For the American attorney, see Joe Stecher (attorney).
Joe Stecher
Born
(1893-04-04)April 4, 1893 Dodge, Nebraska, U.S.
Died
March 29, 1974(1974-03-29) (aged 80) St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Joe Stecher
Billed height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight
220 lb (100 kg)
Debut
1912
Retired
1934
Joe Stecher (April 4, 1893 – March 29, 1974), sometimes spelled Joe Stetcher, was an American professional wrestler and three-time World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Known for his ferocity, tremendous leg strength and extensive knowledge of the sport, Stecher is considered to be one of the greatest wrestlers of all time.[1][2] In 2000, Stecher was inducted into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame.
^"Joe Stecher". National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^"Nebraska's 100 Greatest Athletes". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
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defeating champion wrestlers Wladek Zbyszko, Renato Gardini, Ad Santel, and JoeStecher. By defeating Santel, he became the first Asian to win a World Wrestling...
back to Lewis on March 3, 1922. Around this time, a disagreement caused JoeStecher to split from the Gold Dust Trio promotion, thus forming a separate wrestling...
York to further his claim to the championship, a claim also made by JoeStecher and Lewis. Zbyszko lost his version of the World Heavyweight Championship...
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and became a major box-office attraction. Tony Stecher, brother of former world champion JoeStecher, introduced Nagurski to wrestling in 1933 and became...
Zbyszko quickly dropped the title to JoeStecher, a rival of Ed Lewis, making the situation worse for the Trio. Stecher was afraid of losing his championship...
Schoenlein. Then on January 27, 1916, he brought new World Champion JoeStecher to New York City for the first time in a publicized encounter against...
where George promoted his first professional wrestling match between JoeStecher and George Vassel in 1928. On September 20, 1934, George was one of many...
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Earliest-known masked wrestler in the US, he was eventually unmasked by JoeStecher in 1916. The Masked Marvel National Wrestling Alliance 1951–1953 United...
independent territory in 1960. Anton Stecher, brother and manager of former World Heavyweight Champion JoeStecher, was a founding member of the NWA in...
champions including Ed "Strangler" Lewis, Dick Shikat, Ray Steele and JoeStecher. Londos was notably scheduled to wrestle a young Lou Thesz in the mid-30s...
greatest legitimate wrestler he had ever seen, with Thesz, Ray Steele, JoeStecher, Jim Londos and John Pesek "only a few steps behind Lewis." Fellow catch...
Grimes off a 40-foot scaffold. Wrestling legends such as Jim Londos, JoeStecher, Ed "Strangler" Lewis, Gus Sonnenberg, Ray Steele, Frank Sexton, Man...
include Martin "Farmer" Burns, Frank Gotch, Tom Jenkins, Charles Cutler, JoeStecher, Earl Caddock, Stanislaus Zbyszko, Ed "Strangler" Lewis, Ad Santel, John...
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