Jack Carkeek
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title:
Jack Carkeek
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Jack Carkeek, was an American Cornish champion wrestler, from Rockland, Michigan. He died March 12, 1924, in Havana, Cuba. He was the son of Tom Carkeek and his mother was first cousin to the actor Sir Henry Irving. Tom was born in Plain-an-Gwarry, Redruth in Cornwall was said to weigh 17 stone, was a champion of Cornish wrestling in the 1860s and was the world Cornish wrestling champion in 1875. It was said that he won 528 consecutive Cornish wrestling matches without defeat and won 88 prizes.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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American sport wrestler
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Carkeek
date created:
2008-04-03T09:51:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T19:47:58Z
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