Clarence Weber Explained

Clarence Weber
Birth Name:Clarence Alfred Weber
Birth Date:27 March 1882
Birth Place:Brighton, Melbourne, Australia
Death Date:20 November 1930 (aged 48)
Death Place:Mont Albert, Melbourne, Australia
Names:Clarence Weber
Billed:Melbourne, Australia

Clarence Alfred Weber (27 March 1882 – 20 November 1930) was an Australian athlete, wrestler and physical culturalist.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]

Career

Weber opened a health and strength college in Flinders Street, Melbourne with partner John Rice.

He took up wrestling in 1904, defeating Buttan Singh for the Australian Heavyweight Championship in November 1906. He won the Australian title again in September 1911, and retired in 1913. His return to wrestling in 1923 was less successful. In 1925, Ike Robin defeated Clarence Weber in a Best 2 out of 3 Falls match for the NWA Australasian Heavyweight Championship in Melbourne. Upon returning to Napier, he was apparently awarded a gold medal in recognition of his victory. Robin became so popular in the country that a patented wire-strainer for fencing, the "Ike Grip", was named after him.[25] [26]

Weber's final bout took place in 1926.

Personal life

Weber was the seventh surviving child of Robert Gustaf Frederick Weber and Eliza nee Head.

Weber married Louisa Peck in 1906, and had four daughters and three sons. Louisa died on 19 May 1918.

Weber then married fellow physical culturist Ivy Mitchell (nee Filshie), on 7 March 1919. Ivy had been widowed during World War I and had one son. Together, Clarence and Ivy had one son and two daughters.

Death

Weber collapsed and died on 20 November 1930 while washing his hands before dinner in Victoria Crescent, Mont Albert at the age of 48,[27] the cause of death was a coronary occlusion. His second wife, Ivy, became the second woman to be elected to the Victorian parliament and the first at a general election.

Championships and accomplishments

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 03 Dec 1923 – A PHYSICAL GIANT. Clarence Weber, Wrestler. How .... Trove.nla.gov.au. 2015-12-03.
  2. Web site: 21 Nov 1930 – DEATH OF CLARENCE WEBER Physical Culture Expert,.... Trove.nla.gov.au. 2015-12-03.
  3. Web site: 15 May 1911 – WRESTLING AND BOXING. CLARENCE WEBER v. JACK JOH.... Trove.nla.gov.au. 2015-12-03.
  4. Web site: Matches for name. Trove.stevecassidy.net. 2015-12-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208173113/http://trove.stevecassidy.net/name/d74701eddf0e86af07a27bd9860fe8d3. 8 December 2015. dead.
  5. Web site: Wrestling – Entry – eMelbourne – The Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online. Emelbourne.net.au. 2015-12-03.
  6. Web site: Clarence weber photograph. Prezi.com. 2015-12-03.
  7. Web site: Kushti Australia. Coreedaoz.com. 2015-12-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20151127153206/http://www.coreedaoz.com/main/page_kushti_australia.html. 27 November 2015. dead.
  8. Book: Shooters. 9781770902213. 2015-12-03. Snowden. Jonathan. 9 August 2012.
  9. Web site: Clarence Weber. BillionGraves.com. 2015-12-03.
  10. Web site: The World's Largest Wrestling Database. Wrestlingdata.com . Axel Saalbach. 2015-12-03.
  11. Web site: Papers Past – Auckland Star – 14 November 1904 – BRUTAL WRESTLING.. Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2015-12-03.
  12. Web site: 1920–1929 Victoria Results. The Home of Historical Wrestling.
  13. Web site: Australian Professional Wrestling: A Short History . Mediaman.com.au. 2015-12-03.
  14. Web site: Championship WRESTLING SOUVENIR of wrestlers who will wrestle for the World's Light Heavy Weight Championship at the Stadium: Season 1927. Abebooks.co.uk. 2015-12-03.
  15. Web site: Robin, Ihakara Te Tuku – Biography – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Teara.govt.nz. 2015-12-03.
  16. Web site: A Visit with the Russian Lion – NZ Wrestling. Nzwrestling.com. 2015-12-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208154748/http://www.nzwrestling.com/clipping/250/A+Visit+with+the+Russian+Lion.htm. 8 December 2015. dead.
  17. Web site: The Way to Live – The Story of My Life – Georg Hackenschmidt – Part 7. Wrestling-Titles.com. 1908 .
  18. Web site: 02 May 1911 – ALL-IN CONTESTS. CLARENCE WEBER'S CLAIM. HIS CHA.... Trove.nla.gov.au.
  19. Web site: 24 Mar 1911 – WRESTLER AND BOXER. WHO IS THE BETTER MAN? WEBER.... Trove.nla.gov.au.
  20. Book: Reconstructing the Body: Classicism, Modernism, and the First World War. 9780191609381. 2015-12-03. Carden-Coyne. Ana. 20 August 2009.
  21. Web site: Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series. 1960. 2015-12-03.
  22. Web site: 1926 Allen's Wrestlers. Wrestlingtradingcards.com.
  23. Web site: The Martial Chronicles: All-In Down Under With Sam McVea. John S. Nash. 26 May 2015. Bloody Elbow.
  24. Web site: 18 May 1925 – WRESTLING. CLARENCE WEBER INJURED. Rib Crushed b.... Trove.nla.gov.au.
  25. Book: Bennett, Matthew . Ihakara Te Tuku Robin (1886–1968) . . 27 June 2007 . 978-0-478-18451-8 .
  26. News: WRESTLING. 1925-08-24. Evening News (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1924 - 1941). 2019-07-12. 8.
  27. News: MR. CLARENCE WEBER'S DEATH.. 1930-11-22. Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 2019-07-12. 20.
  28. Web site: Australian Heavyweight Title. Wrestling-Titles.com.

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