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.
List of Cards
- Kay Bell 959
- Strangler Lewis 471
- Bobby Becker
- Terry McGinnis 834
- Larry Moquin 458
- Al Lovelock
- “Wee” Willie Davis 649
- Cardiff Giant 649
- Ralph Martin
- Jack Claybourne 230
- Ben Sharpe 341,219,704
- Mike Sharpe 142,704,599,615
- The Masked Marvel 742
- Yukon Eric 40
- Bronko Nagurski 764
- “Whipper” Bill Watson 692
- John Katan 341
- Earl McCready 928
- Maurice “The Angel” Tillet 459
- Dr. Ed Meske 301,704
- H.I. Lee 599, 051
- Lee Henning 764
- Martin “Blimp” Levy 913
- Tommy O’Toole 836
- Bob Wagner RA9972
- Mike Mazurki 459
- Nango Singh 439
- Sandy O’Donnell 095
- Pete Petersen 630
- Bobby Bruns 536
- Ken Kenneth 119
- Joe Corbett 139
- Dan O’Connor 230
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