Picture No | 11990241 |
Date | 1928 |
Description | Teddy Myers, woman wrestler |
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Teddy Myers, aka Dott O'Dell and Zella Wiseman, woman wrestler born in Missouri. At twenty-four years of age she weighed 164lb and claimed the world heavy-weight championship for women. Seen here dealing with a member of the opposite sex by effectively applying the toe-hold at a recent exhibition in Atlantia, USA.
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Source | Unattributed photograph in The Graphic, 7 January 1928 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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