Dr. Doogie
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No problem, tuitsweet. In the future, you want to go to the part of your browser screen where the actual page address is displayed (usually up toward the top), then highlight the entire address and hit the "control" and "C" keys to copy the address. Then go to start your post and when you want to place your link, then hit "control" and "V" to paste the link.tuitsweet said:Thank you for uploading the pic of Al Gordon, I was trying, but I'm a newbie... things take time. tuitsweet
I guess it is possible, but it may be the most wimpy boxing nickname in the history of sweet science. Rocky, Iron Mike, Italian Stallion...those are more typical nicknames. There was a fighter with a "pesky" style known as "Vito the Mosquito", but even that is more macho than "The Great Entertainer".mysteriew said:The comment was made referring to Brody as the 'Great Entertainer'. Could that have been his boxing name?
This boxer definitely has the ears, but that would make him 96 years old at his death, which I sincerely doubt he was that old (much closer to late sixties to mid seventies).tuitsweet said:
Bobby Wolgast is a DEAD RINGER for George Brody, and remember that Margaret always called Brody "Bobby". Does anyone have software which allows comparisons between pictures? I vaguely remember that someone did.SherlockJr said:Check out Bobby Wolgast!
Very interesting! I did not recall that Margaret referred to him as Bobby.Annasmom said:Bobby Wolgast is a DEAD RINGER for George Brody, and remember that Margaret always called Brody "Bobby". Does anyone have software which allows comparisons between pictures? I vaguely remember that someone did.
This may be our guy because that would have made him 17 in 1924 when he started fighting. I checked out the neighbors listing on Ancestry.com to see if perhaps the Kukodas showed up - no such luck!HeartofTexas said:I found one Robert Wolgast living in Erie, PA in 1930. He was 23 years old at the time, which means he was born in 1907, and that works for me because I will never believe Brody was born in either 1925 or 1935. Wolgast was a "lodger" at the time of the 1930 Census, living with a woman (probably widowed) by the name of Celia Perene (hard to read her name, so that may not be accurate). She was apparently running a boarding house because there were 3 lodgers total.
I checked all death records and there is no Robert Wolgast who was born in 1907 showing up, although there were many Robert Wolgasts who have died.
I found that same picture, but evidently there was a "Midget Wolgast" fighting later than Bobby who also used the Wolgast last name though his real name was something different. I thought that this picture was of "Midget".HeartofTexas said:Here's another picture of Bobby in the ring with someone named Frankie Genero
Doogie, here's the caption next to the picture... I have no idea what the accuracy would be on this statement:I found that same picture, but evidently there was a "Midget Wolgast" fighting later than Bobby who also used the Wolgast last name though his real name was something different. I thought that this picture was of "Midget".
If GB was actually 5'5" or 5'6", he wouldn't be all that tall to begin with... so he might appear pretty small in an old photo (and especially when the pants seem to take up half the picture!).Genaro, Frankie Squares Off with Bobby Wolgast. Philadelphia. April 16, 1923.