Wrestling with the Angels
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, who will live on in the annals of wrestling history. If there are any omissions please let us know by going to our contacts page.
Thank-you.
Please switch your sound on before scrolling, as we trust the music that we have added will enhance the tremendous sense of loss of 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 'Go West' by Annie Lennox.
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George Andrews
Bob Abbott ( Leno Larazzi)
Chris Adams
HaroldAngus RayApollon Chris Archer O'Brien
BobArcherO'Brien DaveArmstrong BertAssirati JackAtherton CliffAttenborough Black Angus (Frank Hoy)
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 Au Bey
Harry Bennett
George Bollas ( Zebra Kid)
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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
Peter Cortez
Kevin Conneely
Dick Conlon
Eddie Capelli
Kevin Cawley
Bill Connor
Ken Cadman
'Bronco' Jack Cassidy
Eric Cutler
'Romeo' Joe Critchley
Ricky Cortez
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
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Bruno Erlington
Johnny Eagle
Maurice Everett
F
Charlie Fisher
Arthur Fisher
Mickey Flack
John Foley
Grant Fotheringham
Tony Fury
Ezra Francis ( Sugar Ray Do Do & The Withdoctor)
G
Rex Gable
Alan Garfield
Fred Gee
Bill Garnon
Dave George
Mitchell Gill
Abe Ginsberg
Brian Glover
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
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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
'Dutchy' Holland
J
Gerry De Jaegar
Arthur (Butcher) Johnson
Terry Jowett
Doug Joyce
Ken Joyce
Mike 'Flash' Jordan
K
Peter Kelly
John Kelly
Alf
George Kidd
Sammy King
Ernie (Kiwi)
Mal (King Kong) Kirk
Johnny Kovacs
Johnny Kwango
Les Kellet
Gorden Kilmartin
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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)
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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 Morand
Johnny Morgan
Julien Morice
Norman Morrell
Don Mendoza
Charlie McDonald
Dave Morgan
Brian (Butch) Mason
Steal Mcree
Rocky Moran
Peter Maivia
Jimmy Munro
Leah Maivia
N
Terry O'Neil
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
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Babe 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)
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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
T
Billy Torontos
Lou Thesz
Lord Bertie Topham
V
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
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Y
Harry Yardley
Johnny Yearsley
Reg Yates
Z
Alexander Zass
Honey Boy Zimba
Adolph Zubrowski
Ivan Josef Zaranoff
Tony Zale