2021/08/16
Welcome to AustralianWrestling.org!
The website devoted to preserving the history of Australian wrestling.
We're in the process of renovating and moving some things around so some things may look a little strange but the aim is to minimise disruption.
This website was designed in 2012 with a scope of covering present and past wrestling in Australia.
The scope will change to prioritise the older stuff and make that a bit more accessible.
Thank you for your patience.
I also have another website (with my good buddy Greg) The Wrestling Roadshow which has more of a global scope. We have a podcast by the same name too and discuss all sorts of wrestling.
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Donald Dinnie
Name: Donald Dinnie
Height: 6' 1" / 1.85 m
Weight: 210 lbs / 95 kgs
Born: 1837
From: Balnacraig, Birse, Scotland
Died: 1916
Recognised as arguably "The Nineteenth Century's Greatest Athlete", Dinnie was an all-round athlete with a 20 year reign as Scottish Champion in the Highland Games spanning 1856-1876. He excelled in sprint, hurdles, long jump, high jump, pole vault, putting the stone, hammer throw, tossing the caber and of course, wrestling.
Dinnie came to Australia and wrestled Tom Cannon on January 27, 1887. After losing that match - he challenged him to a rematch which ended in draw.
Donald Dinnie died in 1916 at age 78 in London. In 2002 he was abducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in Edinburgh.
Major titles: World Champion Wrestler, Scottish Champion (1856-1876), Strongest Man in the World, Greatest Athlete in the World.
Credit: 100 Years of Australian Professional Wrestling by Libnan Ayoub, Wikipedia, Chris Dalgleish
Photo credit: Wikipedia (public domain)
