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suzard
Researcher This message was updated on 5/9/2007 6:40:52 PM by suzard |
Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 5/9/2007 12:42:59 AM R&H 10 Mar 1961 WRESTLING STARS Heanor's Ronto the Bull With wresting becoming increasingly popular in Heanor, it is interesting to read some of the stories of the rise to fame of the popular stars who will appear from time to time. Way out at the top is "Ronto the Bull"-Heanor's own versatile star, who is one of the promoters at many of the Town Hall Tournaments. Some people may wonder who "Ronto the Bull" is and why he wrestles under that name. His real name is Ron Moore, and when he was in the Army, serving in the Malay-Chinese Regiment, he took up wrestling while resting at Singapore At that time, early in 1945, Ron, who was an officer, had no recreation, so he asked Count Bartelli, an Italian who now wrestles in England, if he wanted a knock-about, to which the now celebrated masked star agreed, so Ronto was in very little time wrestling with the best in the great World Stadium, Singapore. he then wrestled as "Busty the Bomber", and he soon reached the highspot when he won the title of the British Army Overseas heavyweight Champion. Yes, Ronto has only the fabulous Count Bartelli to thank for his famous wrestling career. After seven years in the Army, Ronto came home and started touring this country, with high honours, and it was after a fight at Tilbury Docks that the promoter came to him and said, "Ron, with your tactics in the ring, we ought to call you "The Bull", so Ron said, "Right, make it "Ronto the Bull" and he has appeared under that name since then. This past two years Ronto has been helping out various promoters by refereeing contests, and here, too, he has reached a high standard, and is now rated as No.2 referee in wresting circles. Naturally, he still maintains a pinnacle of peak fitness, and will at times wrestle on charity shows. He runs a Health and Strength Club at the Heanor Town Ground pavilion, where he is training and coaching several young boys in the art of wrestling. He has organised charity wrestling tournaments in Heanor, and the three bills he has put on have raised a total of nearly £90 for the charities for which they were held. The wrestling public of Heanor have nominated Ronto as their Sportsman of the year 1960, and the Wrestling Association say "Keep up the good sport, Ronto," to which the wrestling public also add their congratulations" Sadly Ronto died November 1964 (see Jennypeg's post on page 2) |
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lol20
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Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 9/22/2006 4:09:27 PM thankyou for all the info,he was my uncle, my dad will be very pleased. regards |
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paulr
This message was updated on 9/20/2006 9:05:28 PM by paulr |
Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 9/20/2006 9:02:57 PM WRESTLING AT HEANOR. Four Tip-Top Bouts. Moore Gets His Return Professional wrestling returns to Heanor Town Hall. When International Promotions re-commence their winter programme. Popular Les Riley of Langley Mill, Spike to all his fans, has a hard battle ahead of him, for he tangles with one of the toughest men in the business, the renowned Harry Bennett of Sheffield. Popular Jack Taylor of Accrington who is graduating to heavier weights now faces up to the Red Scorpion in yet another sizzler. This match should draw alone, for supporters everywhere have often wondered what the outcome would be if the Scorpion met a scientific wrestler who could possibly wear him down. Billy Red Cloud of Canada, here in his first season meets a rough one in Ken Davies of Cardiff, and Davies also well known in these parts who likes his grappling rough will certainly find his match in Red Cloud. Moore's Return Ronto the Bull gets his chance on this occasion to make or break, whether he is destined to wear the Midlands heavyweght crown will be forseen in how he tackles the Midlands number one contender, Young Vulcan, this time. Say nothing about their previous match, this will be the decider and this is the one that counts. I think this may have been one of Ron's last fights. PAULR with Thanks to Jenny. |
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paulr
This message was updated on 9/15/2006 9:29:51 PM by paulr |
Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 9/15/2006 9:26:50 PM WRESTLING AT HEANOR LOCALS WIN. The Town Hall, Heanor,was packed for the programme of international wrestling on Saturday, presented by International Promotions (Leicester). Heanor has produced several good wrestlers,and this opening tournament of the season was between four wrestlers from Heanor and district, who were opposing the rest. BENNISTON WINS Al Benniston (Loscoe) the Midlands lightweight champion, was matched in a lightweight contest with 16 year-old Taffy Jenkins (Tonypandy), and the local boy got Heanor away to a good start with a smart win. Jenkins is probably the youngest professional wrestler in the country. The winning fall came in the fifth round,when Benniston cleverly folded Jenkins to the canvas for the verdict. POLE DISQUALIFIED A rousing cheer greeted the arrival of Ronto the Bull (Heanor) who was making his first appearance in a come-back bid, and his opponent, Adolf Dabrowski (Poland) drew cat-calls,wolf whistles and shouts of "He's wearing a topless" as he stripped for action. Ronto applied an arm lever on the cumbersome Pole in the first round, but was subjected to some cruel treatment in the second. Ronto was obviously troubled by the aggressiveness of his opponent and was constantly appealing against illegal use of the fist and eye gouging by Dabrowski. The Pole jumped on top of the Heanor favourite to win the first fall with a body press. Ronto rushed the Pole at the start of the fifth round, but was savaged by Dabrowski after he had been knocked to the floor, and the Pole was disqualified, leaving Ronto the winner. RILEY WINS BY K.O. Spike Riley, Langley Mill plumber,was involved in another hair-raising clash with Cowboy Jack Cassidy (Canada) and right from the bell it was action all the way. Cassidy piled on the pressure in the second round and scored the first fall with a double knee shoulder press. Riley won an equalising fall with a full body press. Riley tied Cassidy in the ropes and executed two well-timed two-foot drop kicks to the chest. Cassidy savaged Riley on the ropes, but Riley recovered, and a terrific smash sent Cassidy through the ropes and scattered the ringside spectators. The Cowboy hurt his back in falling and was unable to beat the count, leaving Riley the winner by a knock-out in the fifth round. Odie (Underwood) and Doctor Death (USA) wrestled a draw in a hair raising bout which had the crowd on their toes from start to finish. Odie won the first fall in the second round, with a counter off the ropes. The equaliser came in the fourth round when Odie was forced into submission with a twisted leg lever. The end came dramatically in the fifth, when Odie knocked Doctor Death out of the ring and scattered the ringside spectators,Enraged by the Doctor's rough treatment, Odie dived on the Doctor as he tried to free himself from a ringside chair and they both crashed to the floor and were unable to beat the count, thus the contest was declared a draw. Thanks again to Jenny. PAULR. |
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Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 9/15/2006 8:32:22 PM Hi Colin I'm Les's brother. Is this the bout you've mentioned? Ripley and Heanor News April 12th 1963 WRESTLING AT HEANOR RILEY BEATEN-TURPIN REJECTS WIN Heanor Town Hall was packed to capacity on Saturday when International Promotions (Leicester) staged another action packed tournament. The main event was a light-heavyweight bout between Randolph Turpin (Leamington) and Les Riley (Langley Mill). It was action and excitement all the way, as both wrestlers warmed up with Irish Whips and Turpin laid on a leg lever, Riley hit back with a knee drop. Turpin took the first fall in this round however, with a victory roll and shoulder press. The third round was very much Turpin's as he lay on a gruelling body scissors and then hammered Riley round the ring with three mighty forearm smashes. At the start of the fourth Turpin held Riley in a bear hug but amid great excitement, the local star escaped and equalised with a double knee on the shoulder press. Now it was Riley's turn to raise the cheers, as he executed a short arm scissors on Turpin, but the coloured star replied by knocking Riley out of the ring twice. Riley dropped Turpin with a piledriver and quickly applied an overhead throw. His next move however,brought disaster, when he tried to follow up with a flying two-foot drop kick, which Turpin sidestepped and Riley tangled himself in the ropes with the top rope tightly secured round his groin. He was temporarily knocked-out, and Referee Pygall, Turpin and two seconds worked feverishly for five minutes before Riley recovered and was able to be assisted to his corner. Ken Mason announced Turpin the winner with a technical knock-out, but the former world middleweight boxing champion declared "No Contest." On the same bill was a tag match featuring Jack Taylor and his brother Raymond against the Red Scorpion and the Toff(USA), this was won by the Taylor's with Jack getting the winning fall after 20 minutes. In the tag team captains contest the Red Scorpion beat young Raymond by one fall in the fourth round. At the New Co-op Hall, Ilkeston on Good Friday, another local lad, Alan Benniston (Heanor) meets Cliff Mills (Denmark) in a tournament promoted by International Promotions. Thanks to Jenny for all the hard work in my research. PAULR |
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Iceboy53
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Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 8/25/2006 1:31:30 PM 60swrestling for anyone interested in the wrestling of the sixties. |
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Jennypeg
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Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 8/25/2006 9:07:16 AM 23RD Oct 1964 Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser WRESTLING AT HEANOR WATSON TOPS BILL International wrestling returns to the Town Hall Heanor, tomorrow (Saturday) with a bill that offers new faces. Top of the bill contest brings to the hall, Bill Watson, the local colliery worker, from Loscoe, who has now held the Midlands heavyweight championship title for two years, and meets a German tournament winner, the 17-stone Black Eagle (Hamburg). We understand that the continental star is a real handful, but the tougher they come the better Watson, now tipping the scales at 19 stone and sealing 6ft. 4in., likes to meet them. The main supporting bout features two newcomers to Heanor, Max Churchill (London), a bodybuilding starlet who is making rapid strides who meets Steve Braddock (Worksop), a tough miner who is being tipped in various circles for championship honours. Supporting these two top-line bouts will be a four-man knockout competition, heats and final to be wrestled all on the same night. Two newcomers in this contest are Clinton Powers (Cambridge) and Young Chester (Lancashire), and the other contestants are Kenett Earlsa, the Vienna wrestler, and Jose Santos (Spain). |
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Jennypeg
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Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 8/24/2006 1:51:17 PM Heanor Sportsman Mr Ron Moore dies 27th Nov 1964 Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser It is with regret that we record the death of Mr Ronald Moore, of 16 Claxton Terrace, Heanor, which occurred on Thursday. Mr Moore, who was 40, was employed at the time of his death as a bus driver by the Midland General Omnibus Co. Ltd. He was a keen sportsman, having played football in his younger days and was an ardent health and strength supporter. Earlier this year he was employed as grounds-man at the Heanor Town Ground and was very well known in this capacity. Ron was also a professional wrestler, assuming the ring title of Ronto the Bull, and it was perhaps in this sphere that he was best known. About four years ago he won the Midlands heavyweight title when he defeated the reigning champion, Harry Yardley, of Birmingham at Leicester’s Granby Hall. An injury put him out of action for over a year, but in September this year he made a wrestling comeback before his own fans at the Town Hall, Heanor, and won the contest on a disqualification. This was where Ron’s physical fitness stood him in good stead. He supported several charitable causes and organised wrestling bouts for such organisations as the Heanor Round Table Charity Funds and the Langley Mill, Aldercar and Stoneyford aged Persons Tea and Entertainments Committee at their fete and gala. The funeral was on Monday, a service at the Heanor Parish Church, preceding interment at Marlpool Cemetery. The hymns sung were “Love Divine” and “The Lord’s my Shepherd,” and the service was conducted by the vicar, the Rev. H. B. Roberts. The church was filled with friends and representatives of different organisations. International Promotions (Leicester) and wrestling were represented by Jack Taylor (director) and Les Riley (Langley Mill). The Midland General Omnibus Co. Ltd. Were represented by Insp. Mousley (area Inspector). |
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Jennypeg
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Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 4/3/2006 9:47:36 AM 14th Aug 1936 R/H BOXING AT HEANOR REGRETTABLE INCIDENT A regrettable incident marred what was otherwise a most enjoyable programme of boxing contests on the Heanor Town Ground on wakes Monday evening, arranged by Mr Jack Bagguley, of Eastwood, and helpers as a side attraction to the recent carnival festivities. In the last of an eight two-minute contest between Tiger Allen, of Beeston, and Sharkey Bell, of Retford, Allen had to be assisted to his corner, where, after receiving attention of Dr W. H. Turton and members of the local Ambulance Brigade, he was conveyed to Heanor Memorial Hospital and detained suffering from lacerations of the temple, injuries to his ribs, and slight concussion. Both men fought strongly, but in the latter rounds Allen showed signs of pain and, despite the intervention of Mr. Jack Bagguley, the referee; he pluckily decided to carry on. Nev. Thornhill, of Heanor, and Charlie Ellis, of Ilkeston, went the full distance of an eight two-minute bout, which resulted in a draw. George Thompson (Marlpool) gained a victory over Joe Brown (Heanor) in the fifth of a six two-minute round contest. Persistent clinching by both boxers caused the referee, Mr. W. Riley, of Ilkeston, to warn the men and later stop the fight and declare “no contest” explaining that he could not referee all-in boxing. Some keen fighting was witnessed in an eight two-minute round welterweight contest between Eric Grainger, of Codnor Gate, and Jim Warren, of Sutton, the fifth round on points. Other officials in charge were Mr. A. Wheeler, Eastwood (time-keeper) and Mr. W. Spouge, Eastwood (M.C.) From latest enquiries made regarding Allen he is progressing satisfactorily. |
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suzard
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Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 3/22/2006 12:22:15 AM I remember Randolph Turpin in Heanor-but my memory isn't of a fight, but of him sitting in Hunts chippy (Crest of the Wave)eating his supper! It must have been after the wrestling match-we knew he was "famous" and all kept going to take alook at him - a rather well made up woman was with him and she kept saying "Take no notice of them Randolph"-so no one dared to get his autograph! Might have been in early 1960's. |
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paulr
This message was updated on 4/3/2006 6:21:28 PM by paulr |
Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 3/21/2006 11:00:11 PM Colin Sorry I can't find a date. Quote from Wrestling Review, the Magazine of the Wrestling Federation of Great Britain's Northern Newsletter unfortunately as with the bills no dates. "RANDOLPH TURPIN" has now turned wrestler with devastating effect. He has hit the wrestling boys like a bomb, and is winning a lot of bouts. He is a terrifically strong and fit man. Don't miss him if you see him billed in your locality. Randy is one of our all-time greats and is an even finer personality outside the roped area. Tragically he faced many problems towards the end of his life and committed suicide in 1966 at only 37 years of age. I do remember my brother Les. wrestling Randy at the town hall but have, no year. most of the promoters used to print the date but not the year on their bills. When Randolph Turpin started wrestling it was fairly obvious that he was going to be a crowd puller,especially with him being the former World Middleweight Boxing Champion.I saw their first match in Stoke-on-Trent and travelled the circuits with them many times.As you probably know, Les was billed as Spike O'Reilly and he had a large following especially in the London Arena's. The only poster I have a copy of is one from Bank Holiday Saturday, 5th August 1961, Randy and Les were top of the bill at Leicesters Granby Halls most of the supporting bouts came from different circuits these included the Crabtrees, Shirley (Big Daddy)Max & Brian, British Welterweights Eddie Capelli v Peter Rann both London based Roy La Rue another of our local lads and Jack Taylor. PaulR |
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Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 3/21/2006 8:33:35 PM Very Interesting to read re. Les Riley.. I am surprised no mention of, what I believe was his last bout at the Heanor Town Hall which I remember very well going to see. The surprise is that it was against the ex middle weight champion of the world (could be wrong) Randolf Turpin after he had finished boxing and turned to a few bouts of wrestling. It was a pretty full house and Les, of course lost, but on two falls to one. I remember the seating that we were in and also the bout. I am sure that Paul or someone can come up with the exact, correct imformation and jog my memory. I knew Les very well, in a business capacity. He was a very sociable, friendly and respected gentleman. |
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paulr
This message was updated on 5/17/2007 4:02:50 PM by paulr |
Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 3/3/2006 9:13:37 PM Thanks a lot Jenny.The dressing gown is now in the safe hands of Grandson Matthew. PaulR |
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Jennypeg
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Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 3/3/2006 7:30:57 AM Ripley& Heanor News Popular Langley Mill Wrestler Les Riley During the daytime Leslie Riley of Station Road, Langley Mill, follows his occupation as a skilled plumber, and in the evening you might often see him setting off in his car bound for such places as Leicester, Ilkeston and Melton Mowbray, or in a more northerly direction to Manchester or even westerly to Birmingham. Yes, in addition to being a skilled plumber Les is also an idol of the wrestling world, where he pits his strength and skill against some of the toughest characters in the sport. It is fairly certain that when the fans see the billing Les Riley of Langley Mill and Derbyshire, then they know that there will be a good contest. Les keeps himself at peak fitness for his job he has to do. He took up wrestling while serving in the Navy and developed so rapidly that soon he was grappling with the best, and won for himself the title of junior heavyweight champion of the Navy. And when this familiar smiling figure in the green dressing gown and trunks enters the ring it is usually to a chorus of shouts of “Good old Les” or “Watch him Les he’ll have you” to which he usually acknowledges with a nod and a grin. Local wrestling supporters will have a chance to seeing Les in action at Heanor Town Hall tomorrow (Saturday) when he meets the 17-stone cowboy star “Bronco” Jack Cassidy of Canada, in a special challenge contest, which is topping a well balanced bill. A quick glance down tomorrow’s bill sees the visit to Heanor of two newcomers. Sean O’Shay (Ireland) and Micky Duffy (Ireland) O’Shay attractively billed as the Irish Dandy will tangle with Big John (Jacksdale) a local mystery boy, and Duffy has a formidable opponent in Paul de Gran (Belgium) who was disqualified on his last Town Hall appearance. Promoter Jack Taylor himself takes on Cliffe Milla (Denmark) in a lightweight contest that should have plenty of clever wrestling. Jenny |
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paulr
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Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 3/2/2006 1:40:38 PM quote: I'm Les's brother,I'll start a bit of searching.I travelled round the circuits with him quite alot in the 60's after he came out of the Royal Navy.I have a programme for Langley Mill Fete and Gala 5th August 1957, with the Wrestling programme in the centre page.Les was in the Navy at Chatham then and I remember him coming home on leave specially. Also on the bill was a junior match between Peter Reeves from Langley Mill v Brian Newton from Aldercar. Big Jim Farndon from Eastwood v Con Cooper from Ripley, and Jack Taylor from Langley Mill v Chick Elliott from Rotherham, Jack lived at the first house past the British Legion on Station Road No.77 I remember two more Langley Mill wrestlers, one was Herbert Watson (Digger) and Colin Parkin. PaulR |
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