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Caddock: Walnut's Wrestling Wonder
Earl Caddock emerged from an Iowa farm to become a great amateur wrestler and then heavyweight champion of the entire world of professional wrestling.
In 1919 and 1920, Caddock was one of the nation's most popular athletes, standing alongside such legendary figures as Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey and Jim Thorpe.
At the peak of his sports career, Caddock enlisted as a doughboy and served gallantly during World War I, then returned to make his home in Walnut, Iowa.
Earl Caddock was world champion for nearly three years then retired from the ring. He was a devoted husband, father, Christian and highly-successful businessman. His story is both heroic and inspirational.
In 1919 and 1920, Caddock was one of the nation's most popular athletes, standing alongside such legendary figures as Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey and Jim Thorpe.
At the peak of his sports career, Caddock enlisted as a doughboy and served gallantly during World War I, then returned to make his home in Walnut, Iowa.
Earl Caddock was world champion for nearly three years then retired from the ring. He was a devoted husband, father, Christian and highly-successful businessman. His story is both heroic and inspirational.
84 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2011
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January 8, 2021
A good, but brief accounting of the life of Earl Caddock, one-time world heavyweight wrestling champion. It is good for what it is, and as it was written more as a project for the city of Walnut, Iowa, and not as a full-blown, in-depth biography, it accomplishes about all it could in the 90 or so pages.
There are some good publicity photos in the middle of the book (that take up about 20% of the page count), and there is a complete record of Caddock's professional matches in the back. But overall, it just seems thin. Between this book and his books on Nat Pendleton and Dan Hodge, there are a lot of recycled paragraphs about wrestling history, and he really gets some mileage out of that photo of Frank Gotch.
Worth it for the price.
There are some good publicity photos in the middle of the book (that take up about 20% of the page count), and there is a complete record of Caddock's professional matches in the back. But overall, it just seems thin. Between this book and his books on Nat Pendleton and Dan Hodge, there are a lot of recycled paragraphs about wrestling history, and he really gets some mileage out of that photo of Frank Gotch.
Worth it for the price.
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