
Piet Ludick
Hennie Liebenberg
M
Eddie Muller
Billy Meyer
Butcher Van Der Merwe
Blondie Marais
Willie Miles
Dave van Der Merwe ( Springbok Amateur )
O
Willie Olivier
P
Gert Pieterse
Blondie Pienaar (Empire Games gold medallist)
S
Jan Swart ( masked Boerseun)
John Slabbert
Vic Van Schalkwyk
Don Charles Sutherland
V
Louis Van Vuuren
W
Spider Wheeler
Y
Stripling Young
Z
Silas Van Zyl
I've taken falls and taken bumps
I've suffered bruises and the lumps
I've served my time upon the mat
Learning break falls; this and that
The use of ropes, The corner post
And the moves i found i used the most
The locks and Bars, The Holds and kicks
And other little wrestling tricks
I've studied wrestlers far and wide
That have made me warm and glow inside
As they paraded for the crowd
Who clapped and cheered so very loud
To watch these gods as they display
Their ringside talents every day
To see these modern gladiators
Give all they could for the spectators
Now some have gone to another ring
With a poster that says it all
Where legends of this noble sport
Would fill The Albert Hall
The list sadly is endless and growing every year
As more heroes pass away, all of them very dear
No more will they grace an earthly ring
But their praises we will always sing
There will be no top billing
As each one of them that's passed
Was a hero in his own way
So they'll be not first or last
But a name upon the role-call
That's written on the wall
In the dressing room up in the sky
And we miss them one and all
Barry " Superfly " Roy