Denver Wrestling Results

Denver, Colorado: Monday, January 6, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Everette Marshall b. Ed “Strangler” Lewis (2/3) (third fall by DQ) …
Frank Gonzales and Tom Zaharias drew (45:00) (1-1) … Jack Dillon and Pat McGill drew
(20:00) … Jack Page b. George Craig (10:23) … (promoter: George Zaharias) …
(referee: Jack Bloom) … (4,600 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, January 13, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Women’s World Champion Mildred Burke b. Elvira Snodgrass (2/3)
… Frank Gonzales b. Jack Dillon (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … George Craig b. Oki Shikima
(11:25) … Danny Dusek b. Pat McGill (16:38) … Floyd Hansen b. Jack Page (8:03) …
(promoter: George Zaharias) … (5,000 fans)
Note: Hansen was billed as the Utah champion.

Denver, Colorado: Monday, January 20, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Ed “Strangler” Lewis b. Everette Marshall (2/3) … Frank Gonzales
b. Danny Dusek (2/3) … Jack Dillon and Pat McGill drew … Ali Aliba b. Floyd Hansen
(DQ) … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (referee: Marvin Frantz) … (3,300 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, January 27, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Everette Marshall b. Frank Gonzales (1-0) (60:00) … Tarzan
White b. Jack Dillon (2/3) … Pat McGill b. Floyd Hansen (DQ) (11:59) … Danny Dusek b.
Ali Aliba (17:50) … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (2,200 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, February 3, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Frank Gonzales and Tarzan White b. Jack Dillon and Tom
Zaharias (2/3) … Gino Garibaldi b. Danny Dusek (1-0) (45:00) … George Craig and Pat
McGill drew (40:00) … (promoter: George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, February 10, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Everette Marshall b. Ed “Strangler” Lewis (2/3) … Gino Garibaldi
b. Tom Zaharias (2/3) … Tarzan White b. Danny Dusek (11:45) … Frank Gonzales b. Pat
McGill (11:52) … Jack Dillon and Al Massey drew … (promoter: George Zaharias) …
(3,300 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, February 17, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Gino Garibaldi and Everette Marshall drew (60:00) (no falls) …
Tarzan White b. Tom Zaharias (2/3) (third by DQ) … Al Massey b. Jack Dillon (11:04) …
Danny Dusek b. Frank Gonzales (13:15) … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (referee:
Marvin Frantz) … (2,500 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, February 24, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Tom Zaharias b. Gino
Garibaldi (2-0) … Tarzan White b. Al Massey (2/3) … Charro Azteca and Danny Dusek
drew (20:00) … Danny Loos b. Charlie Lutkie (12:43) … (promoter: George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, March 3, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Everette Marshall b. Tom Zaharias to capture the Rocky Mountain
Heavyweight Title (2/3) … Tarzan White b. Danny Dusek (2-0) (second fall by DQ) …
Carro Azteca and Gino Garibaldi drew … Gene Stanlee b. Al Massey (10:52) …
(promoter: George Zaharias) … (3,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, March 10, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Everette Marshall b. The
Swedish Angel (2-0) (second fall by DQ) … Gene Stanlee and Tarzan White b. The
Zaharias Brothers (Babe and Chris Zaharias) (1-0) (60:00) … Danny Dusek b. George
Craig … Charro Azteca and Al Massey drew … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (4,500
fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, March 17, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Gene Stanlee b. Danny Dusek (2-0) … Violet Viann b. Nell Stewart
(2/3) (third by DQ) … Tarzan White and Tom Zaharias drew … George Craig and Al
Massey drew … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (5,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, March 24, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Gene Stanlee b. Tom Zaharias (2/3) … Violet Viann b. Nell Stewart
(2/3) … Marvin Jones b. Alvin Massey (14:36) … Tarzan White b. Chris Zaharias …
(promoter: George Zaharias) … (4,800 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, March 31, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Gene Stanlee b. Chris Zaharias (2/3) … Tuffy Truesdale wrestled
a live alligator (Truesdale was a substitute for Gil “Gator” Woodruff) (Truesdale suffered
a lacerated cheek when he put his head in the animal’s mouth) … Tarzan White b. Marvin
Jones (2/3) (third by DQ) … George Craig b. Danny Loos (15:34) … Charro Azteca and
Sam Menacker drew (20:00) … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (4,500 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, April 7, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Gene Stanlee and Tarzan White b. The Zaharias Brothers (Chris
and Tom Zaharias) (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Marvin Jones b. Charro Azteca (2-0) …
Roberto Pico b. George Craig (9:58) … Danny Loos b. Tony Charney (8:57) …
(promoter: George Zaharias) … (referee: Dan Darnell) … (3,500 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, April 14, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Gene Stanlee and Tarzan White b. The Zaharias Brothers (Chris
and Tom Zaharias) (2/3) … Marvin Jones b. Roberto Pico (2-0) … Danny Loos b. Red
Robinson (12:15) … Tony Charney and Nick Studen drew (20:00) … (promoter: George
Zaharias) … (3,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, April 21, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Marvin Jones b. Gene Stanlee (2/3) (Jones won the third fall in
three seconds) (Stanlee was carried from the ring) … Frank Gonzales and Tom Zaharias
drew (1-1) (45:00) … Tarzan White b. Chris Zaharias (8:47) … Roberto Pico b. Danny
Loos (12:53) … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (3,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, April 28, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Marvin Jones b. Gene Stanlee (2/3) … The Zaharias Brothers
(Chris and Tom Zaharias) b. Frank Gonzales and Tarzan White (2/3) … Roberto Pico b.
Ray Clements (16:41) … Danny Loos b. Red Robinson (13:25) … (promoter: George
Zaharias) … (3,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, May 5, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Marvin Jones b. Tarzan White (White was unable to continue for
the third fall when he missed a flying tackle and fell from the ring) (2/3) … Gene Stanlee
and Babe Zaharias drew (1-1) … Tom Zaharias b. Ronnie Etchison (16:33) … Roberto
Pico b. Red Robinson (4:51) … (promoter: George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, May 12, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Buddy Rogers b. Marvin Jones (2/3) (third by DQ) … Babe
Zaharias b. Gene Stanlee (27:22) … Ronnie Etchison and Tarzan White drew (20:00) …
Nick Studen b. Red Robinson (DQ) (12:42) … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (referee:
Jack Bloom) … (3,200 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, May 19, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Buddy Rogers b. Marvin Jones (2/3) … Tarzan White b. Gus
“Babe” Zaharias (2/3) … Ronnie Etchison b. Chris Zaharias (12:33) … Nick Studen b.
Red Robinson (11:10) … (promoter: George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, May 26, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … World Heavyweight Champion Dave Levin and Buddy Rogers drew
(60:00) (no falls) … Tarzan White b. Marvin Jones (2/3) … Ronnie Etchison and Chris
Zaharias drew … Danny Loos b. Red Robinson (11:24) … (promoter: George Zaharias)
… (3,400 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, June 2, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … June Byers b. Ann LaVerne (2/3) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight
Champion Everette Marshall b. Tarzan White (decision with only fall in 34:50) (sixty
minute match) … Buddy Rogers wrestled The Volga Boatman to a draw (match stopped
at 23:10 due to excess blood loss by both wrestlers) (Boatman won the only fall in 3:30)
… Ronnie Etchison b. Chris Zaharias (DQ) (15:18) … (promoter: George Zaharias) …
(referee: Dan Darnell)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, June 9, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Buddy Rogers b. The Volga Boatman (2/3) (Rogers earned a
match with Everette Marshall) … Everette Marshall b. Tarzan White (18:57) (special
handicap match) … Charles “Red” McCarthy b. Ronnie Etchison (16:08) … Tex Hager
and Chris Zaharias drew … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (3,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, June 16, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Everette Marshall and
Buddy Rogers drew (1-1) (60:00) (Marshall won the first fall in 28:03 and Rogers won the
second in 9:51) … The Volga Boatman b. Charles “Red” McCarthy (decision after winning
the only fall in 27:09) … Mile High Ross b. Ronnie Etchison (13:50) … Tarzan White b.
Tex Hager (13:22) … (promoter: George Zaharias)
Note: It was announced that Rogers would wrestle Jim Londos next week.

Denver, Colorado: Monday, June 23, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Jim Londos b. Buddy Rogers (Rogers fell from the ring and was
knocked out) (33:33) … The Volga Boatman b. Charles “Red” McCarthy (2/3) … Tarzan
White b. Mile High Ross (14:00) … Polo Cordova and Ronnie Etchison drew …
(promoter: George Zaharias) … (3,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, June 30, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … The Volga Boatman b. Buddy Rogers (2/3) … Mile High Ross b.
Ronnie Etchison (2/3) … Tarzan White b. Red Robinson (9:34) … Polo Cordova b.
Charles “Red” McCarthy (11:10) … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (referee: Dan
Darnell)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, July 7, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … The Volga Boatman b. Dave Levin to capture the World
Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Boatman took the second fall by countout) (referee: Jack
Dempsey) … Polo Cordova and Buddy Rogers drew (1-1) (45:00) … Terry McGinnis b.
Mile Hi Ross (7:55) … Tarzan White b. Danny Loos (16:45) … (promoter: George
Zaharias) … (4,500 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, July 14, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … World Heavyweight Champion the Volga Boatman b. Terry
McGinnis (2/3) … Polo Cordova b. Mile Hi Ross (2/3) … Oki Shikima and Tarzan White
drew … Joe Campbell b. Red Robinson (13:36) … (promoter: George Zaharias) …
(2,000 fans)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, July 21, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Tarzan White and Tom Zaharias drew (1-1) (60:00) … Polo
Cordova b. Red Ryan (2-0) … Lou Newman b. Oki Shikima (12:11) … Mile-Hi Ross b. Joe
Campbell (9:52) … (promoter: George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, July 28, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Tom Zaharias b. Polo Cordova (2/3) (match was stopped during
the third fall due to a bloody nose suffered by Cordova) … Oki Shikima b. Lou Newman (2-
0) (second fall by DQ) (jiu-jitsu match) … Jim “Goon” Henry b. Mile-Hi Ross (8:16) … Red
Robinson b. Joe Campbell (12:33) … (promoter: George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, September 1, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … The Blimp b. Tarzan White (2-0) … Jim Henry and Joe Millich drew
(1-1) (45:00) … Polo Cordova b. Duke Keomuka … Lew Newman and Tom Zaharias drew
(20:00) … (promoter: George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, September 8, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Jim Henry b. The Blimp (2/3) … Joe Millich b. Lou Newman … Polo
Cordova b. Tom Bradley … Tarzan White and Chris Zaharias drew (20:00) … (promoter:
George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, September 15, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … The Zaharias Brothers (Chris and Tom Zaharias) b. Joe Millich
and Tarzan White (2/3) … Jim Henry and Enrique Torres drew (1-1) (Torres was billed as
the Pacific Coast champion) … Tom Bradley b. Red Robinson … Polo Cordova b. Lou
Newman … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (referee: Johnny Atkins)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, September 22, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Joe Millich b. Jim “Goon” Henry to capture the vacant Rocky
Mountain Heavyweight Title … Polo Cordova and Enrique Torres wrestled The Zaharias
Brothers (Chris and Tom Zaharias) to a draw (1-1) … Tom Bradley b. Danny Loos …
Tarzan White b. Lou Newman … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (3,000 fans)
Note: The Denver Post reported that the Rocky Mountain Title was left vacant when
Everette Marshall retired.

Denver, Colorado: Monday, September 29, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Joe Millich b. Lou
Newman (2/3) … Enrique Torres b. Jim Henry … Tarzan White b. Polo Cordova … Nell
Stewart b. Evelyn Wall … Violet Viann b. Helen Hilde (DQ) … (promoter: George
Zaharias) … (near capacity crowd)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, October 6, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Joe Millich and Tarzan
White drew (1-1) (third fall both men were counted out) … Violet Viann and Evelyn Wall b.
Helen Hilde and Nell Stewart … Roland Meeker and Enrique Torres drew … Chris
Zaharias b. Polo Codova … (promoter: George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, October 13, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Joe Millich b. Tarzan
White (2-0) … The Zaharias Brothers (Chris and Tom Zaharias) b. Frank Gonzales and
Roland Meeker (2/3) … Floyd Hansen and Don Serio drew … Tom Bradley b. Red
Robinson (DQ) … (promoter: George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, October 20, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Roland Meeker and Joe Millich b. Floyd Hansen and Chris
Zaharias … Frank Gonzales and Seelie Samara drew (45:00) … Don Serio b. Red
Robinson … Tony Charney and Danny Loos drew … (promoter: George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, October 27, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Primo Carnera b. Chris Zaharias (2-0) … Rocky Mountain
Heavyweight Champion Joe Millich b. Roland Meeker (2-0) … Danny Plechas b. Frank
Gonzales … Floyd Hansen and Don Serio drew … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (3,000
+ fans)
Note: Carnera’s Denver wrestling debut.

Denver, Colorado: Monday, November 3, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Danny Plechas and Chris Zaharias b. Frank Gonzales and Seelie
Samara (2/3) (third fall by countout) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Joe
Millich b. Roland Meeker (2/3) … Don Serio b. Red Robinson … Floyd Hansen b. Tom
Bradley … (promoter: George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, November 10, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Joe Millich b. Pierre
DeGlane (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Frank Gonzales and Seelie Samara b. Danny Plechas
and Chris Zaharias (2/3) … Danny Loos b. Don Serio … Floyd Hansen and Roland
Meeker drew … (promoter: George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, November 17, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Joe Millich and Seelie
Samara drew (1-1) … Pierre DeGlane b. Roland Meeker … Frank Gonzales and Danny
Plechas drew … Floyd Hansen b. Red Robinson … (promoter: George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, November 24, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Joe Millich b. Seelie
Samara (2-0) … Frank Gonzales b. Chris Zaharias (DQ) … Gene Bowman b. Floyd
Hansen … Ivan Jones b. Red Robinson … (promoter: George Zaharias)

Denver, Colorado: Monday, December 15, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Elvira Snodgrass b. Helen Hilde in the finals of a wrestle royal
(three other women had been eliminated) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Joe
Millich b. Frank Gonzales (2/3) … Chris Zaharias b. Jack Page … Floyd Hansen b. Gene
Bowman … (promoter: George Zaharias)
Note: Next week’s show was cancelled.

Denver, Colorado: Monday, December 29, 1947
(Mammoth Garden) … Women’s World Champion Mildred Burke b. Elvira Snodgrass (2-
0) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Joe Millich b. Chris Zaharias (2/3) … Jack
Conley b. Danny Dusek (DQ) … Gene Bowman b. Jim Burnett … (promoter: George
Zaharias) … (4,500 fans)

Research by Tim Hornbaker
August 11, 2007

Denver Wrestling Results - 1947