3 Vintage Wrestling Signatures - BILLY DARNELL (D-07)- LOUIS LACOURSE - B BARNEY

Description

Here is a lot of 3 autographs of former professional wrestlers of the past.
The wrestlers are:
Billy Darnell (D-2007) - 2.25 X 5 index card,
major star of the 1940s and 1950s, with his career spanning over twenty years with championships in the
National Wrestlin
g Alliance
and
World Wide Wrestling Federation
.
is first match with later rival
Buddy Rogers
was in February 1944,
Darnell would himself leave wrestling for World War II service in December 1944, joining the
United States Army
.
]
Post-war
Darnell returned to wrestling in
Texas
, once more with Rogers, who had previously wrestled under his real name Herman Rohde. At the time he was becoming "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, and Darnell was booked as his brother Billy Rogers.
Darnell and Rogers next went to
California
, with wrestling reaching new popularity thanks to
television
exposure. For the showmanship of it Rogers donned
sequined
capes, whereas Darnell first donned the
leopard
-skin outfit, for which he would become famous. Their careers would become forever intertwined when they began facing each other with Rogers as the
heel
champion and Darnell becoming a heavy fan favorite. Promoters nationwide wanted the Rogers-Darnell match, with more than 200 matches occurring between them.
Louis Lacourse -  unused 2-cent postcard, wrestled from the early 1950's through the 1970's also as The Apache Gringo, Duke Savage, The Judge etc.
Had well over 1000 matches and fought Gorgeous George, Terry Funk, Johnny Valiant, Haystacks Calhoun and many other greats
Billy Barney - postcard postmarked Feb 15, 1954, Baton Rouge LA, won Louisiana Heavyweight Championship on 23 Dec 1957 by defeating Champ Charley Laye,
All are in excellent condition.
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