Ivan Mamutoff (1882-?) was a Graeco-Roman wrestler from St. Petersburg, Russia. He toured the United States in 1913 and hoped to challenge Frank Gotch in a match.[1]
Biography
editIn 1899 he beat Georg Hackenschmidt and Johan Kock in Graeco-Roman matches. He arrived in the United States in 1913 aboard the SS Ryndam hoping to challenge Frank Gotch in a match.[1] In 1914 he challenged Wladek Zbyszko.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Russian Giant Wrestler Here. Hopes To Meet Gotch". New York Evening Telegram. November 13, 1913.
Ivan Mamutoff of St. Petersburg, a Russian soldier of the Tsar's bodyguard and an expert wrestler, arrived here today on board the steamship Ryndam, having secured a special leave of absence of six months for a tour of the United States and Canada, during which he is desirous of meeting the world's champion wrestler, Frank Gotch. Manutoff is thirty-one years old, six feet four inches in height, and weighs 245 pounds. Four years ago he threw Georg Hackenschmid and Johan Kock in Graeco-Roman matches.
- ^ "Giant Cossack Is Ready For Zbyszko. Will Be His Last Match In America Before Returning to Russia Wladek Zybyszko, Champion of Europe and Ivan Mamutoff, the Giant Cossock of the Russian Guards, Who Will Wrestle Here". Hartford Courant. June 5, 1914. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
The wrestling match that is to be staged at Foot Guard Hall next Wednesday night between Ivan Mamutoff and Wladek Zbyszko, champion of Europe will prove to ...