Early plaudits for Bob Sweeney in "The Wrestler", July 1961 and October 1961

January 1962 sees Bob Sweeney and fellow Yorkshireman John Ure featured in "The Wrestler"

(i) Leg hold on Ezzard Hart of Barbados
(ii) Max Crabtree gives all he's got as he puts Bob through it with a vicious flying leg lever
(iii) Bob returns the favour with an ankle hold on Crabtree
(iv) Danny Lynch applies the pressure to Bob's leg

October 1963 "Wrestler" feature

Finally, for the sake of completeness, other wrestlers shown in the above articles

John Ure


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