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'''Hergeleci Ibrahim''' was a Turkish [[Yağlı güreş|pehlivan]] (oil wrestler), who performed as a [[professional wrestler]] under the [[stage name]] '''Youssouf Mahmout'''. He partnered with [[Frank Gotch]] during a 1911 North American tour. He was the [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[Kirkpinar]] tournament champion in 1914, but died one year later. |
'''Hergeleci Ibrahim''' was a Turkish [[Yağlı güreş|pehlivan]] (oil wrestler), who performed as a [[professional wrestler]] under the [[stage name]] '''Youssouf Mahmout'''. He partnered with [[Frank Gotch]] during a 1911 North American tour. He was the [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[Kirkpinar]] tournament champion in 1914, but died one year later. |
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Revision as of 23:30, 5 March 2009
Hergeleci Ibrahim was a Turkish pehlivan (oil wrestler), who performed as a professional wrestler under the stage name Youssouf Mahmout. He partnered with Frank Gotch during a 1911 North American tour. He was the Turkish Kirkpinar tournament champion in 1914, but died one year later.
Profile
Championships/Accomplishments
- 1-time Turkish Kirkpinar Champion
External links
- A photograph of the athlete (in PDF format) and caption from a Nov. 27, 1908, edition of La Patrie, a now-defunct French-language daily newspaper in Montreal. (Translated into English, the headline reads: "A Wrestling Champion" and the caption reads: "Youssouf Mahmout, victor over Tom Jenkins in a match last night at Madison Square Garden.") He is described in a story on the same page as "The Terrible Turk."
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