Walter Miller (wrestler)

Walter Miller circa 1915-1919

Walter Miller was the middleweight wrestling champion in 1919.[1][2]

Biography

He was born in Poland and contracted rheumatic fever as a child.[3][4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Championship Wrestling Match on Card for Thursday". Los Angeles Times. 6 May 1919. Retrieved 2008-12-12. This wrestling bird, who will light into Walter Miller for the middleweight title at the Los Angeles Athletic Club Thursday night, reached the city at 11:30 ...
  2. ↑ "Miller Is Still Champion". Los Angeles Times. 9 May 1919. Retrieved 2008-12-12. Walter Miller is still the middleweight wrestling champion of the world. Last night at the Los Angeles Athletic Club the peerless mat expert and grappling ...
  3. ↑ Greyvenstein, Chris (1981). The Fighters. ISBN 909238626X. Walter Miller was considered the middleweight wrestling champion of the world. This remarkable man suffered from rheumatic fever as a child and until he ...
  4. ↑ Georgakis, Steve. Sport and the Australian Greek. ISBN 0-949203-67-X. Due to the rise of the sport in the USA, Dick Lean imported Walter Miller, middleweight champion of the world ...