Karl Sarpolis (August 31, 1897 – May 28, 1967) was a professional wrestler and wrestling promoter in Texas. He was the promoter of the Amarillo, Texas-based Western States Sports promotion.
KVII-TV (Channel 7 in Amarillo). Sarpolis died of a heart attack on May 28, 1967, after a boating accident. The Sarpolis family would sell his shares in...
son's title defences. Funk began promoting Western States Sports with DocSarpolis in Amarillo, Texas, where he led a thriving wrestling scene that produced...
wrestler, he first got a promotional push by NWA Western States booker, DocSarpolis, who billed him as "Silent" Joe Hamilton. Hamilton has revealed in recent...
was created by the Amarillo, Texas-based Big Time Wrestling, owned by DocSarpolis and Dory Funk. They followed in the footsteps of other NWA territories...
served as executive secretary under Frank Tunney, Fred Kohler and Karl "Doc" Sarpolis. Consequently, Muchnick was unanimously re-installed as NWA president...
joined the National Wrestling Alliance. In 1955, retired wrestler Karl "Doc" Sarpolis purchased Western States Sports from Detton for $75,000 (equivalent...
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