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Ed Don George
Birth nameEdward Nye George Jr.
Born(1905-06-03)June 3, 1905
Java, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 18, 1985(1985-09-18) (aged 80)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Ed Don George

Edward Nye "Ed Don" George Jr. [1][2](June 3, 1905 – September 18, 1985) was an American amateur and professional wrestler, and wrestling promoter. A former Olympic freestyle wrestler, George competed in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and turned pro shortly after. He was two-time AWA World Heavyweight Champion.

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Career

George was born in North Java, New York. He wrestled for both St. Bonaventure University and for the University of Michigan.[3] He also represented the United States in freestyle wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, placing fourth in the heavyweight class (87 kg).[4] During the years 1926–29, Ed Don George attended the University of Michigan, with his concentration of study in engineering.[5] Later on, in 1929, at St. Bonaventure University, he graduated with a college degree.[6]

Quick and powerful, he took on the name "Ed Don George" and began his professional career shortly after returning from the Olympics. He captured the AWA World Heavyweight Championship on December 10, 1930, from Gus Sonnenberg. Double-crossed by Ed "Strangler" Lewis in Los Angeles on April 13, 1931, George dropped the title to the Strangler. George refused to wrestle Lewis in a shoot contest, admitting he would lose to Lewis in a real match. However, promoter Paul Bowser maneuvered it back to George, who held it for nearly four years, finally losing it to Danno O'Mahony on June 30, 1935. George remained one of the top box office draws of the 1930s, and on April 5, 1937, defeated Al Perreira in Paris to capture the European version of the world title.

In March 1942 he joined the US Navy.[7] There he taught hand-to-hand combat to naval air cadets. In December 1945 he left the navy with the rank of Commander.[8]

During the late 1940s through the 1950s he promoted numerous wrestling matches in the United States. In the mid 1950s he found himself promoting wrestling at the casinos in Havana, Cuba until Fidel Castro came to power.

In 1949, George bought a 375-acre (1.52 km2) parcel just east of North Java, New York where Camp O'Ryan was situated.[9] He then very soon afterwards leased this land for 25 years to the federal government, which built, in conjunction with New York State, a New York National Guard training site.[10]

George died in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, on September 18, 1985, and his body was buried in the village of North Java, New York. He was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996. In 2006 he was inducted posthumously into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Championships and accomplishments

See also

References

  1. ^ THE POUGHKEEPSIE EAGLE-NEWS       Friday, March 11, 1932 
  2. ^ wrestling-titles.com
  3. ^ University of Michigan Hall of Honor 1981 inductee Ed Don George- Wrestling
  4. ^ Wrestling - Freestyle - heavyweight
  5. ^ University of Michigan alumni office communication
  6. ^ The St. Bonaventure University Athletics Hall of Fame list (1975 inductee)
  7. ^ letter from the National Archives and Records Administration
  8. ^ letter from the National Archives and Records Administration
  9. ^ Records of the Wyoming County Clerk's Office, New York State, Liber 262, page 204, recorded on 2nd day of June 1949
  10. ^ "National Guard Has Rifle Range in Wethersfield", Wyoming County Times, Warsaw, NY 1949
  11. ^ "Title Lineages: CASAC World Heavyweight Championship - the Home of Historical Wrestling". Archived from the original on 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2017-03-21.

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