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| Joe Cornelius
WH Allen & Co, plc, London
1984
147
7" x 4.25" = 178mm x 106mm
Black & white, 16 pages (1 or 2 per page)
Wrestling champion Joe Cornelius, the man who dazed and drop-kicked his opponents and seduced and sweet-talked his fans for twenty dazzling years, reveals the truth about the fighting life. In his time he took on such champions as Bert Assirati and Primo Carnera, won over Berlin and Paris - and even tackled the mighty wrestlers of Japan. His flamboyant style paved the way for a stage career playing with Harry Secombe at the London Palladium - and starring opposite Joan Crawford in the film Trog. Cornelius tells some startling facts about life in the ring, writes warmly of the cameraderie that goes with the 'killing instinct' - and gives the hilarious if painful reason behind his name 'the Thumbs Up boy'. |