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Illustrated biography of Belgian wrestling legend Charles Verhulst.
Actually Charles Louis Verhulst by birth, he intended to become a teacher but along the way got sidelined into wrestling; not much change there some might say.
The Popular heavyweight wrestler from Liege, Belgium was just twenty-four when he visited the UK in 1962 and periodically through the decade. He was an all round sportsman who also listed painting and sculpture amongst his hobbies.
He was a popular and skilful wrestler who met the best but had a record that was at best mixed. Draws against Al Hayes and Kendo Nagasaki were more than offset when he surely reached an all time low with a 2-0 loss to Crusher Verdu at Southampton in March, 1969.
Worked extensively throughout Europe in the 1970s and Japan in 1985, where he used the name Johnny Londos.
21 x 14 cms, magazine, 32 pages.
1970
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