Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Thursday, January 5, 1939
(City Auditorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Everette Marshall b. Fritz Schnabel
(2-0) … Lou Thesz and Lee Wykoff drew … Rafael Gonzales b. Jerry Meeker … Hans
Schnabel b. Jimmy Coffield (21:55) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referee:  Dan Darnell)
… (1,300 fans)
Notes:  Fans were attending the show from Canon City, Cripple Creek, and Pueblo.  The
Thesz-Wykoff match reportedly stole the show.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Thursday, January 19, 1939
(City Auditorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Everette Marshall b. Ivan Managoff
(2-0) … Lou Thesz b. Jack Rogers (16:22) … Lee Wykoff b. Les Grimes … Leo Alexander b.
Fred Beltzer … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Thursday, January 19, 1939
(City Auditorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Everette Marshall b. Ivan Managoff
(2-0) … Lou Thesz b. Jack Rogers (16:22) … Lee Wykoff b. Les Grimes … Leo Alexander b.
Fred Beltzer … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Thursday, February 2, 1939
(City Auditorium) ... NWA World Heavyweight Champion Everette Marshall b. Chief Osley
Saunooke (2-0) (during the first fall, Saunooke suffered a right shoulder injury) ... Hans
Schnabel and Lee Wykoff drew (45:00) ... Ray Eckert b. Fritz Schnabel (12:20) ... Joe
Campbell and Jack Rogers drew (20:00) ... (promoter:  Abe Marylander) ... (referee:  Dan
Darnell)
Notes:  Saunooke reportedly stood 6'4", and Marshall looked like a "school boy" compared to
him.  The Schnabel-Wykoff match was "dull."

*Searched further in February and March 1939 and found nothing.  There were a few boxing
programs in Colorado Springs.


Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Tuesday, April 25, 1939
(City Auditorium) … Everette Marshall b. George Rigosky (2/3) … Frank Sexton b. Fred
Carone (CO) … Steve Savage b. Marvin Frantz (17:43) … Roy Dunn b. Fred Peltzer (17:03)
… (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referee:  Jack Bloom) ... (small crowd)






Research by Tim Hornbaker
October 22, 2010
Colorado Springs Wrestling Results - 1939