Talk:Frank Gotch

Trained by Ken Kennedy??
Sounds like vandalism to me...

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BetacommandBot 07:36, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

"When wrestling was largely legitimate"
I'm probably as big (or bigger) a fan of Frank A. Gotch than whoever wrote the article, but the idea that wrestling was "more legit" back in his day is absurd. The article itself even notes that Gotch and his rivals were agreeing on match finishes before they took place, which just goes to show it was as "booked" and "worked" then as it is now. If you want shoot wrestling, talk about NCAA collegiate wrestling or Greco-Roman olympic wrestlers. Frank A. Gotch may have had legitimate shoot credentials but he was a professional wrestler a.k.a. a guy who worked the marks. Considering he worked 'Bull Moose' Teddy he actually has a better claim as the greatest worker of all time than as the most legit athlete of all time. I don't think Triple H will be invited to the White House any time soon. 68.229.184.37 (talk) 08:12, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

This article is outrageous
I really don't know much about Gotch so I'm not sure if I can fix this, but this sounds like it was 100% written by a Gotch superfan that somehow survived till now and wrote this up, putting him over in every way. Does anyone think they can make this a little less bias? Kperfekt (talk) 13:56, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Age 39 at death?
Suspend me from a pole and beat me like a piñata if I'm wrong, but if Gotch was born in April, 1877 and died on this day (December 16th) in 1917, then wouldn't that make him *40* and not 39 (unless someone got his date of birth incorrect)?ADg2k14 (talk) 20:18, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

So I kind of figured this, but I checked out the infobox information in the editor and it turns out someone, whether purely by accident or not, had his DoB in the death date field as 4/27/1878 instead of 4/27/1877. I have since made that quick fix so his age at death properly displays "(aged 40)". Also, if this page (article, not the Talk page) is the target of so much vandalism, is there a way to go about getting it protected or at least semi-protected?ADg2k14 (talk) 03:22, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

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== "The night before his second match with Hackenberg...he went to a Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field" ...The next sentence says he went to the "Newly opened Comiskey Park". Wrigley didn't even open until 1914. Comiskey opened in 1910. ==

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