Wrestling Cards Collection RG 93

Wrestling cards from the 1950s and 1960s

The Wrestling Cards Collection

The collection consists of 42 wrestling cards. Each card features a photograph of an individual wrestler, identified by name. A number is stamped on the back of each card. Some names featured are “Whipper” Bill Watson, Bronko Nagurski, The Masked Marvel, Mike Sharpe and Ben Sharpe. A few of the wrestlers have several cards that are included in this collection. Many of these wrestlers worked in the Niagara area in the 1950s and 1960s.

The Masked Marvel
The Masked Marvel

List of Cards

  1. Kay Bell 959
  2. Strangler Lewis 471
  3. Bobby Becker
  4. Terry McGinnis 834
  5. Larry Moquin 458
  6. Al Lovelock
  7. “Wee” Willie Davis 649
  8. Cardiff Giant 649
  9. Ralph Martin
  10. Jack Claybourne 230
  11. Ben Sharpe 341,219,704
  12. Mike Sharpe 142,704,599,615
  13. The Masked Marvel 742
  14. Yukon Eric 40
  15. Bronko Nagurski 764
  16. “Whipper” Bill Watson 692
  17. John Katan 341
  18. Earl McCready 928
  19. Maurice “The Angel” Tillet 459
  20. Dr. Ed Meske 301,704
  21. H.I. Lee 599, 051
  22. Lee Henning 764
  23. Martin “Blimp” Levy 913
  24. Tommy O’Toole 836
  25. Bob Wagner RA9972
  26. Mike Mazurki 459
  27. Nango Singh 439
  28. Sandy O’Donnell 095
  29. Pete Petersen 630
  30. Bobby Bruns 536
  31. Ken Kenneth 119
  32. Joe Corbett 139
  33. Dan O’Connor 230

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