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| Sir Atholl Oakeley, Bt
Stanley Paul, London
1971
168
9" x 6" = 230mm x 150mm
Twenty plates, Black & white
Sir Atholl Oakeley, baronet and professional wrestler, tells his own story and the story of wrestling from its revival in the early thirties as a highly popular and skilful sport to its present state (in 1971) as showmanship only. Sir Atholl was largely responsible for bringing to the UK the sophisticated techniques of American 'all-in' wrestling, and after his retirement continued to promote the sport with great enthusiasm. He talks about the characters who dominated the pre-war wrestling scene with enormous insight and humour, but completely without sentimentality. An extraordinary memoir. |