Clarence Weber

Clarence Weber
Birth name Clarence Alfred Weber
Born 27 March 1882
Brighton, Melbourne, Australia
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Clarence Weber
Billed from Melbourne, Australia

Clarence Alfred Weber (1882–1930) was a wrestler in the 1880s. He lost to Catch as Can Style Wrestling Champion Edwin Bibby in 1881 for the Australian Heavyweight Championship. he married fellow physical culturist Ivy Weber, on 7 March 1919; they had one son and two daughters.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]

Wrestling career

Ike Robin defeated Clarence Weber in a Best 2 out of 3 Falls match for the NWA Australasian Heavyweight Championship in Melbourne. Upon returning to Napier, he was apparently awarded a gold medal in recognition of his victory. Robin became so popular in the country that a patented wire-strainer for fencing, the "Ike Grip", was named after him.[27]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ↑ Peter Neish. "Parliament of Victoria – Re-Member". Parliament.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  2. ↑ "Biography – Clarence Alfred Weber – Australian Dictionary of Biography". Adb.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  3. ↑ "03 Dec 1923 – A PHYSICAL GIANT. Clarence Weber, Wrestler. How ..." Trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  4. ↑ "21 Nov 1930 – DEATH OF CLARENCE WEBER Physical Culture Expert,..." Trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  5. ↑ "15 May 1911 – WRESTLING AND BOXING. CLARENCE WEBER v. JACK JOH..." Trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  6. ↑ "Matches for name". Trove.stevecassidy.net. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  7. ↑ "Wrestling – Entry – eMelbourne – The Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online". Emelbourne.net.au. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  8. ↑ "Clarence weber photograph". Prezi.com. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  9. ↑ "Kushti Australia". Coreedaoz.com. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  10. ↑ "Shooters". Books.google.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
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  12. ↑ Axel Saalbach. "The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  13. ↑ "Papers Past – Auckland Star – 14 November 1904 – BRUTAL WRESTLING". Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  14. ↑ "1920–1929 Victoria Results". The Home of Historical Wrestling.
  15. ↑ "Australian Professional Wrestling: A Short History". Mediaman.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  16. ↑ "Championship WRESTLING SOUVENIR of wrestlers who will wrestle for the World's Light Heavy Weight Championship at the Stadium: Season 1927". Abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  17. ↑ "Robin, Ihakara Te Tuku – Biography – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  18. ↑ "A Visit with the Russian Lion – NZ Wrestling". Nzwrestling.com. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  19. ↑ "The Way to Live – The Story of My Life – Georg Hackenschmidt – Part 7". Wrestling-Titles.com.
  20. ↑ "02 May 1911 – ALL-IN CONTESTS. CLARENCE WEBER'S CLAIM. HIS CHA..." Trove.nla.gov.au.
  21. ↑ "24 Mar 1911 – WRESTLER AND BOXER. WHO IS THE BETTER MAN? WEBER..." Trove.nla.gov.au.
  22. ↑ "Reconstructing the Body: Classicism, Modernism, and the First World War". Books.google.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  23. ↑ "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series". Books.google.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  24. ↑ "1926 Allen's Wrestlers". Wrestlingtradingcards.com.
  25. ↑ John S. Nash (26 May 2015). "The Martial Chronicles: All-In Down Under With Sam McVea". Bloody Elbow.
  26. ↑ "18 May 1925 – WRESTLING. CLARENCE WEBER INJURED. Rib Crushed b..." Trove.nla.gov.au.
  27. ↑ Bennett, Matthew (27 June 2007). "Ihakara Te Tuku Robin (1886–1968)". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. ISBN 978-0-478-18451-8.
  28. ↑ Chris Dalgleish. "Australian Heavyweight Championship". AustralianWrestling.org.
  29. ↑ "Australian Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com.
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