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Saturday, July 16, 2016

Sports Center Saturday: William J. Schneider, Wrestler

My great-grandfather's brother William J. Schneider was a wrestler. He participated in wrestling matches at the Standard Theater in St. Louis, Missouri.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 15 May 1908, page 16

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 29 May 1908, page 12

William became a policeman and taught jiu jitsu and wrestling to the police force.

 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 13 November 1909, page 3

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