Walter Miller (wrestler) explained
Walter Miller was the middleweight wrestling champion in 1919.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Biography
He was born in Poland and contracted rheumatic fever as a child.[12] [13] [14] [15]
Championships and accomplishments
- Professional wrestling
- World Lightweight Championship (Europa-Version) (1 time)[16]
- World Middleweight Championship (2 times)[17] [18]
- World Welterweight Championship (2 times)[19] [20]
- World Lightweight Championship (1 time)[21]
- Wisconsin Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[22]
Notes and References
- News: Championship Wrestling Match on Card for Thursday . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525115746/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/331756312.html?dids=331756312:331756312&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=May+06,+1919&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Championship+Wrestling+Match+on+Card+for+Thursday.&pqatl=google . dead . 25 May 2011 . . 6 May 1919 . 12 December 2008 .
- News: Miller Is Still Champion . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525115658/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/330053492.html?dids=330053492:330053492&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=May+09,+1919&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=MILLER+IS+STILL+CHAMPION.&pqatl=google. dead. 25 May 2011. . 9 May 1919 . 12 December 2008 .
- Web site: Walter Miller Wrestling History. legacyofwrestling.com. 14 June 2016.
- Web site: 09 Jul 1927 - WRESTLER RETURNS. - Trove. Argus . 9 July 1927 . trove.nla.gov.au. 14 June 2016.
- Web site: 01 Aug 1927 - WRESTLING - Trove. Barrier Miner . August 1927 . trove.nla.gov.au. 14 June 2016.
- Web site: American wrestler Walter Miller posing shirtless outside the entrance to a bar, Sydney, ca. 1928 [picture].. nla.gov.au. 14 June 2016.
- Book: Catch Wrestling: A Wild and Wooly Look at the Early Days of Pro Wrestling in America. Hewitt, M.S.. 2005. Paladin Press. 9781610047333. 14 June 2016.
- Web site: Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database. wrestlingdata.com. 14 June 2016.
- Web site: Wrestling on radio in 1920s Melbourne - ABC Melbourne - Australian Broadcasting Corporation. abc.net.au. 14 June 2016.
- Book: The Masked Marvel, wrestler Walter Miller (image, 1929) [WorldCat.org]. worldcat.org. 757130527.
- Book: Legends of Pro Wrestling: 150 Years of Headlocks, Body Slams, and Piledrivers. Hornbaker, T.. Snuka, J.. 2012. Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated. 9781613213148. 14 June 2016.
- Book: Greyvenstein, Chris . The Fighters . 1981 . Don Nelson . 9780909238629.
- Book: Georgakis, Steve . Sport and the Australian Greek . 2000 . Standard Publishing House . 0-949203-67-X .
- Book: Thrashing Seasons: Sporting Culture in Manitoba and the Genesis of Prairie Wrestling. 9780887554971. Nathan Hatton. C.. 3 May 2016. Univ. of Manitoba Press.
- Web site: 1920-1929 Victoria Results - The Home of Historical Wrestling . prowrestlinghistoricalsociety.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150418135752/http://www.prowrestlinghistoricalsociety.com/au-vic-1920-1929.html . 2015-04-18.
- Web site: Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database. wrestlingdata.com. 14 June 2016.
- Web site: World Middleweight Title.
- Web site: World Middleweight Title @ Wrestlingdata.com. Axel. Saalbach. wrestlingdata.com.
- Web site: World Welterweight Title. www.wrestling-titles.com.
- Web site: World Welterweight Title @ Wrestlingdata.com. Axel. Saalbach. wrestlingdata.com.
- Web site: World Lightweight Title.
- Web site: Wisconsin Heavyweight Title.