Rocky Ford, Colorado:  Wednesday, August 31, 1938
( ) … Everette Marshall b. Dorv Roche (58 seconds) … John Grandovich b. Pat McClaren
(McClary)
Notes:  Roche was called “Iron Man” and was said to be a “claimant to the Illinois state
title.”

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, September 12, 1938
(Mammoth Garden) … Everette Marshall b. Lou Thesz (2/3) (Marshall won the first and
third falls) (third fall with an airplane spin) … Lee Wykoff b. John Grandovich (24:50) …
Ray Eckert b. Dutch Wayman (14:00) … Dorv Roche b. Pat McClary (23:45) …
(promoter:  Joe Mohana) … (3,500 fans)
Notes:  Marshall was returning to Denver after a “prolonged absence.” Thesz was said to
be 23 years old and from St. Louis.  This was the first promotional show under the
auspices of Mohana.  Grandovich was billed as “Leonard Grandovich,” in one report.  
Eckert was originally scheduled to wrestle Tommy Marvin.

Denver, Colorado:  Wednesday, September 28, 1938
(Mammoth Garden) … World Heavyweight Champion Everette Marshall b. Lee Wykoff
(2/3) (Wykoff was unable to continue for the third fall) … Dorv Roche and Jack Villmer
drew (30:00) … Joe Corbett b. Abe Freidman (11:40) .. Ivan Managoff b. Ray Eckert …
(promoter:  Joe Mohana)


Research by Tim Hornbaker
November 8, 2007
Denver Wrestling Results - 1938