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BRISCO Now Available From Crowbar Press

BRISCO Now Available From Crowbar Press

Posted: Aug 5th 2013 By: CMBurnham

BRISCO: The Life and Times of National Collegiate and World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion JACK BRISCO

http://www.crowbarpress.com/cbp-books/17-jb.html

This is the second edition of ?BRISCO: The Life and Times of National Collegiate and World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion JACK BRISCO.? It includes updated information, more than 230 photos pertaining to Jack?s career, and is a testament to the life and times of a great man who lived life with humility and class.

Jack tells about:
? His entry into pro wrestling
? Getting paid $12.50 for a match early in his career
? Having to put over Dory Funk Jr. as an amateur great
? Being chewed out by Joe Scarpa after a match in Jacksonville
? The promoter he considers to be the ?worst payoff man? of all time
? The road to winning the world heavyweight title
? Being ribbed by the boys when he was scheduled to wrestle Bob Backlund
? The story behind dropping the world title to Giant Baba
? ?Wrestling? the Sheik and other gimmick wrestlers
? His disagreement with Jim Barnett
? Selling the Georgia territory to Vince McMahon
? Why he quit the business.

The book is available for purchase at [url=http://www.crowbarpress.com/cbp-books/17-jb.html]http://www.crowbarpress.com/cbp-books/17-jb.html
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