Ed "Strangler" Lewis

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Wrestling, Part 2
by Billy Sandow
and Ed Strangler Lewis

Real Name :	Robert H. Friedrich
Birth:	1891/06/30 in Nekoosa, Wisconsin
Death:	1966/08/08
Titles:	World Heavyweight [4] AWA World Heavyweight NYSAC World Heavyweight MWA World Heavyweight
Hall of Fame Inductions:	Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame (1951) International Wrestling Institute and Museum (1999) The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum (2002)
Articles:	"Neck Yoke helps Strangler Lewis in bid for honors" by Ray C. Pearson Chicago Sunday Tribune, November 30, 1913 In Strangler Lewis' fighting book, wrestling -- ju-jitsu especially --- is the No. 1 weapon" by Bob Latshaw Detroit Free Press, March 15, 1943 The Last Match of Ed "Strangler" Lewis Honolulu Star-Bulletin, January 19, 1948 "Strangler Lewis declares wrestling 'going scientific' again" by Leo Meltzer Associated Press, April 3, 1948 "Strangler insists wrestlers best" by Bob Stranahan Indianapolis News, August 3, 1948 "The Incredible Story of Strangler Lewis" by Elmer Ferguson Wrestling World, November 1962 "Strangler Lewis, Wrestler, Dead" New York Times, August 8th, 1966
Links:	Find A Grave

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