Walter Miller | |
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Walter Miller c. 1915 – 1919 | |
Born | Poland |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Walter Miller Young Miller Masked Marvel |
Billed from | Poland Australia |
Walter Miller was the middleweight wrestling champion in 1919.
Biography
He was born in Poland and contracted rheumatic fever as a child.
Championships and accomplishments
- Professional wrestling
- World Lightweight Championship (Europa-Version) (1 time)
- World Middleweight Championship (2 times)
- World Welterweight Championship (2 times)
- World Lightweight Championship (1 time)
- Wisconsin Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
External links
- Walter Miller from the Library of Congress at Flickr Commons
References
- "Championship Wrestling Match on Card for Thursday". Los Angeles Times. 6 May 1919. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
- "Miller Is Still Champion". Los Angeles Times. 9 May 1919. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
- "Walter Miller Wrestling History". legacyofwrestling.com. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- "09 Jul 1927 - WRESTLER RETURNS. - Trove". Argus. trove.nla.gov.au. 9 July 1927. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- "01 Aug 1927 - WRESTLING - Trove". Barrier Miner. trove.nla.gov.au. August 1927. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- "American wrestler Walter Miller posing shirtless outside the entrance to a bar, Sydney, ca. 1928 [picture]". nla.gov.au. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
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- "Wrestling on radio in 1920s Melbourne - ABC Melbourne - Australian Broadcasting Corporation". abc.net.au. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- The Masked Marvel, wrestler Walter Miller (image, 1929) [WorldCat.org]. worldcat.org. OCLC 757130527.
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- Greyvenstein, Chris (1981). The Fighters. Don Nelson. ISBN 9780909238629.
- Georgakis, Steve (2000). Sport and the Australian Greek. Standard Publishing House. ISBN 0-949203-67-X.
- Nathan Hatton, C. (3 May 2016). Thrashing Seasons: Sporting Culture in Manitoba and the Genesis of Prairie Wrestling. Univ. of Manitoba Press. ISBN 9780887554971.
- "1920-1929 Victoria Results - The Home of Historical Wrestling". prowrestlinghistoricalsociety.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015.
- "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- "World Middleweight Title".
- Saalbach, Axel. "World Middleweight Title @ Wrestlingdata.com". wrestlingdata.com.
- "World Welterweight Title". www.wrestling-titles.com.
- Saalbach, Axel. "World Welterweight Title @ Wrestlingdata.com". wrestlingdata.com.
- "World Lightweight Title".
- "Wisconsin Heavyweight Title".