Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, January 9, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Orville Brown b. Lee Wykoff (2/3) … Jim Wright b. Andy Moen (17:30)
… Ray Schwartz and Al Szasz drew (30:00) … Stanley Myslajek b. Jack Hader (19:30) …
(promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Charlie Hatfield) … (sponsored by:  American
Legion) … (3,100 fans)
Notes:  Brown was billed as a former blacksmith from Wallace, Kansas.  Wykoff, the
previous “Big Bad Wolf,” was from Osborne, Kansas.  Szasz was billed as being
Albanian.  Moen was from Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, January 16, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Lee Wykoff b. Jim Wright (2/3) (second fall by countout and the third
by default when Wright was unable to continue) … Rudy Strongberg b. Walter Underhill
(2-0) … Steve Brody b. Al Szasz (14:50) … Ray Schwartz b. Sammy Feeback (22:20) …
(promoter:  George Simpson) … (2,600 fans)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, January 23, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Rudy Strongberg b. Rudy LaDitzi (2/3) (third fall by countout) … Steve
Brody b. Al Szasz (2/3) … Jim Wright b. Walter Underhill … Albion Britt and Ray Schwartz
drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Charlie Hatfield)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, January 30, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Orville Brown b. Rudy Strongberg (2/3) … Dick Raines and Jim Wright
drew (1-1) (60:00) … Ray Schwartz b. Oregon McDonald (DQ) … Prospector Pete and Al
Szasz drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George Simpson)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, February 6, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Orville Brown b. Jim Wright (2/3) … Rudy Strongberg and Lee Wykoff
drew (Wykoff won the only fall in 45:15, but match was still called a draw) (60:00) … Jack
League b. Ronald Malott (5:45) … Joe Campbell b. Al Szasz (20:10) … (promoter:  
George Simpson) … (referee:  Charlie Hatfield)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, February 13, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Lee Wykoff b. Dick Raines (2/3) … Steve Brody b. Joe Campbell (2/3)
… Jim Wright b. Jack League … Al Szasz b. Oregon McDonald (DQ) (5:25) … (promoter:  
George Simpson) … (referee:  Charlie Hatfield)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, February 20, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Oregon McDonald b. Steve Brody (2/3) … Lee Wykoff b. Charlie
Harben (2-0) … Jim Wright b. Stanley Myslajek (19:15) (airplane spin) … Ray Schwartz b.
Al Szasz (15:30) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Charlie Hatfield)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, February 27, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … The Swedish Angel b. Rudy Strongberg (2/3) … Oregon McDonald b.
Jack League (2/3) … The Masked Superman b. Stanley Myslajek (6:40) … Albion Britt
and Jeo Campbell drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Charlie
Hatfield) … (3,600 fans)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, March 6, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Steve Brody b. Oregon McDonald (2/3) … The Swedish Angel and Jim
Wright drew (1-1) (60:00) … Superior Man b. Walter Underhill … Joe Campbell and
Prospector Pete drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Charlie
Hatfield)
Notes:  The wrestler billed as “Superman” on February 27 was listed as “Superior Man”
on March 6.

*The Wednesday, March 12, 1941 edition of the Kansas City Kansan stated that Steve
Brody may give up his wrestling career to join the Army.  “The speedy Brooklyn youth
recently received his order to prepare for physical examination, and he will report late
today to a staff physician at the General hospital in Kansas City to undergo a checkup.”

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, March 13, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Rudi LaDitzi b. Jim Wright (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Superior Man b.
Earl Wampler (2-0) … Steve Brody b. Ralph Garibaldi (11:20) … Joe Campbell and
Sammy Feeback drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Charlie
Hatfield)
Notes:  LaDitzi reportedly recently returned from a tour of New Zealand and Australia.  
The American Legion band, directed by Wendell Ryder, was going to play a 30 minute
concert prior to the show.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, March 20, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. Mysterious Mr. S
(2/3) (Steve Brody managed Mr. S) … Lee Wykoff lost a handicap match to Albion Britt
and Steve Brody (Wykoff failed to throw both men in 45-minutes) (no falls) … Earl
Wampler b. Joe Campbell (15:15) … Sammy Feeback b. Mighty Minnachie (12:20) …
(promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Pat McGill)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, March 27, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Mysterious Mr. S b. Jim Wright (2/3) … Lee Wykoff b. Earl Wampler (2-
0) … Jay Steele b. Sammy Feeback (14:15) … Albion Britt b. Joe Campbell (17:15) …
(promoter:  George Simpson) … (referees:  Charlie Hatfield, Jack League)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, April 3, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Mysterious Mr. S. b. Lee Wykoff (2/3) (third by DQ) (Texas rules
match) … Jim Wright b. Dobie Osborne (2/3) (Texas rules match) … Jay Steele b. Albion
Britt (15:10) … The Yellow Scar b. Al Lafoon (12:30) (Scar used the “Jim Londos”
toehold) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referees:  Charlie Hatfield, Jack League)
Notes:  Wykoff made good on his $100 bet, previously saying that he’d give $100 in $1
bills to the crowd if he was defeated.  Billed as “Bank Night.”

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, April 10, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … The Mysterious Mr. S b. Rudy Strongberg (2/3) … Abe Coleman and
Jay Steele drew (1-1) (60:00) … The Yellow Scar b. Jim Wright (19:45) … Dobie Osborne
b. Joe Campbell (6:50) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Jack League)
Note:  Abe Coleman was returning to the city after an 8-year absence, according to the
Kansas City Kansan.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, April 17, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Lee Wykoff b. Orville Brown to capture the MWA World Heavyweight
Title (2/3) (Brown won the first fall in 23-minutes, Wykoff won the second in 27-seconds,
Wykoff won the third in 12-minutes) … Jay Steele b. Al Lafoon (6:30) … Mysterious Mr. S
b. Dobie Osborne (2/3) … Abe Coleman and Rudy Strongberg drew (30:00) …
(promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Charles Hatfield)
Note:  The Kansas City Kansan reported that “Charles J. Keilback, finance officer of the
sponsoring American Legion post, presented the belt in a velvet-lined case to Wykoff in
the center of the ring immediately after the match.”

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, April 24, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Orville Brown b. The Mysterious Mr. S (2-0) (Mr. S was revealed to be
Bob Franks) (Texas rules) … Jay Steele b. Steve Brody (2-0) (second fall by DQ) … Abe
Coleman b. Albion Britt (11:45) … Dobie Osborne b. Sammy Feeback (16:13) …
(promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Jack League) … (2,650 fans)
Notes:  The Kansas City Kansan stated that “Mr. S, who identity has been the subject of
much speculation, is said to have been revealed when he was unmasked follwing a match
last Friday night in Topeka and was recognized as Bob Franks, veteran Boston
heavyweight.” Yesterday, a 30-day suspension of Steve Brody by the Kansas Athletic
Commission expired.  The Yellow Scar was originally slated to be apart of this show.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, May 1, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Steve Brody b. Jay Steele (2/3) … Abe Coleman b. Jim Wright (2/3)
(Wright was unable to continue for the third fall) … Bob Franks b. Earl Wampler … Dobie
Osborne b. Mel Peters (19:45) … (promoter:  George Simspon) … (referee:  Harry
Cohen)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, May 8, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … The Swedish Angel b. Bob Franks (2/3) … Abe Coleman b. Jay Steele
(2-0) … Benny Rosen b. Dobie Osborne (12:45) … Albion Britt and Sammy Feeback
drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Harry Cohen)
Note:  Benny Rosen was billed as a 24 year old from Elizabeth, New Jersey.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, May 15, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … The Angel b. Orville Brown (2/3) … Benny Rosen b. Abe Coleman
(2/3) … Rudy Strongberg and Jim Wright drew (30:00) … Don McIntyre b. Ronald
Etchison (16:45) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Harry Cohen)
Notes:  The Kansas City Kansan stated that the Angel has remained undefeated in the
United States.  He was billed as being from Skars, Sweden.  Don McIntyre was billed as a
former Washburn football star.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Wednesday, May 21, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … World Heavyweight Champion Lee Wykoff b. The Swedish Angel (2/3)
… Jim Wright b. Rudy Strongberg (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Dick Raines and Benny
Rosen drew (30:00) … Abe Coleman b. Jack Russell (DQ) (12:20) … (promoter:  George
Simpson)
Notes:  Show moved to Wednesday because of graduation exercises at the Hall on
Thursday.  No show next week.  Harry Kahoe was making his debut as a referee.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, June 5, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Orville Brown b. The Swedish Angel (2/3) … Benny Rosen b. Jim
Wright (2/3) … Steve Brody and Prospector Pete drew (30:00) … Al Getz b. Jack Russell
(10:45) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Harry Kahoe)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, June 12, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Benny Rosen b. Bob Franks (2/3) … Jack Kennedy b. Steve Brody
(2/3) … Rudy Strongberg b. Dobie Osborne (14:15) … Al Lovelock b. Sammy Feeback
(27:30) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Harry Kahoe)
Note:  Lovelock was billed as being Canadian.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, June 19, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … World Heavyweight Champion Lee Wykoff b. Benny Rosen (2/3) …
Orville Brown b. Jack Kennedy (2-0) … Karol Krauser b. Rudy Strongberg (countout) …
Al Lovelock and Dobie Osborne drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George Simpson) …
(referee:  Harry Kahoe)
Notes:  When Benny Rosen initially came into the territory and asked for a title match,
champion Lee Wykoff ignored him.  But after winning several matches against name
wrestlers, Wykoff could deny him no longer.  Rosen posted a certified check for $200 with
American Legion officials as a symbol of his “good faith.”

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, June 26, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … World Heavyweight Champion Lee Wykoff b. Orville Brown (2/3)
(Brown was unable to continue for the third fall after missing a flying tackle and smashing
his head on a ringpost) (Brown was carried to his dressing room) … Jack Kennedy b.
Steve Brody (2/3) (Brody suffered a “slight” concussion) … Joe Cox b. Rudy Strongberg
(18:15) … Dobie Osborne b. Harry Kahoe (8:10) … (promoter:  George Simpson) …
(referee:  Gust Karras) … (physician:  Dr. George H. Hobson)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, July 3, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Orville Brown b. Benny Rosen (2/3) … Jack Kennedy b. Jack Hader
(2/3) (Hader was a substitute for Joe Cox) … Steve Brody b. Dobie Osborne (11:20) …
Rudy Strongberg and Earl Wampler drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George Simpson) …
(referee:  Harry Kahoe)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, July 10, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Dorv Roche b. Jack Kennedy (2-0) … Benny Rosen b. Rudy
Strongberg (2/3) … Steve Brody b. Earl Wampler (3:30) … Jack Hader b. Dobie Osborne
(14:30) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Harry Kahoe)
Notes:  Dorv Roche was billed as a “former Pennsylvania coal miner,” and after his win,
challenged Lee Wykoff for the world title.  Rudy Strongberg was billed as a “powerful
European weight-lifter and former Prussian titleholder.”

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, July 17, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … World Heavyweight Champion Lee Wykoff b. Dorv Roche (2-0)
(second fall by DQ) … Benny Rosen b. Steve Brody (2/3) (Rosen was a substitute for Pat
Newman) … Jack Hader and Rudy Strongberg drew (30:00) … Benny Rosen b. Earl
Wampler (11:45) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Harry Kahoe)
Notes:  Pat Newman of Corpus Christi was said to be claiming the United States Navy
championship, which he won “three consecutive years.” Benny Rosen was said to be a
truck driver.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, July 24, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Dorv Roche b. Orville Brown (2/3) (Roche won the first fall in 28
seconds) … Steve Brody and Jack Hader drew (1-1) (60:00) … Carl Von Herbert b.
Benny Rosen (12:15) … Earl Wampler b. Abe Friedman (11:30) … (promoter:  George
Simpson) … (referee:  Harry Cohen) … (2,600 fans)
Notes:  Carl Von Herbert was billed as being 6’3” and weighing 270 pounds.  He was from
New York City.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, July 31, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … World Heavyweight Champion Lee Wykoff and Dorv Roche drew at the
midnight closing (1-1) (at different points during the main event, fans rushed the ring, but
police prevented anything major from happening) … Carl Von Herbert b. Jack Hader (2/3)
… Steve Brody and Marvin Jones drew (30:00) … Benny Rosen b. Earl Wampler (23:10)
… (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Harry Cohen)
Notes:  Steve Brody was billed as a former Holy Cross football player and track star.  He
was from Brooklyn.  Earl Wampler was from Scranton, Iowa.  Marvin Jones was from
Houston.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, August 7, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Orville Brown b. Carl Von Herbert (2-0) … Bobby Bruns b. Benny
Rosen (2-0) … Steve Brody and Earl Wampler drew (30:00) (Brody was a substitute for
Marvin Jones) … Jack Hader b. Abe Friedman (14:25) … (promoter:  George Simpson)
… (referee:  Harry Cohen)
Notes:  Bobby Bruns was billed as a former Chicago lawyer, having returning from “an
extended South American tour.”

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, August 14, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … World Heavyweight Champion Lee Wykoff b. Bobby Bruns (2/3) (Bruns
was unable to continue for the third fall after losing the second to a step-over toe-hold)
(Texas rules) (two referees) … Ray Eckert b. Carl Von Herbert (2/3) (third fall by DQ) …
Jack Hader and Benny Rosen drew (30:00) … Harry Kahoe b. Floyd McCall (10:45) …
(promoter:  George Simpson) … (referees:  Harry Cohen, Charles Stroud)
Notes:  The Kansas City Kansan stated:  “Ray Eckert, reputed to be the ranking
heavyweight Missouri has given to the wrestling world, will come back to the middle west
after two years of campaigning in the east.” It was said to be his local debut.  Floyd
McCall was billed as being from the Ozark Mountains.  Bruns reportedly suffered a torn
ligament in his left knee during the main event.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, August 21, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Dorv Roche b. Bobby Bruns (2/3) … Steve Brody b. Ed White (2/3) …
Ray Eckert b. Earl Wampler (17:15) … Benny Rosen b. Carl Von Herbert (27:30) …
(promoter:  George Simpson) … (referees:  Harry Cohen, Charles Stroud)
Notes:  The local newspaper said that while in South America, Bobby Bruns beat Brazilian
and Argentinian wrestling champions.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, August 28, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … World Heavyweight Champion Lee Wykoff b. Dorv Roche (2/3) (third
fall by countout) … Nanjo Singh b. Steve Brody … Ray Eckert and Jack Hader drew (30:
00) … Carl Von Herbert b. Floyd McCall … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referees:  
Harry Cohen, Charles Stroud)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, September 4, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Orville Brown b. Dorv Roche (2/3) (Texas rules) … Ray Eckert b. Harry
Kent (18:15) … Steve Brody b. Carl Von Herbert (DQ) (22:30) … Benny Rosen b. Harry
Kahoe (12:30) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referees:  Harry Cohen, Charles
Stroud)
Notes:  Harry Kent was said to have been a football player at Oregon State University,
from Portland.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Tuesday, September 9, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Everette Marshall b. Jack Suzek (2/3) … Rube Wright b. Jimmy Coffield
… Gene Bowman b. Jim Wright (DQ) (Bowman won three periods to two in a match in
which the scoreboard was used) … Don McIntyre b. Jack “Swede” Benson (7:11) …
(promoter:  Johnny Atkins) … (referee:  Lou Spandle) … (sponsored by:  Veterans of
Foreign Wars)
Notes:  Don McIntyre was billed as a “former Westport high school football and basketball
star,” from Otterville, Missouri.  It was reported that Atkins came up with a new invention
for his wrestling programs, an electric scoreboard.  The scoreboard was 5 feet high and
12 feet long, with a 36” clock above it.  According to the Friday, September 5, 1941
edition of the Kansas City Kansan, “the names of the contestants are placed on the
board and immediately following are two rows of ten lights, each representing a period.  
According to Atkins, the matches will range from three to ten periods, with each period
being five minutes.  Atkins said he believed his system with the scoreboard will prevent
any dishonest matches and that wrestlers will have to compete on ability only and that
there will be no more long drawn out matches.  A positive winner will be declared after
each match.  Atkins said that he believes this new system will help to make wrestling more
popular here.  With the electronic scoreboard, both the fans and contestants, by merely
glancing at the board, can tell which contestant is leading in the match.” This was
reportedly the first Tuesday show under VFW sponsorship in “nearly two years.” Atkins’s
promotion was affiliated with the Billy Sandow syndicate out of Wichita.  Atkins told the
press that Everette Marshall had been “comparatively idle for about two years.” Bowman
was said to be a product of Vanderbilt, where he played football.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, September 11, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Lee Wykoff b. Ray Eckert (2/3) …
Dorv Roche b. Carl Von Herbert (2-0) … Jack Hader b. Steve Brody (DQ) … Ronald
Etchison and Benny Rosen drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referees:  
Harry Cohen, Charles Stroud) … (2,500 fans)
Notes:  A speech by President Roosevelt was relayed to the audience over the facility’s
public address system beginning at 8:00 p.m.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, September 18, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Lee Wykoff and Orville Brown
drew at the midnight curfew (1-hour, 53-minutes) (1-1) (Brown won the first fall in 1:31:30,
Wykoff won the second in 5-seconds) … Ray Eckert b. Benny Rosen (2-0) … Jack
Kennedy b. Jack Hader (21:10) … Prospector Pete b. Albion Britt (DQ) … (promoter:  
George Simpson) … (referees:  Ronnie Etchison, Charles Stroud) … (3,700 fans)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, September 25, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Steve Brody b. Jack Kennedy (2/3) … Orville Brown and Ray Eckert
drew (60:00) (1-1) … Jack Hader b. Prospector Pete (18:20) … Albion Britt b. Floyd
McCall (6:20) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Ronnie Etchison)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, October 2, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Dorv Roche b. Ray Eckert (2-0) (first fall by DQ) … Joe Dusek b. Jack
Hader (2/3) … Steve Brody and Jack Kennedy drew (30:00) … Benny Rosen b. George
Tragos (17:45) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Ronnie Etchison)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, October 9, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Lou Thesz b. Joe Dusek (2/3) … Orville Brown and Dorve Roche drew
(60:00) (no falls) … Jack Kennedy b. Ray Eckert (DQ) (40 seconds) … Jack Hader b.
Benny Rosen (11:30) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Ronnie Etchison) …
(3,100 fans)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, October 16, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Orville Brown b. Lee Wykoff to capture the MWA World Heavyweight
Title (2/3) (Wykoff won the first fall in 30:30, Brown won the second in 11:20 and third in 7:
15) … Steve Brody b. Al Lovelock (10:45) … Jack Kennedy b. Albion Britt (10:55) … Earl
Wampler b. Bob Foster (20:15) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Ronnie
Etchison) … (3,700 fans)
Note:  Bob Foster was on furlough from the United States Army.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, October 23, 1941
(Memorial Hall) … Jack Kennedy b. Steve Brody (2/3) … Dick Raines b. Bob Franks (2/3)
… Earl Wampler b. Cal Rees (15:45) … Nick Elitch b. Bob Foster (14:10) … (promoter:  
George Simpson) … (referee:  Ronnie Etchison)
Notes:  The Mysterous Mr. S was Bob Franks of Boston.  On Wednesday in Moberly,
Missouri, Al Lovelock suffered severe cuts by glass in an accident.  He was at Lakeside
Hospital in Kansas City.


Research by Tim Hornbaker
September 6, 2010
Kansas City Wrestling Results - 1941