Duchesne Record | 1917-12-22 | Page 7 | Frank Gotch Dead |

Type	issue
Date	1917-12-22
Paper	Duchesne Record
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	Frank Gotch Dead
Type	death
Date	1917-12-22
Paper	Duchesne Record
Page	7
OCR Text	Show FRANK GOTCH DEAD Former Mat Champion of World Loses Loses' in Fight With Disease Des Moines 1 Iowa Ion Frank Frank A. A Gotch heavyweight wrestler wrestler wrestler wrest wrest- retired champion ler of the time world died at noon Sunday Sunda of ur- ur at his home Humboldt Iowa been in failIng failing falling fail fail- poiso poisoning Ing He had ing health for two years Gotch was 41 years old He De built up upa upa a fortune in wrestling and by investing invest invest- ing lag his earnings in Iowa farm lands variously estimated at between between between be be- Ills His estate Is tween and all of which represents money made through his ability as ns a wrestler Gotch won the tIme American championship championship champion champion- ship January 27 1 1004 04 from Tom Jenkins Jenkins Jen Jen- kins after one of the roughest matches ever seen in this country
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