Print, Photographic

Photograph

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Shanaman Sports Museum

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1129

Description

Retired professional wrestler Frank Stojack presented a cartoon caricature to Dr. Charles Larson during a Tacoma Athletic Commission event in 1962. Larson served as president of the Tacoma Athletic Commission in 1955 and was inducted into the Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Hall of Fame in 2009. Stojack, who grew up in Tacoma, played two seasons for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the NFL before becoming a professional wrestler. Stojack won four Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight wrestling championships and was light heavyweight champion of the world from 1953-57. Stojack was elected to the Tacoma City Council in 1953 and served as Pierce County Sheriff from 1958-62.

Made/Created

Date made

1962

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Hall of Fame, High School, College

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Stojack, Frank

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Larson, Charles

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Tacoma Athletic Commission

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Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Hall of Fame

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Brooklyn Dodgers

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Tacoma City Council

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Pierce County Sherill