Print, Photographic

Muscle Bowl Practice

Muscle Bowl Practice

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

0319.11

Description

Football players wrestle before a Muscle Bowl exhibition game. Among them is Frank Stojack, who played pro football and was a professional wrestler. Stojack also played in the Muscle Bowl exhibition game. In 1952, Stokack faced the Masked Marvel in a wrestling match to decide the Pacific Coast Title. Bronko Nagurski played pro football for the Chicago Bears and was still a top notch wrestler in the Muscle Bowl two decades after he stopped playing football. On Oct. 11, 1953, the Seattle Ramblers played the Northwest Professional Wrestlers All-Stars in a football game in Lincoln Bowl and Stojack and Nagurksi both played in that game.

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Wrestling, Muscle Bowl, Football, Professional, Semi-Professional

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Person or Organization

Stojack, Frank

Person or Organization

Nagurski, Bronko

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Muscle Bowl