Main Researcher and Organizer:  Steve Yohe                                                Go to Page 2

OTHER RESERCHERS: JIM ZORDANI--DON LUCE--J MICHAEL KENYON--FRED HORNBY--
GEORGE LENTZ—CHRIS PARSONS (AKA MARK DUPREE)-- TIM HORNBAKER—GEORGE
SCHIRE--HARUO YAMAGUCHI--STEVE JOHNSON--JIM MELBY—SCOTT TEAL—VANCE
NEVADA—BECKY TAYLOR--ANDREW CARLTON


1929
SEPT. 15
SANTA MONICA
WILBUR SNYDER’S DATE OF BIRTH

1944
SEPT. ?
SANTA MONICA
PLAYED FOOTBALL AT VAN NUYS HIGH SCHOOL & WON 4 LETTERS. QUARTERBACK
WAS BOB WATERFIELD. ALSO WAS A GYMNAST.

1948
JULY 3        
VAN NUYS        
MARRIED HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART SHIRLEE ANN HANSON AT THE LITTLE CHURCH
OF SHERMAN OAKS. SAME DAY SNYDER GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL

SEPT. ?
UTAH        
PLAYED TWO YEARS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH AT OFFENSIVE TACKLE. TEAM
MATES WERE JOE TANGARO & GUY BRUNETTI. SNYDER DID NOT START AND DIDN’T
LETTER. DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL AFTER HIS JUNIOR YEAR.
     
1950
?        
HOLLYWOOD
WRESTLING REVUE QUOTES SNYDER AS SAYING HE TURNED PRO IN HOLLYWOOD
BEFORE PLAYING FOR THE RAMS.

1952
AUG.
LOS ANGELES
SNYDER PLAYS FOOTBALL WITH THE  LOS ANGELES RAMS, AFTER FRIEND BOB
WATERFIELD GOT HIM A TRYOUT. HE WAS IN TRAINING CAMP BUT HE CAN’T BE FOUND
ON THE ROSTER AND MAY HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A GAME.

SEPT. 4        
LOS ANGELES
SNYDER RELEASED BY THE LA RAMS. PROBABLY SENT TO EDMONTON FOR
EXPERANCE.

?        
EDMONTON
PLAYS CANADIAN FOOTBALL FOR EDMONTON AT TACKLE & PLACEKICKER. HAD 14
CONVERSIONS IN PLAYOFFS IN 1952.

OCT. ?        
LOS ANGELES        
JOHNNY DOYLE BROKERED A DEAL THAT SENT TAPES OF OLYMPIC WRESTLING
SHOWS EVERY WEDNESDAY TO 11 WESTERN STATE ON THE ABC NETWORK.


1952
DEC. 14
LOS ANGELES
THE LA RAMS DEFEAT PITTSBURGH TO WIN NFL DIVISION WITH A 9-3 RECORD.

DEC. 21
DETROIT
THE LA RAMS LOSE 21-31 TO THE DETROIT LIONS IN NFL TITLE GAME. SNYDER DOESN’
T PLAY. NOT ON TEAM.

1953
MARCH 11
HOLLYWOOD
JOHNNY DOYLE LOS ANGELES’ MAJOR PROMOTER MOVED HIS OFFICE FROM THE
OLYMPIC AUDITORIUM TO THE HOLLYWOOD ARENA. A WAR BEGINS BETWEEN DOYLE
& THE OLYMPIC’S CAL EATON.

MARCH 14   
NORTH HOLLYWOOD        
HONEST JOHN CRETORIA        WON

MARCH 21
N. HOLLYWOOD
BOB CORBY            ?

MARCH 24
WILMINGTON
SANDOR SZABO        DRAW

MARCH 25
LOS ANGELES
PEPI PASQUALE        WON

MARCH 26
LONG BEACH
CHRIS ZAHARIAS        WON

APRIL 1
LOS ANGELES
& LEO NOMELLINI
VS LORD JAMES BLEARS & LORD ATHOL LAYTON            ?

APRIL 8
LOS ANGELES
PEPE PASQUALE        WON

APRIL 10
SANTA MONICA
JOE PAZANDAK        WON

APRIL 18
NORTH HOLLYWOOD
JOE PAZANDAK        DRAW

APRIL 22
LOS ANGELES
& SANDOR SZABO
VS JOE PAZANDAK & DANNY SAVICH        WON

APRIL 23
OXNARD
& DENNIS CLARY
VS SOCKEYE JACK MCDONALD & DANNY SAVICH        WON

APRIL 24
SANTA MONICA
SOCKEYE JACK MCDONALD            ?

APRIL 25
VALLEY GARDEN
& SANDOR SZABO
VS ALI PASHA & DANNY SAVICH        WON

APRIL 27
HOLLYWOOD
& SANDOR SZABO
VS JACK MC DONALD & DANNY SAVICH        WON

APRIL 29
LOS ANGELES
& SANDOR SZABO
VS BARON LEONE & GINO GARIBALDI        LOST

MAY 1
SANTA MONICA
JOE PAZANDAK
DRAW

MAY 4
HOLLYWOOD (TV)
SOCKEYE JACK MCDONALD        WON

MAY 6        
LOS ANGELES        & SANDOR SZABO
VS BARON LEONE & GINO GARIBALDI        WON

1953
MAY 7        
SALT LAKE CITY        
ALI PASHA        WON (2-0)

MAY 11        
HOLLYWOOD        
WARREN BOCKWINKEL            ?

MAY 13        
LOS ANGELES        
FRED BLASSIE        WON (2-1)

MAY 15        
SANTA MONICA       
GINO GARIBALDI            ?

MAY 18        
HOLLYWOOD        
JOE PAZANDAK        DRAW

MAY 19        
SAN DIEGO        
& SANDOR SZABO
VS JACK MCDONALD & RED BERRY        WON

MAY 20        
LOS ANGELES        
& SANDOR SZABO
VS RED BERRY & JOE PAZANDAK        DRAW

MAY 25        
HOLLYWOOD        
& FRED BLASSIE
VS WILD RED BERRY & SOCKEYE JACK MCDONALD        LOST

MAY 27        
LOS ANGELES        
JOE PAZANDAK        WON (DQ)

JUNE ?        
SANDIEGO        JOHNNY DOYLE MOVES HIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT NETWORK TV SHOW TO
SAN DIEGO AND GOES TO WAR WITH EATON’S WEDNESDAY SHOW AT THE OLYMPIC
AUDITORIUM.

JUNE 3        
LOS ANGELES        
& SANDOR SZABO
VS RED BERRY & GINO GARIBALDI        WON

JUNE 5        
SANTA MONICA        
WILD RED BERRY        WON (2-1)

JUNE 8        
HOLLYWOOD        
WILD RED BERRY            ?

JUNE 17        
LOS ANGELES        
DANNY MCSHAIN        DRAW

JUNE 19        
SANTA MONICA        
& SANDOR SZABO
VS MR MOTO & GINO GARIBALDI        DRAW

JUNE 20        
N. HOLLYWOOD        
SOCKEYE JACK MCDONALD            ?

JUNE 24        
LOS ANGELES        
& SANDOR SZABO
VS MR MOTO & DANNY MCSHAIN        DRAW

JUNE 25        
SALT LAKE CITY        
MR MOTO        WON (2-0)
(VICTORY GAVE SNYDER A TITLE SHOT VS LOU THESZ.)

JUNE 27        
VALLET GARDEN        
& SANDOR SZABO
VS JACK MCDONALD & TOMMY O’TOOLE        WON

JUNE 30        
SAN DIEGO (TV)        
& SANDOR SZABO
VS MR MOTO & GINO GARIBALDI        LOST

JULY 1       
LOS ANGELES        
& SANDOR SZABO
VS MR MOTO & DANNY MCSHAIN        WON

JULY 3        
SANTA MONICA        
MR MOTO            ?

JULY 9        
SALT LAKE CITY        
LOU THESZ (NWA WC)        LOST (1-2)
(AT FAIRGROUNDS COLISEUM  ATT: 6,000 WITH 3,000 TURNED AWAY. WARREN
BOCKWINKEL ON UNDERCARD.)

AUG. 25        
EDMONTON        
SNYDER  PLAYING FOOTBALL WITH THE EDMONTON ESKIMOS  OF THE CANADIAN
FOOT LEAGUE. ON TEAM ARE WILBUR SNYDER, GENE KINISKI & JOE BLANCHARD.
THERE FIRST GAME WAS ON AUG. 29. HE WAS PAID $8,000 FOR THE SEASON,
WEARING #63. GENE KINISKI WAS #50. SNYDER SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A KICKER AND
HIT 31 STRAIGHT CONVERTS, AT THE TIME A CFL RECORD, THOUGH THE LEAGUE
WASN’T CALLED THE CFL AT THE TIME.

SEPT. 4        
CHICAGO        
NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE CONVENTION HELD AT EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL  
CAL EATON JOINS THE NWA AND THEN WENT HEAD TO HEAD WITH JOHNNY DOYLE AT
THE MEETING OVER THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TV SHOW IN SAN DIEGO. EATON SEEMS
TO WIN & MAJOR WRESTLING RETURNS TO THE OLYMPIC.

SEPT. 1        
EDMONTON        
WARREN BOCKWINKEL        DRAW
BATTLE ROYAL (WON BY JACK MCDONALD)

SEPT. 8        
EDMONTON        
& GEORGE GORDIENKO & LOU SJOBERG
VS JACK MCDONALD & ED GARDENIA & JACK KELLY        WON

SEPT. 15        
EDMONTON        
SOCKEYE JACK MCDONALD        LOST

SEPT. 22        
EDMONTON AB        
& WARREN BOCKWINKEL
VS JACK KELLY & JACK MCDONALD        WON

SEPT. 24        
LOS ANGELES        
CAL EATON STILL AT WAR WITH DOYLE CLOSED THE OLYMPIC FROM SEPT. 24 TO
OCT. 13. NWA PRESIDENT SAM MUCHNICK HAS TO FLY IN TO MEDIATE & A NEW
AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED.

NOV. 28        
TORONTO        
THE CFL SEASON ENDS WITH HAMILTON BEATING WINNIPEG 12 TO 6 IN TITLE GAME.

DEC. 2        
SAN DIEGO        
& SANDOR SZABO
VS LORD BLEARS & ANTONE LEONE        LOST

DEC. 9        
SAN DIEGO        
& SANDOR SZABO
VS LORD BLEARS & ANTONE LEONE        WON

DEC. 10        
SALT LAKE CITY        
LORD JAMES BLEARS        WON

DEC. 12        
VALLEY GARDEN
& SANDOR SZABO
VS LORD CARLTON & HANS SCHNBEL        LOST

DEC. 14        
HOLLYWOOD       
ALDO BOGNI            ?

DEC. 17        
SALT LAKE CITY        
HANS SCHNABEL            ?

DEC. 23        
LOS ANGELES        
& BILLY VARGA
VS HANS SCHNABEL & PAT FRALEY        WON

1953
DEC. 25        
SANTA MONICA        
ALDO BOGNI            ?

DEC. 28        
HOLLYWOOD        
& SANDOR SZABO
VS MR MOTO & HANS SCHNABEL        WON

DEC. 29        
LOS ANGELES        
SOCKEYE JACK MCDONALD            ?

1954
JAN. 4        
HOLLYWOOD        
& LORD JAMES BLEARS
VS MR MOTO & BUD CURTIS            ?

JAN. 11        
HOLLYWOOD        
MR MOTO (INT TV TITLE WIN)        WON

JAN. 13        
LOS ANGELES        
& DR LEE GRABLE
VS MR MOTO & BUD CURTIS        WON

JAN. 18        
HOLLYWOOD        
& SANDOR SZABO (INT TV TAG TITLE WIN)
VS BUD CURTIS & HANS SCHNABEL        WON (2-1)

JAN. 22        
LOS ANGELES        JOHNNY DOYLE, MOVES TO NYC TO WORK WITH OLD BOSS TOOTS
MONDT, SO HE SELLS THE LA TERRITORY RIGHTS TO CAL EATON & MIKE HIRSH FOR
$27,000.

JAN. 25
HOLLYWOOD        
& SANDOR SZABO (INT TV TAG TITLE )(ATT: 900)
VS JOHN TOLOS & LORD BLEARS        WON

JAN. 27        
LOS ANGELES        
& MARIO DESOUZA
VS KRIPPLER KARL DAVIS & PAT FRALEY        WON

JAN. 28        
LONG BEACH        
PAT FRALEY        WON

FEB. 1        
HOLLYWOOD        
JOHN TOLOS            ?

FEB. 3        
LOS ANGELES        
& MARIO DESOUZA
VS JOHN TOLOS & KARL DAVIS        LOST (1-2)

FEB. 4        
LONG BEACH        
& LORD BLEARS
VS LORD CARLTON & HINDU SWAMI        WON

FEB. 5        
SANTA MONICA (TV)        & LEE GRABLE
VS JOHN TOLOS & BUD CURTIS        LOST

FEB. 8        
HOLLYWOOD        
& SANDOR SZABO (INT TV TAG TITLE?)
VS MR MOTO & KARL DAVIS        WON

FEB. 10        
LOS ANGELES        
& LORD JAMES BLEARS
VS JOHN TOLOS & KARL DAVIS        WON

FEB. 11        
LONG BEACH        
JOHN TOLOS        DRAW

FEB. 12        
SANTA MONICA (TV)        
BUD CURTIS            ?.

FEB. 15        
HOLLYWOOD        
& SANDOR SZABO (INT TV TAG TITLE ?)
VS JOHN TOLOS & MR MOTO        WON

1954
FEB. 16        
SAN DIEGO        
& SANDOR SZABO (INT TV TAG TITLE ?)
VS LORD CARLTON & JOHN TOLOS        WON (DQ)

FEB. 20        
HOLLYWOOD        
LORD BLEARS            ?

FEB. 24        
LOS ANGELES        
MR MOTO (INT TV TITLE ?)        WON (DQ)

FEB. 25        
SALT LAKE CITY        
BARON MICHELE LEONE (60:00)        DRAW (0-0)

MARCH 3        
LOS ANGELES        
& SANDOR SZABO (INT TV TAG TITLE ?)
VS LORD CARLTON & JOHN TOLOS        WON

MARCH 4        
SALT LAKE CITY        
MR MOTO        WON (2-1)

MARCH 8        
HOLLYWOOD        
& SANDOR SZABO (INT TV TAG TITLE?)
VS LORD BLEARS & LORD LAYTON        DRAW

MARCH 9        
SAN DIEGO        
& SANDOR SZABO (INT TV TAG TITLE?)
VS LORD CARLTON & MR MOTO        WON

MARCH 10        
LOS ANGELES        
LORD BLEARS        DRAW

MARCH 13        
HOLLWOOD        
LOU THESZ (NWA WC?)        DRAW

MARCH 16        
EL PASO        
& RAMON TORRES
VS ALI BEY & MR. X        WON

MARCH 18        
BAKERSFIELD        & MARIO DESOUZA
VS LORD ATHOL LAYTON & LORD JAMES BLEARS        LOST (1-2)

MARCH 24        
LOS ANGELES        & SANDOR SZABO (INT TV TAG TITLE) (ATT: 3,000)
VS LORD BLEARS & LORD LAYTON        WON (DQ)

MARCH 25        
BAKERSFIELD        
LORD JAMES BLEARS        WON (2-1)

MARCH 27
HOLLYWOOD (TV)        
LOU THESZ (NWA WC)        DRAW
(MATCH SHOWN ON CBS TV NATION WIDE.)

MARCH 30        
EL PASO        
BUD CURTIS        WON

APRIL 1        
LAS CRUCES, NM        
ALI BEY            ?

APRIL 6        
EL PASO        
LOU PLUMMER        WON (DQ)

APRIL 8        
SALT LAKE CITY        
GINO GARIBALDI                                        WON (DQ 2-1)

APRIL 9        
SANTA MONICA        
JOE “CHAMP” PAZANDAK        WON (DEC)

APRIL 10        
SAN BERNARDINO        
& SANDOR SZABO (INT TV TAG TITLE)
VS BUD CURTIS & JOE PAZANDAK        WON

APRIL 12        
OGDEN UT       
JACK RUSH            ?

APRIL 14        
IDAHO FALLS        
WALTER KAMEROFF        WON (2-1)

1954
APRIL 15        
SALT LAKE CITY        
GINO GARIBALDI        WON (2-1)

APRIL 19        
HOLLYWOOD        
& SANDOR SZABO (INT TV TAG TITLE LOSS)
VS THE GREAT BOLO & TOM RICE        LOST

APRIL 22        
BAKERSFIELD        
& SANDOR SZABO
VS DANNY MCSHAIN & JOE PAZANDAK        WON (DQ)

APRIL 24        
SAN BERNARDINO        
JOE PAZANDAK        WON

APRIL 27        
SAN DIEGO        
& SANDOR SZABO (INT TV TAG TITLE?)
VS THE GREAT BOLO & TOM RICE        LOST

APRIL 29        
SALT LAKE CITY        
SOCKEYE JACK MCDONALD        WON (2-1)

MAY 1        
NORTH HOLLYWOOD        
& BILLY VARGA
VS JOE PAZANDAK & FRANK JARES        LOST

MAY 5        
LOS ANGELES        
& SANDOR SZABO
VS BUD CURTIS & KARL DAVIS        WON

MAY 6        
BAKERSFIELD        
JACK MCDONALD        WON (2-0)

MAY 10        
PHOENIX        
JOE PAZANDAK        WON

MAY 11        
EL PASO        
JOE PAZANDAK        WON

MAY 12        
LOS ANGELES        
& SANDOR SZABO (INT TV TAG TITLE?)
VS THE GREAT BOLO & TOM RICE        LOST

MAY 13        
LONG BEACH        
KARL DAVIS        WON (2-0)

MAY 17        
PHOENIX        
& JUAN GARCIA
VS JOE PAZANDAK & JACK TERRY        WON

MAY 18        
EL PASO
& RAMON TORRES
VS CHRIS TOLOS & LEO NEWMAN        WON

MAY 20        
BAKERSFIELD        
& SANDOR SZABO (60:00)
VS LORD BLEARS & LORD LAYTON        DRAW (1-1)

MAY 22      
NORTH HOLLYWOOD        
& BOBO BRAZIL
VS JOE PAZANDAK & JACK MCDONALD        WON (DQ).

MAY 24 ????        
HOLLYWOOD ?        
LOU THESZ (NWA WC?)        DRAW

MAY 25        
EL PASO        
LOU THESZ (NWA WC)        DRAW

MAY 26        
LOS ANGELES        
& BOBO BRAZIL
VS THE GREAT BOLO & TOM RICE        WON

MAY 27        
SALT LAKE CITY        
FRANK JARES        WON (2-1)

MAY 28        
IDAHO FALLS        
CLIFF THIEDE        WON

1954
MAY 31        
HOLLYWOOD        
& SANDOR SZABO
VS JACK MCDONALD & JOE PAZANDAK        WON

JUNE 2        
LOS ANGELES        
& BOBO BRAZIL
VS GREAT BOLO & TOM RICE        DRAW

JUNE 3        
LONG BEACH        
& BOBO BRAZIL (INT TV TAG TITLE)
VS JOE PAZENDAK & JACK MCDONALD        WON

JUNE 5        
SAN BERNARDINO        
& BOBO BRAZIL
VS JOE PAZANDAK & JACK MCDONALD        WON.

JUNE 7        
HOLLYWOOD        
& SANDOR SZABO
VS THE GREAT BOLO & TOM RICE        DRAW

JUNE 9        
LOS ANGELES        
& BOBO BRAZIL
VS JOE PAZENDAK & JACK MCDONALD        WON

JUNE 11        
SANTA MONICA        
THE GREAT BOLO        DRAW

JUNE 14        
HOLLYWOOD        
KARL DAVIS        WON (2-1)

JUNE 19        
N. HOLLYWOOD        
& BOBO BRAZIL
VS GREAT BOLO & TOM RICE            ?

JUNE 21        
HOLLYWOOD        
TOM RICE        NO SHOW

JUNE 23        
LOS ANGELES (TV)        & BOBO BRAZIL
VS GENE KINISKI & HANS SCHNABEL        WON (2-1)

JUNE 25        
SANTA MONICA        
& BOBO BRAZIL (ATT: 2,500)(60:00)
VS GREAT BOLO & TOM RICE        DRAW

JUNE 28        
HOLLYWOOD (TV)        
TOM RICE            ?

JUNE 29
SOUTH GATE        
& SANDOR SZABO (INT TV TAG TITLE?)
VS THE GREAT BOLO & TOM RICE        DRAW

JULY 1        
LONG BEACH        
& BOBO BRAZIL (INT TV TAG TITLE)(60:00)
VS GREAT BOLO & TOM RICE        DRAW(1-1)

JULY 5       
HOLLYWOOD        
THE GREAT BOLO        N. C.

JULY 7        
LOS ANGELES (TV)        
LORD BLEARS        WON

JULY 9        
SANTA MONICA        
& BOBO BRAZIL (30:00) (INT TV TAG TITLE?)
VS GREAT BOLO & TOM RICE        DRAW

JULY 12        
HOLLYWOOD        
THE GREAT BOLO        WON

JULY 13        
EL PASO        ALI BEY        WON

JULY 16        
SANTA MONICA        GENE KINISKI        WON


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