(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]
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Ring name(s)
Toots Mondt
Billed height
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Billed weight
260 lb (118 kg)
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Martin Burns[3]
Debut
1912[3]
Retired
1942
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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.
^Joe Toots Mondt profile, from WrestlingData.com
^ abcdHornbaker, Tim (2007). National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling. ECW Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-55022-741-3.
^ abObsessed With Wrestling profile
^"Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame: Joe "Toots" Mondt". Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
^Social Security Death Index
^Online World of Wrestling: Promoting the Promotors
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