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DaClyde
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A couple of months ago I started help add old wrestling events and results into a couple of the wrestling database sites (mostly from old newspaper archives). In the course of my research, I realized the Alabama Department of Archives & History had a bunch of old files from the Alabama Boxing & Wrestling Commission that ran from 1939(ish)-1980. I took a trip down to Montgomery to have a look and photograph as much of the material as I good.
If you've every been curious as to the "regulatory" (I put it in quotes because the commission clearly existed primarily as a way to generate tax revenue and line certain pocket, not really to improve the standards of the sports) side of the wrestling business, I started a blog with a post about some of the records I found and also linked to a Google Photos album where I posted the images.
https://territorydays.blogspot.com
My newspaper research hasn't quite caught up the time period that most of the records pertain to, so I've yet to add another post to the blog, but there is enough there for several hours of digging. I will probably be posting mostly about the history of the wrestling business in Alabama, and associated territories & promoters.
If you've every been curious as to the "regulatory" (I put it in quotes because the commission clearly existed primarily as a way to generate tax revenue and line certain pocket, not really to improve the standards of the sports) side of the wrestling business, I started a blog with a post about some of the records I found and also linked to a Google Photos album where I posted the images.
https://territorydays.blogspot.com
My newspaper research hasn't quite caught up the time period that most of the records pertain to, so I've yet to add another post to the blog, but there is enough there for several hours of digging. I will probably be posting mostly about the history of the wrestling business in Alabama, and associated territories & promoters.