Hergeleci İbrahim

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

• Birthday: 1849
• Date of Death: 1915
• Hometown: Islopol, Bulgaria

Championships/Accomplishments

• 1-time Turkish Kirkpinar Champion

External links

• Who-Is-Who In Oilwrestling

• 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.")