Sandor Szabo
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Sandor Szabo (died October 13, 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.
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- American Wrestling Association
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- AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Montreal Athletic Commission
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- World Heavyweight Championship (Montreal version) (1 time)
- National Wrestling Alliance
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- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles version) (1 time) - with Billy Darnell
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) (2 times) - with Primo Carnera (1) and Ron Etchison (1)
- NWA International Television Tag Team Championship (5 times) - with Wilbur Snyder (2), Bobo Brazil (1), Billy Darnell (1), and Edouard Carpentier (1)
- NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
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- member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame - inducted in 2000
[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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