Forsgren, Jack, active 1930s

Wrestler who fought in New Zealand in 1937.

There are 3 related items to this topic
Image

Sporting photographs

Date: [1920s-1980s]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: PAColl-9681

Description: Photographs of sports people and sporting events, taken and collected by The Evening Post's illustrations department Quantity: 92 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Image

[Fourteen tickets for wrestling matches, probably in New Zealand. 1936-1940]

Date: 1936 - 1940

Reference: Eph-A-WRESTLING-1936/1940-Tickets

Description: Includes tickets for the following matches: 8 September 1936: Jumping Joe Savoldi v Paul Boesch 12 October 1936: Lofty Blomfield v Jumping Joe Savoldi 28 November 1936: Earl McCready v Ed Don George 19 April 1937: Don McIntyre v Sammy Stein 14 June 1937: Jack Forsgren v King Kong Cox 28 June 1937: Earl McCready v John Spellman 12 July 1937: Earl McCready v Chief Little Wolf 26 July 1937: Chief Little Wolf v John Spellman (2 copies) 5 September 1938: Lofty Blomfield v Leo Numa (2 copies) 26 June 1939: Earl McCready v Jack Donovan 3 July 1939: Lofty Blomfield v Frank Forster 10 July 1939: King Kong Cox v Jim Clarke 17 July 1939: Earl McCready v King Kong Cox 27 May 1940: Earl McCready v John Katan Although differing in colour, the tickets are similar in format and may all relate to a single venue. The ticket for 14 June 1937 is confirmed as being for an event held at Wellington Town Hall. Quantity: 14 colour photo-mechanical print(s) plus three duplicates. Physical Description: Block prints, rubber stamps and pencil on cards 85 x 48 mm

Image

[Six postcards of wrestlers. ca 1937]

Date: 1935 - 1939

Reference: Eph-A-WRESTLING-1937-01/06

Description: Includes cards with portraits of: "Lofty" Blomfield Sammy Stein Don McIntyre Jack Forsgren Danny Dusek Dr Gordon MacKenzie Dusek competed in New Zealand in 1936; MacKenzie in 1937. Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on postcards, sizes varying up to 145 x 90 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Webb's auction, 2011. Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive PH-2011-062; material transferred to other sections from here.