Greg Klein
@jydbook.bsky.social
Actor-Writer-Producer. Film commissioner Otsego County NY. Author: Sunset Painting & The Sun, The Paper Tigers and The King of New Orleans. Rasslin podcaster. “24” henchman.
There is a lot in the Hesburgh Library Jack Pfefer collection @ rookie Jack Adkisson. My friend Steve Johnson wrote a great article, including My Boy Izzy recommending Fritz to Jack Pfefer in two letters, as well as a couple of letters from FVE himself. Here are some early pics from Pfefer's files.
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
There is a lot in the Hesburgh Library Jack Pfefer collection @ rookie Jack Adkisson. My friend Steve Johnson wrote a great article, including My Boy Izzy recommending Fritz to Jack Pfefer in two letters, as well as a couple of letters from FVE himself. Here are some early pics from Pfefer's files.
San Antonio Express from June 8, 1953. This is an anti-TWA/NWA opposition show for Ed McLemore's promoter Bob Kline at the Municipal Auditorium. Kline is fixin to quit the business after a payoff from TWA boss Morris Sigel. Also, when Izzy met Dizzy.
November 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
San Antonio Express from June 8, 1953. This is an anti-TWA/NWA opposition show for Ed McLemore's promoter Bob Kline at the Municipal Auditorium. Kline is fixin to quit the business after a payoff from TWA boss Morris Sigel. Also, when Izzy met Dizzy.
A very happy hump day into holiday with wrestling impresario Morris Sigel. This cartoon of young Morris was reprinted in a 1966 Houston Wrestling program.
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A very happy hump day into holiday with wrestling impresario Morris Sigel. This cartoon of young Morris was reprinted in a 1966 Houston Wrestling program.
Dorathy (Dot) Livengood started in the San Antonio wrestling ticket office in 1930, stayed there until the 80s. Frank Brown found main event success in San Antonio then he married the promoter. He was SA matchmaker f/ 1940s until the 1970s. They owned their building which helped them in 1959 war.
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Dorathy (Dot) Livengood started in the San Antonio wrestling ticket office in 1930, stayed there until the 80s. Frank Brown found main event success in San Antonio then he married the promoter. He was SA matchmaker f/ 1940s until the 1970s. They owned their building which helped them in 1959 war.
I woke up today in San Antonio 1959. This is mid-Nov.
Pinky George/Norm Clark/Morris Sigel show at the Auditorium is on the right.
Dorathy Livengood/Frank Brown show at the Wrestlethon is on the left.
Pinky George/Norm Clark/Morris Sigel show at the Auditorium is on the right.
Dorathy Livengood/Frank Brown show at the Wrestlethon is on the left.
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I woke up today in San Antonio 1959. This is mid-Nov.
Pinky George/Norm Clark/Morris Sigel show at the Auditorium is on the right.
Dorathy Livengood/Frank Brown show at the Wrestlethon is on the left.
Pinky George/Norm Clark/Morris Sigel show at the Auditorium is on the right.
Dorathy Livengood/Frank Brown show at the Wrestlethon is on the left.
As I said on the podcast, I don't know much about Lee aka Shirley Sigel Carriger. She loved horses, had one daughter, Kim, died young. She was her dad's assistant promoter & was possibly the one family member who did not want Paul Boesch to take over HW. Does she look happy?
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
As I said on the podcast, I don't know much about Lee aka Shirley Sigel Carriger. She loved horses, had one daughter, Kim, died young. She was her dad's assistant promoter & was possibly the one family member who did not want Paul Boesch to take over HW. Does she look happy?
I bet they snuck about 5,500 into the City Aud for this one.
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I bet they snuck about 5,500 into the City Aud for this one.
In episode 84 of Greg Klein's Old School Rasslin Talk, Everybody Loves Paul Boesch? we discuss the legendary Houston promoter and the truism that no one ever had a bad word to say about him. Featuring amazing letters from Father Ted's Jack Pfefer collection. www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
In episode 84 of Greg Klein's Old School Rasslin Talk, Everybody Loves Paul Boesch? we discuss the legendary Houston promoter and the truism that no one ever had a bad word to say about him. Featuring amazing letters from Father Ted's Jack Pfefer collection. www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...
Tomorrow on Greg Klein's Old School Rasslin Talk podcast, "Everyone Loves Paul Boesch?" Right? Right? Or maybe, he was human, too. Letter from the Father Ted Hesburgh Library's Pfefer Collection at Notre Dame.
November 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Tomorrow on Greg Klein's Old School Rasslin Talk podcast, "Everyone Loves Paul Boesch?" Right? Right? Or maybe, he was human, too. Letter from the Father Ted Hesburgh Library's Pfefer Collection at Notre Dame.
Classic wrestling logos to get you over the hump day. I like the logo but would hate being in this move!
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Classic wrestling logos to get you over the hump day. I like the logo but would hate being in this move!
Perfection. No notes. Bonus points for causing me to say Loachapoka with a Southern accent.
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Perfection. No notes. Bonus points for causing me to say Loachapoka with a Southern accent.
it isn't all fire Hugh freeze excitement in the Coop Cities today. Ep. 83: The Museum of Television Episodes is up, where we talk about the best episodes of Mid South Wrestling, The Last Stampede and a new first JYD match, h/t Terry Kent!
November 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
it isn't all fire Hugh freeze excitement in the Coop Cities today. Ep. 83: The Museum of Television Episodes is up, where we talk about the best episodes of Mid South Wrestling, The Last Stampede and a new first JYD match, h/t Terry Kent!
V-i-c-t-o-r-y! Now fire the AD.
November 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
V-i-c-t-o-r-y! Now fire the AD.
I am in Izzy & Dizzy mode this am and found this gem in the San Angelo Evening Standard from Aug. 14, 1953. Even then, Dizzy Davis was known for giving away a money gimmick to Gorgeous George!
November 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I am in Izzy & Dizzy mode this am and found this gem in the San Angelo Evening Standard from Aug. 14, 1953. Even then, Dizzy Davis was known for giving away a money gimmick to Gorgeous George!
one episode later ...
October 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
one episode later ...
Sept. 16, 1953 Casino Arena in Corpus Christi, Texas as promoter Jack Irwin runs opposition to the NWA/TWA group headed by Houston promoter Morris Sigel and local promoter Barney Myers.
October 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Sept. 16, 1953 Casino Arena in Corpus Christi, Texas as promoter Jack Irwin runs opposition to the NWA/TWA group headed by Houston promoter Morris Sigel and local promoter Barney Myers.
Dizzy Davis as a cleanie? It happened. San Antonio Express June 8, 1953. Also, Jack Adkisson sighting!
October 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Dizzy Davis as a cleanie? It happened. San Antonio Express June 8, 1953. Also, Jack Adkisson sighting!
Corpus Christi May 1953. When my worlds collide. #izzyvsdizzy #iykyk
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Corpus Christi May 1953. When my worlds collide. #izzyvsdizzy #iykyk
From the Jack Pfefer Collection at UND's Father Ted Hesburgh Library: Who is that unmasked man? It is the Rubberman Johnny Walker!
October 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
From the Jack Pfefer Collection at UND's Father Ted Hesburgh Library: Who is that unmasked man? It is the Rubberman Johnny Walker!
Easy like Sunday morning, listen to rasslin talk about two cool HOF cats, Morris Sigel and JYD. Here is Episode 82: Morris, about the grandfather of Texas rasslin. @wonhoftracker.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...
October 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Easy like Sunday morning, listen to rasslin talk about two cool HOF cats, Morris Sigel and JYD. Here is Episode 82: Morris, about the grandfather of Texas rasslin. @wonhoftracker.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...
WON HOF voters, don't forget my two cool cats, Sylvester and Morris. @wonhoftracker.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
WON HOF voters, don't forget my two cool cats, Sylvester and Morris. @wonhoftracker.bsky.social
WON HOF edpt2 on the coolest cats in wrestling. Morris Sigel ran Houston Wrestling from 1929-66 and built and controlled the Texas wrestling circuit. If you vote in the Observer Hall of Fame, please consider Morris (and Sylvester)! @wonhoftracker.bsky.social
www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...
October 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
WON HOF edpt2 on the coolest cats in wrestling. Morris Sigel ran Houston Wrestling from 1929-66 and built and controlled the Texas wrestling circuit. If you vote in the Observer Hall of Fame, please consider Morris (and Sylvester)! @wonhoftracker.bsky.social
www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/1997141/epis...
May 31, 1960, thank you card from Fabulous Moolah to Jack Pfefer, king of gifts. From the UND Father Ted Hesburgh Library's Pfefer Collection.
October 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
May 31, 1960, thank you card from Fabulous Moolah to Jack Pfefer, king of gifts. From the UND Father Ted Hesburgh Library's Pfefer Collection.