Rediscovering the wrestlers and boxers of Late-Victorian London

By Sarah Elizabeth Cox

Category: Walter Armstrong

Jack Wannop wants a go with… George Hackenschmidt?! (And it’s goodbye, for now, from Grappling With History)

Aug 11—2021

Amersham Hall, Burlesque, George Brown, Jack Carkeek, Jack Wannop, Music Hall, New Cross, New Cross Boxing Club, New Cross Hall, New Cross House, Steve the Donkey, The Cross-Buttocker, Theatre, Tom Thompson, Walter Armstrong, Wannop’s Gymnasium, Wrestling

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Lads on tour! Introducing Jack Wannop’s New Cross High Hat Brigade

Jan 13—2021

Boxing, Dick Leary, George Brown, Jack Wannop, New Cross Boxing Club, Tom Thompson, Walter Armstrong, Wrestling

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“Had he been in any shape, I think the result would have been entirely different, for no gamer man ever entered the ring…” [Wannop V Godfrey, Part II]

Aug 28—2019

1889, America, Boxing, George Godfrey, Jack Wannop, The Cross-Buttocker, Walter Armstrong

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WANNOP: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW! A guest post by Walter ‘The Cross-Buttocker’ Armstrong

Apr 11—2019

1888, America, Jack Wannop, Walter Armstrong

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Who was The Cross-Buttocker? An Introduction to Walter Armstrong

Mar 13—2019

The Cross-Buttocker, Walter Armstrong

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