St. Louis, Missouri: January 4, 1939
Joe Dusek b. Young Joe Stecher (23:40) ... Ivan Managoff b. John Katan ... Ernie Hefner b.
Jack League ... Ralph Garibaldi b. Ray Eckert ... Carlos Rodriquez and Leo Newman drew ...
(promoter: Bill Schwabe) … (1,199 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: January 12, 1939
(Auditorium) … (WTM) Everett Marshall* b. Lou Thesz (1:04:46) ... Jim Morgan b. Joe Dusek
... Ivan Managoff b. Jim Coffield ... Warren Bockwinkel b. Fred Carone ... Hans Schnabel and
Young Stecher drew ... Len Tocco b. Cherry Vallina ... (promoter: Tom Packs) … (7,109 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: January 18, 1939
(Coliseum) … Jim McMillen b. Joe Dusek (16:30) ... Young Stecher b. Al Mendoza ... Young
Gotch and Ralph Garibaldi drew ... Mannie Margulis b. Ches Swap ... Joe Millich b. Finice Hall
... (promoter: Bill Schwabe) … (1,390 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: January 26, 1939
(Auditorium) … (WTM) Everett Marshall* b. Jim Morgan (dq) (13:30) ... Hans Schnabel b.
Young Frank Gotch ... Jim McMillen b. Rudy Kay ... Charlie Strack b. Roy Dunn ... Warren
Bockwinkel b. Jack Rogers ... Ray Eckert and Len Tocco drew ... (promoter: Tom Packs) …
(6,686 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: February 1, 1939
(Coliseum) … Jim McMillen b. Dorv Roche (23:35) ... Young Gotch b. Young Stecher ...
Charley Strack b. Fred Carone ... Len Tocco b. Alberto Mendoza ... Ernie Klein b. Tuffy
Truesdale ... (promoter: Bill Schwabe) … (1,811 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: February 9, 1939
(Auditorium) … Lou Thesz b. Jim Morgan (12:33) ... Jim McMillen drew with Hans Schnabel ...
Lee Wyckoff b. Joe Campbell ... Warren Bockwinkel b. Ralph Garibaldi ... Dorv Roche b. Roy
Dunn ... Ray Eckert b. Young Stecher ... (promoter: Tom Packs) ... (4,941 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: February 23, 1939 (Shriner’s Charity Show)
(Arena) … (National Wrestling Association World Championship*) Lou Thesz b. Everett
Marshall (47:53 to win title) ... Dr. Len Hall b. Jim Morgan (dq) ... Jim McMillen and Ernie
Dusek drew ... Dorv Roche b. Young Gotch ... Lee Wyckoff b. Hans Schnabel ... (promoter:
Tom Packs) … (12, 100 Fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: March 1, 1939
(Coliseum) … Jim Morgan b. Fritz Schnabel (6:58) ... Young Stecher b. Dale Raines ...
Warren Bockwinkel b. Jack Rogers ... Ray Eckert b. Fred Carone ... Walt McMillan and
Mannie Marqulis drew ... (promoter: Bill Schwabe) … (1,719 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: March 9, 1939
(Auditorium) … (WTM) Lou Thesz* b. Steve Casey ... Dr. Len Hall and Lee Wyckoff drew ...
Jim McMillen b. Warren Bockwinkel ... Jim Morgan b. Dan O’Connor ... Cliff Gustafson b.
Charley Strack ... Joe Millich b. Cherry Vallina ... (promoter: Tom Packs) … (6,164 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: March 17, 1939
(Coliseum) … Dr. Len Hall b. Tom Sawyer (17:40) ... Rudy Kay b. George Rigosky ... Bob
Jesson and Joe Corbett drew ... Len Tocco b. Ted Theodore ... Al Szasz b. Pat O’Malley ...
(promoter: Bill Schwabe) … (1,206 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: March 30, 1939
(Auditorium) … Ali Baba b. Jim Morgan (5:45) ... Everett Marshall b. Bill Lee (14:22) ... Dr.
Len Hall b. Tom Sawyer ... Cliff Gustafson b. Bob Jesson ... Frank Sexton b. Joe Corbett ...
Len Tocco b. Jack Rogers ... (promoter: Tom Packs) … 4,059 fans

St. Louis, Missouri: April 5, 1939
(Coliseum) … Jean Pusie b. Young Stecher (8:50) ... George Koverly b. Frank Sexton (27:
45) ... Warren Bockwinkel b. Bob Jesson ... Al Szasz b. Jim Logas ... John Gilbert b. Joe
Szabo (dq) ... (promoter: Bill Schwabe) … (1,582 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: April 13, 1939
(Auditorium) … Ali Baba b. Everett Marshall (36:04) ... George Koverly and Dorv Roche drew
... Cliff Gustafson b. Whitey Hewitt ... Mike Mazurki b. John Plummer ... Henry Piers b. Frank
Sexton ... Warren Bockwinkel b. Joe Rigoski ... (promoter: Tom Packs) … (4,022 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: April 21, 1939
(Auditorium) … Jean Pusie b. King Kong (26:23) ... Mike Mazurki b. Young Joe Stecher ...
Tom Zaharias b. Bob Jesson ... Jim Logas and Joe Szabo drew ... Mannie Margulis b. Al
Szasz ... (promoter: Bill Schwabe) … (1,005 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: April 27, 1939
(Auditorium) … (WTM) Lou Thesz* b. Ali Baba ... Jim Morgan and Ernie Dusek drew ...
George Koverly b. George Hagen ... Mike Mazurki b. Henry Piers ... Tom Zaharias b. Joe
Corbett ... (promoter: Tom Packs) … (4,788 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: May 2, 1939
(Auditorium) … George Koverly b. Jean Pusie (16:50) ... Warren Bockwinkel b. George
Hagen ... Len Tocco b. Finis Hall (dq) ... Milo Occhi and Jim Logas drew ... Al Szasz b. Walt
McMillan ... (Bill Schwabe-promoter) … (911 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: May 9, 1939
(Auditorium) … (WTM) Lou Thesz* b. Marvin Westenberg (32:14) ... Jim Morgan b. Dorv
Roche ... George Koverly b. Tom Zaharias ... Mike Mazurki and Harry Kent drew ... Henry
Piers b. Len Tocco ... (promoter: Tom Packs)

St. Louis, Missouri: June 28, 1939
(Battery A) … Ali Baba b. Leo Savage (5:56) ... Dorv Roche b. Babe Zaharias (10:55) ...
Warren Bockwinkel b. Swede Swenson ... Young Joe Stecher b. Joe Millich ... Jim Logas b.
Mannie Marqulis ... (promoter: Bill Schwabe) … (785 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: July 19, 1939
(Battery A) … Hans Kampfer b. Dorv Roche (19:50) ... Bill Lee b. Frank Sexton ... Babe
Zaharias and George Hagen drew ... Earl Wadsack b. Mannie Margulis ... Ernie Klein b. J.
Anderson ... (promoter: Bill Schwabe) … (875 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: July 26, 1939
(Battery A) … Hans Kampfer b. Henry Piers ... George Hagen b. Babe Zaharias (dq) ... Earl
Wadsack b. Ben Centiempo ... Frank Sexton b. Joe Millich ... Mannie Margulis b. Pat O’Malley
... (promoter: Bill Schwabe) … (714 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: September 20, 1939
(Auditorium) … (WTM) Bronko Nagurski* b. Jim Morgan (10:19) ... Dorv Roche b. Frank
Sexton ... Abe Coleman and Joe Cox drew ... Jim Coffield b. George Hagen ... Len Tocco b.
Whitey Whittler ... (Tom Packs-promoter) … (2,650 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: October 26, 1939
(Auditorium) … Lou Thesz b. Ernie Dusek (36:18) ... Everett Marshall b. Mike Mazurki ... Juan
Humberto b. Jimmy Coffield ... Dorv Roche and Hans Schnabel drew ... George Tragos b.
Len Tocco ... (promoter: Tom Packs) … (3,338 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: November 9, 1939
(Auditorium) … Lou Thesz b. Rudy Dusek (21:21) ... Iron Talun b. Ernie Hefner (3:20) ... Cliff
Gustafson b. Emil Dusek ... Ernie Dusek b. Hans Schnabel ... Juan Humberto and Joe Dusek
drew ... (promoter: Tom Packs) … (3,738 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: November 30, 1939
(Auditorium) … Cliff Gustafson b. Everett Marshall (30:43) ... Ray Steele b. Joe Dusek ... Jim
McMillen b. Jim Morgan ... Warren Bockwinkel and Len Macaluso drew ... Juan Humberto b.
Fritz Schnabel ... (promoter: Tom Packs) … (5,157 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: December 14, 1939
(Auditorium) … Ray Steele b. George Zaharias (22:14) ... Lou Thesz b. Joe Savoldi (26:04)
... Len Macaluso b. Warren Bockwinkel ... Dorv Roche b. Chris Zaharias ... Juan Humberto b.
George Tragos ... (promoter: Tom Packs) … (3,925 fans)

St. Louis, Missouri: December 28, 1939
(Auditorium) … Len Macaluso b. Lou Thesz (41:55) ... Ray Steele b. Ernie Dusek (27:07) ...
George Zaharias b. Lou Plummer ... Warren Bockwinkel and Juan Humberto drew ... George
Tragos b. Jack Kennedy ... (promoter: Tom Packs) … (2,257 fans)

Research: Bob Nitsche and thanks to Don Luce for sharing.

Aliases=Blacksmith Jim Morgan was one of the many different first names used by Big Ben
Morgan over the years. He was Chuck Morgan, Tiny Morgan, Charles (Man Mountain)
Morgan, Ethelbert Morgan. Pedro Martinez called him Big Bill Bailey turning a Rochester tour
in the 1940s. He also worked as The Volga Boatman.
Whitey Hewitt worked around New York as Pat McKay
Dale Raines was not Dirty Dick Raines
Ivan Managoff wrestled as Wallace Muscovich
Leo (Daniel Boone) Savage is remembered today as Whiskers Savage. He boxed and
wrestled as Eddie Civil. He was Bob Savage in Florida.
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