Greeley, Colorado:  Wednesday, January 20, 1920
( ) ... World Light Heavyweight Champion Ad Santel vs. Arthur Mondt (2/3) .... (promoter:  
Slim Roberts)
Notes:  This was billed as "one of the biggest wrestling matches that has ever been held
in the state of Colorado." Mondt was beating all of his opponents recently, going over Al
Berger, which "gave him clear sailing to the championship of the Rocky Mountain region."
Arthur Mondt may really be Joe "Toots" Mondt here.

Greeley, Colorado:  February 11, 1920
( ) ... Joe "Toots" Mondt vs. Henry Sorenson
Notes:  Mondt was said to be the champion of Weld County.  He weighed 185 to
Sorenson's 195.  Mondt took Cadot of Phoenix as his trainer.

Ault, Colorado:  Wednesday, February 25, 1920
( ) ... Rocky Mountain Light Heavyweight Champion Joe "Toots" Mondt vs. Emil Demetri
(2/3)
Notes:  Demetril was a Bulgarian from Denver and served in the Bulgarian Army.  He
reportedly claimed to be the wrestling champion of the Bulgarian Army.

Eaton, Colorado:  March 5, 1920
(Gymnasium) ... Rocky Mountain Light Heavyweight Champion Joe "Toots" Mondt vs. K.
O. Romanoff ... three other matches ... (sponsored by:  American Legion)
Notes:  Mondt was training in Eaton, while Romanoff was in Greeley.  There was talk of
Sam Clapham being the referee.






Greeley, CO: Tuesday, April 9, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … Ray Clements beat Charley Layden (2-1) … Walter Sirois drew Chief
Uno (45:00, 1-1) … (first card in several seasons)

Greeley, CO: Tuesday, April 16, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … Walter Sirois beat Arnold (The Python) Zim (2-1) … Bob Cummings drew
Joe Lyman (45:00, 1-1) … referee-S. M. Van Sickle

Greeley, CO: Tuesday, April 23, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … Ray Clements beat Arnold (The Python) Zim (1-0, utc) … Charley
Layden beat Joe Lyman (45:00, 1-0)

Greeley, CO: Tuesday, April 30, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … Ed Dusek beat Ray Clements (2-1) … Charley Layden beat Bob
Cummings (1-0)

Greeley, CO: Tuesday, May 7, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … Ed Dusek drew Walter Sirois (1-1) … Ray Clements beat Bob Cummings
(1-0)

Greeley, CO: Tuesday, May 14, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … Ed Virag (as Ede Virag Ebner) beat Walter Sirois (2-1, dq)… Frankie
Schroll drew Ray Clements (45:00, 1-1)

Greeley, CO: Tuesday, May 21, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … Ed Dusek beat Ed Virag (as Ede Virag Ebner) (2-1) … Walter Sirois beat
Charley Layden (1-0)

Greeley, CO: Tuesday, May 28, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … Walter Sirois beat Ray Clements (2-1) … John Nemanic beat Silent
Rattan (2-1)

Greeley, CO: Tuesday, June 4, 1940
(Armory) … Jim Parker beat Jack Conley (2-1, dq) … John Nemanic drew Jose Rodriquez
… referee-Otto Oster

Greeley, CO: Tuesday, June 11, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … Tom Zaharias beat Sailor Otto Schnabel (2-0) … John Nemanic beat
Jose Rodriquez (2-1, dq)

Greeley, CO: Tuesday, June 18, 1940
(Armory) … Everett Marshall beat Walter Sirois (2-0, sub for Jack Conley) … Buddy Knox
drew Jose Rodriquez (45:00) … (Att.-1,000)

Greeley, CO: Tuesday, June 25, 1940
(Armory) …(Colorado state champion) Roy Dunn* beat Hans Schnabel (1-0) … Jim
Parker beat Bad Boy Brown (2-1) … (Att.-800) … (last card of the season) … NOTE: Bad
Boy Brown was billed as a former body guard of Huey Long.
Greeley, CO: Thursday, September 12, 1940
(Armory) … Seelie Samara beat Rudy Kay (2-1, cor) … Mayes McLain drew Jack Conley
(45:00, 1-1) … (first card of the fall)

Greeley, CO: Thursday, September 19, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … Chief (Man Mountain) Saunooke beat Rudy Kay (2-0) … Seelie Samara
beat Mayes McLain (1-0)

Greeley, CO: Thursday, September 26, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … Seelie Samara beat Chief Saunooke (2-1) … Rudy Kay drew Jack
Conley (45:00, 1-1) … (Att.-800)

Greeley, CO: Wednesday, October 2, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … (Handicap) Man Mountain Saunooke beat Rudy Kay … Man Mountain
Saunooke beat Mayes McLain (dq) … Seelie Samara beat Dobie Osburn (2-0) … NOTE:
When choking McLain over the ropes, Rudy Kay entered the ring with a chair and struck
Saunooke over the head, ending the match.

Greeley, CO: Friday, October 11, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … Mayes McLain beat Chief (Man Mountain) Saunooke (2-1) … Seelie
Samara beat Jack Conley (1-0) … referee-Otto Oster

Greeley, CO: Friday, October 18, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … Roy Dunn beat Man Mountain Saunooke (2-1, dq) … Joe Campbell beat
Dobie Osburn (1-0) … referee-S. M. Van Sickle

Greeley, CO: Friday, October 25, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … Wladyslaw (Iron) Talun beat Rudy Kay (2-0) … Seelie Samara drew Joe
Campbell (45:00)

Greeley, CO: Friday, November 1, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) Man Mountain Saunooke beat Jack Conley (2-1) … Seelie Samara beat
Arnold Zim (2-0)

Greeley, CO: Friday, November 8, 1940
Wladyslaw Talun beat Man Mountain Saunooke (2-0, first by dq) … Walter Sirois drew
Howard Burnell (45:00, 1-1) … referee-Otto Oster

Greeley, CO: Friday, November 15, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … Everett Marshall beat Seelie Samara (1-0) … Mayes McLain beat Joe
Campbell (utc) … (matchmakers-Lauer and Griffin)

Greeley, CO: Friday, November 22, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … Rube Wright* beat Mayes McLain (2-1) … Seelie Samara drew Walter
Sirois (1-1)

Greeley, CO: Friday, November 29, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … Rube Wright beat Jim Parker (2-1) … Mayes McLain beat Joe Campbell
(1-0) … referee-Otto Oster

Greeley, CO: Friday, December 6, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … Rube Wright drew Mayes McLain (1-1) … Jim Parker beat Joe Campbell
(1-1, utc)

Greeley, CO: Friday, December 13, 1940
(V.F.W. Hall) … King Kong beat Walter Sirois (1-0) … Lou Newman beat Jim Parker (2-1,
dq) … (5 man wrestle royal) Kerlinko eliminated first, followed by Lou Newman and Jim
Parker leaving King Kong and Walter Sirois. … NOTES: King Kong here was likely King
Kong Clayton. Lou Newman was billed as Leo (the Lion) Newman by mistake. Lou was
appearing in other cities of the circuit. When he wrestled in February 1941, the
newspaper mentioned that Lou wrestled back in December. During a talk with Lou
Newman, I mentioned that he was sometimes billed as Leo (the Lion) Newman by error.
He agreed with me, saying that he could not really change his ring name.

Greeley, CO: Friday, December 20, 1940
(V.F.W.) … Jim Parker beat Walter Sirois (2-1) … King Kong beat Karlenko (2-0) …
referee-Otto Oster … (last card of the year)






Research by Don Luce, Tim Hornbaker
April 26, 2011
Greeley (CO) Wrestling Results