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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Fred Atkins
Name: - Fred Atkins
Height: - 6'1” (183cm)
Weight: - 250lb (113kg)
Born: - 1910
From: - Westport, New Zealand
Debut: - 1930
Retired: - 1971
Died: - May 14, 1988
Also known as: - Kiwi Fred Atkins
Toured Australia: - 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947
Trained in Australia, as a main-eventer for 10 years before travelling to US. Wrestled in San Francisco in 1947 before going to Toronto in 1948. Became a Canadian citizen in 1953. Wrestled Pat O'Connor to a draw for the NWA World title in 1960. Wrestled his last match in 1971, aged 60. Became a referee in Toronto.
Was also well known as a trainer of wrestlers, notably Giant Baba and Tiger Jeet Singh, as well as acting as a trainer for the Buffalo Sabres in NHL.
Titles held: - Australian Hwt (3), British Empire Hwt (2), (SF) NWA World Tag (w/ Ray Eckert), Canadian Tag (w/ Lord Layton), Pacific Coast Tag (w/ Ray Eckert)
Fred Atkins v Moose Cholak, NWA 1963
Credit: Mark Dalgleish, ObsessedWithWrestling, Libnan Ayoub's 100 Years of Australian Professional Wrestling
Photo credit: Maple Leaf Wrestling
