Toots Mondt
American professional wrestler and promoter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joseph Raymond "Toots" Mondt[2][4] (January 18, 1894[5] – June 11, 1976)[6] was an American professional wrestler and promoter who revolutionized the wrestling industry in the early to mid-1920s and co-promoted the World Wide Wrestling Federation.[7] Some of the stars Mondt helped create from the 1920s through the 1960s included Wayne Munn, Jim Londos, Antonino Rocca, Bruno Sammartino, Stu Hart and Cowboy Bill Watts.
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Birth name | Joseph Raymond Mondt[1] |
Born | (1894-01-18)January 18, 1894[2] Garden Grove, Iowa, U.S.[2] |
Died | June 11, 1976(1976-06-11) (aged 82) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.[2] |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Toots Mondt |
Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Billed weight | 260 lb (118 kg) |
Trained by | Martin Burns[3] |
Debut | 1912[3] |
Retired | 1942 |
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