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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a wrestler held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Billed as champion in Manchester, OK (The Manchester Journal, 11-06-16)
Ernest Linn #
1911-06-17
Manchester, OK
Billed as Oklahoma champion in Ellinwood, KS, where Charles Richardson is billed as Kansas and Nebraska champion; schduled to face Richardson on 11-08-11 in Kansas City, MO (winner unknown); defeats Charles Clinton on 11-09-06 in Milan, KS to be recognized as Kansas champion (see below).
Charles Clinton
1911-08-09<
Billed as champion in Sterling, KS; also billed as Nebraska champion in Milan, KS.
Ernest Linn
1911-09-06
Milan, KS
Has been billed as Kansas champion in Manchester, OK since 11-06-17 (see above).
Tommy Doctor
1912-11-22<
Also wins Nebraska Title, defeating Ross Robinson in double title match on 13-06-13 in Lincoln, NE; still/again Kansas champion as of 15-01-07.
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Perry O. Melton
1917-11<
Claims the championships of Kansas and Missouri in Belleville, KS (The Belleville Telescope, 17-11-15).
Tommy Doctor [2]
1917-11-22
Belleville, KS
Wins both titles; still Kansas champion as of 20-09-11.
Tony Ross
1918 *
Ft. Riley, KS
Wins the title "from Hoffman" (The Topeka Daily Capital, 21-01-30).
Alfred Mantell
1921-01-28
El Dorado, KS
Tony Ross [2]
1921-12-02
Junction City, KS
Tommy Gardner #
1921-12<
Billed as the champion of "Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska" in Beatrice, NE (The Beatrice Daily Express, 21-12-27).
