August 4, 1969
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Dick Bennick 1968
Dick Bennick presents a check to Mrs. Leander King.I loved the movies on channel 8. The ad is from August 1968.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Jim Crockett & The Becker Bros.
The photo above is from April 1954. On the left is Bobby Becker, Promoter Jim Crockett is seated in the center and on the right is George Becker. Bobby Becker passed away on Thanksgiving day in 1954.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Jim Crockett,Promoter
That is boxer Tony Galento in the photo with Jim Crockett. Tony Galento was coming in as a special referee on a wrestling show. Jim Crockett moved to North Carolina in 1933. In early 1940, Mr. Crockett acquired a building in Greensboro,NC at Neeses Hall on the corner of Washington and Davie Streets. The building was completely renovated and painted.Then new seating and a lounge for the ladies was added.This building was transformed into an arena for wrestling,boxing and other types of shows. The first wrestling show was held there on Wednesday night April 17,1940.For much of the forties and fifties, Jim Crockett promoted weekly wrestling events on Wednesday's in Greensboro.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
High Point July 10,1969
Jim Crockett Sr. ran several live wrestling events in High Point,NC during the sixties.
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