People from Leon County, Texas - Fritz Von Erich, Alger "Texas" Alexander, Don Allen (Paperback)

Chapters: Fritz Von Erich, Alger "Texas" Alexander, Don Allen. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 19. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jack Barton Adkisson (August 16, 1929September 10, 1997) was an American professional wrestler under the ring name Fritz Von Erich, better known today as a wrestling promoter and the patriarch of the Von Erich family. He was also the owner of the World Class Championship Wrestling territory. Adkisson attended Southern Methodist University, where he threw discus and played football. He played one season of professional football for the Dallas Texans and then tried the Canadian Football League (CFL). While in Edmonton, he met legendary wrestler and trainer Stu Hart, and Hart decided to train and book him in his Klondike Wrestling promotion, naming him Fritz Von Erich and teaming him with "brother" Waldo Von Erich as a pair of pseudo-nazi brothers (nazis still being popular villains in 50s and 60s wrestling). Adkisson's oldest son Jack Barton Adkisson, Jr. was born September 21, 1952. He, however, died in 1959 after an accidental electrocution, and he stopped traveling to the east coast, allowing former partner Waldo to use the Von Erich name in the World Wide Wrestling Federation. Despite Jack Jr.'s death, Adkisson continued to travel and wrestle. His major circuit was Sam Muchnick's NWA territorial stronghold in St. Louis, Missouri. He wrestled there until 1967, when he voluntarily left the territory after losing a match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against then-champion Gene Kiniski. In the late 1960s, with Muchnick's backing, Adkisson became the promoter for the Dallas, Texas territory, effectively overseeing the Houston and San Antonio territories, as well. Adkisson was a part of rebuilding Japanese wrestling after the stabbing death ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=188602