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Gotch: An American Hero
by Mike Chapman

Birth:	1878/04/27 in Humboldt, Iowa
Death:	1917/12/16
Debut:	defeats Marshall Green on April 2, 1899 in Humboldt, Iowa
Titles:	American Heavyweight [3] World Heavyweight
Hall of Fame Inductions:	Iowa Sports Hall of Fame (1951) International Wrestling Institute and Museum (1999) The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum (2002)
Articles:	"Saw Frank Gotch As The Superlative" by George A. Barton Ring Wrestling, December, 1968 "Frank Gotch made a fortune" Daily Leader, March 19, 1902 "Gotch quits mat with clean record" New York Times, December 31, 1911 The Last Big Match of Frank Gotch WRESTLING AS WE LIKED IT The Last Years of Frank Gotch (1911-1917) by J Michael Kenyon WRESTLING AS WE LIKED IT "Frank Gotch dies after year of illness" Morning News Tribune, December 17, 1917
Links:	Frank Gotch (The Professional Wrestling Online Museum) Frank Gotch in the Klondike (EJMAS) Find A Grave

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