1954 Parkhurst Wrestling, #68, Danno O'Shocker, Bio Back, Ex

Description: 1954 Parkhurst Wrestling Jack "Danno O'shocker" Lloyd This lot consists of Card #68, Jack "Danno O'Shocker" Lloyd, (with a bio back), from one of the scarcer of the early fifties sets, Parkhurst Canada's Wrestling set of 75. : Jack Lloyd BORN: Scotland DIED: August 31, 1997 at 73 AKA: Danno Geohagen Born in Scotland, raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Danno O'Shocker was one of the top wrestlers in the world in the 1950s and 1960s. He was introduced to pro wrestling during his stint in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War Two. After the war, he married Jean in Halifax and moved to Hamilton. Soon he was being booked around southern Ontario and New York State. In 1951, he quit his job and took up pro wrestling full-time. His big break came in Chicago, where he was dubbed Danno O'Shocker and given a false Irish background. He began a well-respected wrestler in and out of the ring. Promoters relied on him to teach newcomers -- like Wahoo McDaniel and Bruno Sammartino -- the ropes. O'Shocker died in August 1997 of pneumonia in California. The cards are the same size as the 1954-55 Parkies Hockey, and on the same stock. This was the first pro wrestling set of the modern card producing era and as late has become quite desireable, as the dust has settled over the sixty odd-years since they came out, and it appears that they didn't produce a whole bunch, certainly a tiny fraction of what they printed of the hockey, and the top performers and fan favorites seem to be commanding higher and higher prices. As historical pedigree they seem to be not very different from the current WWE in racial stereotypes, villains, signature moves, and hype. Condition is slider ex. with with a minor printing problem visible up the middle, and size is 2 1/2"x almost 3 5/8" FREE SHIPPING INCLUDED TO CANADA OR USA.

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Location: St Thomas, Ontario

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