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0319.28Description
Frank Stojack (left) and Freddie Steele accept a trophy at the Tacoma Athletic Commission's Hall of Fame banquet. Stojack, who was born in Canada in 1912 and moved to Tacoma as a child, played pro football for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the NFL in 1940. In 1947, he won his first of four Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Championships in professional wrestling. In the 1950s, he was the light heavyweight champion of the world, defeating Gypsy Joe in Spokane in 1953 and holding the title until 1957. He was elected to the Tacoma city council in 1953 but continued to wrestle professionally. Steele, who was born in Seattle in 1912, was the middle weight boxing champion of the world between 1936 and 1938. He was nicknamed “The Tacoma Assassin.” Also during the 1940s, Steel appeared in several Hollywood movies.Lexicon
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Wrestling, TAC, Tacoma Athletic Commission, Professional, Semi-ProfessionalRelationships
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Stojack, FrankPerson or Organization
Steele, Freddie