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Emil Klank (June 19, 1876 - June 27, 1940) was a wrestler, trainer, and manager that flourished in the 1910s.
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Biography
He was born on June 19, 1876, inChicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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and in 1918 was working as a policeman in Chicago. He was the trainer for brothers Silent Rowan and Mike Rowan, and later was wrestler Frank Gotch
Frank Alvin Gotch (April 27, 1877 – December 17, 1917) was an American professional wrestler. Gotch was the first American professional wrestler to win the world heavyweight free-style championship, and he is credited for popularizing professi ...
's manager. He died on June 27, 1940, in Hot Springs, Arkansas
Hot Springs is a resort city in the state of Arkansas and the county seat of Garland County. The city is located in the Ouachita Mountains among the U.S. Interior Highlands, and is set among several natural hot springs for which the city is n ...
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He fought in mixed style challenge matches. For example, in 1902 for $100 a-side against Tony Harris in Catch as catch can wrestling and Cornish wrestling
Cornish wrestling ( kw, Omdowl Kernewek) is a form of wrestling that has been established in Cornwall for many centuries and possibly longer. It is similar to the Breton Gouren wrestling style. It is colloquially known as "wrasslin’"Phillipps, ...
.''In the world of sport'', The Butte inter mountain, 12 February 1902, p8.
External links
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References
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