Alfred Albert Joe de Re la Gardiur | |
Names: | Dutch Mantell Flying Dutchman |
Birth Date: | 25 July 1881 |
Birth Place: | Diekirch, Luxembourg |
Death Date: | January 31, 1941 |
Death Place: | Amarillo, Texas |
Alfred Albert Joe de Re la Gardiur (July 25, 1881 – January 31, 1941) was a Luxembourgish-American professional wrestler.[1] [2]
Alfred Albert Joe de Re la Gardiur was born in Diekirch on July 25, 1881, to a French Protestant father and a Belgian Catholic mother.[3]
After travelling to England, South America and Australia, Gardiur arrived in New York City in 1900. After a stint in the United States Navy, he was a United States Citizen by 1906. In 1921, he met shooter Cal Farley and made his home in Amarillo.[4]
Gardiur, wrestled around the world, under the ringname Dutch Mantell, developing a reputation for being a vicious heel. During his later years he trained various wrestlers including Roy Welch.[5]
Gardiur died from cancer at the Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, Texas on January 31, 1941.[6]