MONDAY’S WRESTLING
Dean Detton is so well known to New . Zealanders that they have, come yd regard-' him almost as one of their s c<Hintrymen'.' and the career of no Americafi wrestler has been followed more elqjsely in this country than has that of Detton. Consequently Detton's third visit "to the Dominion is a wrestling r evefit of. inajoi* importance. He will meet “Irish” Jack Kennedy at the Wellington Town Hall on Monday night. Detton is a native pt Utah, the Mormon State, and..b,e, had a distinguished record in uniytrsity athletics before he beeanuy, a. professtonal wrestler, being an All-Ariierican footballer and winning championships both on thy mat and in thg athletic .ifield. He has had about eight years in the cash rapks. having advanced to the top iiCpheifomenaily quick time. Standing about 6ft. high, Detton weighs in the vicinity of 16 stone, and the speed and vigour which’ he previously displayed is ’bow^,* allied with greater toughness and strength.
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 241, 8 July 1938, Page 5
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