Dubuque, IA: Wednesday, February 8, 1939
(Boys Club) … Charles (Red) Post drew Henry Kolin (60:00, 1-1) … Art Weber (of Kier IA)
beat Al Badger (of Louisburg IA) … (Amateur boys) Eugene Kramer beat Willie Brunjes …
NOTE: Post, the promoter, was an officer of the Dubuque Police Department and the
wrestling instructor. His scheduled opponent Roughhouse Nelson was a no show. Kolin was
scheduled to meet Hank Waltz, the Boys Club Boxing instructor.

Dubuque, IA: Tuesday, February 21, 1939
(Melody Mill) … (Iowa LH Title*) Charles (Red) Post beat Henry Kolin (2-0) … Art Weber beat
Roughhouse Gibbs (of Dubuque) … Hank Waltz beat Kid Irish (of Muscatine IA) … (Amateur
boys) Jackie Kopps drew Jimmy Mullady (5:00)

Maquoketa, IA: Wednesday, March 15, 1939
(VFW Hall) … Ken Fenelon beat Johnny Meyers (2-0) (sub for Jack Kacek) … plus amateur
boxing … NOTE: Meyers weighted 205 pounds and was billed from Dubuque. I’m not sure if
he was the 1920s wrestler who held the world middleweight title.

Dubuque Telegraph-Herald: Sunday, March 19, 1939
And here’s Jack (Hassen) Pfefer . . . wrestling impresario . . . who says he can stage title
matches from now to doomsday … because there are 22—count them—champions
recognized somewhere.
And here they are: Nagurski, Londos, Robert, Sonnenberg, Silverstein, Shikat, Thesz,
Meehan, Pesek, Evko, Plummer, Sherry, McCready, Schwartz, Pojello, O’Callaghan, Deglane,
Beaver, Savage, Marshall, Rudy Dusek and Wladek Zbyszko.

Maquoketa, IA: Wednesday, April 10, 1939
(VFW Hall) … Ken Fenelon beat Art Bull (2-0) … plus amateur boxing

Dubuque, IA: Tuesday, April 25, 1939
(Melody Mill) … Great Balbo beat Jerry Meeker (2-1) … Jimmy Hefner beat Jack Hagen (2-0)
… Gorilla Pogi drew Winnett Wallingford Watson (30:00) … NOTES: Promoter Ken Fenelon
staged his first show since last November. Jerry Meeker was billed from Hawaii here. Jimmy
Hefner wrestled with shoes on. Often he was bare-footed.

Dubuque, IA: Tuesday, May 9, 1939
(Melody Mill) … Jack Claybourne beat Chin Lee (2-1, dq) … Gorilla Pogi drew Joe Dorsetti
(60:00, 1-1) … Jack Conley beat Winnett Wallingford Watson … Referee: Ken Fenelon

Dubuque, IA: Tuesday, May 16, 1939
(Melody Mill) … Jack Claybourne beat Jack Conley (2-0) … Jimmy Hefner beat Joe Dorsetti
(2-0) … Billy Goelz beat Bobby Sampson … Referee: Ken Fenelon

Dubuque, IA: Tuesday, May 23, 1939
(Melody Mill) … Great Balbo beat Jack Claybourne (2-1) … Paul Bozzell beat Jimmy Hefner
(2-1) … Al Williams beat Lefty Pacer … Referee: Ken Fenelon

Dubuque, IA: Wednesday, May 31, 1939
(Melody Mill) … Great Balbo beat Chin Lee (2-0) … Paul Bozzell beat Gorilla Pogi (2-0) …
Roy Rickenbacker beat Phil Malloy (of Chicago Stockyards area.

Dubuque, IA: Tuesday, June 6, 1939
(Melody Mill) … Matty Matsura beat Winnett Wallingford Watson (2-0) … Paul Bozzell drew Al
Williams (1:30:00, 1-1) … Frankie Hart beat Joe Dorsetti

Dubuque, IA: Tuesday, June 13, 1939
(Melody Mill) … Mike London drew Matty Matsura (1:30:00, 1-1) … Paul Bozzell beat Red Ace
(2-1) … Frankie Talaber beat Al Williams (dq) … Referee: Ken Fenelon

Dubuque, IA: Tuesday, June 20, 1939
(Melody Mill) … Paul Bozzell beat Jack Claybourne (Black Panther) (2-1) … Great Balbo drew
Frankie Hart (60:00) … Winnett Wallingford Watson beat Rudy Kay (dq) … Referee: Ken
Fenelon … NOTE: Watson was Pat Flanagan of Toronto wrestling under his real name.

Dubuque, IA: Tuesday, June 27, 1939
(Melody Mill) … Frankie Hart beat Mike London (2-1, dq) … Al Williams drew Red Ace … Fritz
Schnabel beat Gene Bauman … Referee: Ken Fenelon

Dubuque, IA: Monday, July 3, 1939
(Melody Mill) … Paul Bozzell beat Great Balbo (2-1) … Mike London beat Al Williams (1-1,
utc) … Red Ace beat Lefty Pacer

Dubuque, IA: Tuesday, July 11, 1939
(Melody Mill) … Paul Bozzell beat Matty Matsura (2-1) … Frankie Hart drew Jerry Meeker …
Winnett Wallingford Watson beat Sheik Mar Allah (dq) … Referee: Art Bull

Dubuque, IA: Wednesday, July 12, 1939
(Mercy Hospital Garden Party) … Ivan (The Terrible) Boyd vs Arnie (The Unbeatable) Noel …
Referee: Ken Fenelon

Dubuque, IA: Tuesday, July 18, 1939
(Melody Mill) … Ivan Rasputin beat Rudy Kay (2-1) … Mike London beat Red Ace (2-1) …
Jimmy Hefner beat Al Williams (dq) … Referee: Ken Fenelon

Dubuque, IA: Tuesday, July 25, 1939
(Melody Mill) … Hans Schnabel beat Rudy Kay (2-0) … Red Ace beat Frankie Hart (1-1, utc)
… Jerry Meeker beat Lefty Pacer

Dubuque, IA: Tuesday, August 1, 1939
(Melody Mill) … Hans Schnabel beat Ivan Rasputin (2-1) … Matty Matsura beat Jerry Meeker
(2-0, dq) … Al Williams drew Rudy Kay

Dubuque, IA: Tuesday, August 15, 1939
(Melody Mill) …

Dubuque, IA: Tuesday, August 22, 1939
(Melody Mill) … Bozzell vs Rubi … London vs Meeker … Bucky O’Neill vs Hart

Dubuque, IA: Tuesday, August 29, 1939
(Melody Mill) … George Dusette beat Bert Rubi (2-1) … Frankie Talaber drew Mike London
(60:00, 1-1) … Al Williams beat Chuck Powell


Research by Don Luce
Dubuque Wrestling Results - 1939
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