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Top participants in manyi r »orts have excellent incomes.Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Arnold Palmer, Willie Shoemaker, Ken Rosewall, Jack Nicklaus, Wilt Chamberlain, Jimmy Brown, Rodger Ward, Son* ny Liston—they and many others are paying a goodly amount of income tax.We are overlooking one group, however.How about men like Buddy Rogers, Argentina Rocca, Bo Bo Brazil, Killer Kowalski, Bob Konovsky and several others? Who are they? They are professional wrestlers.Rogers, as an example, takes in in excess of $200,000 a year. He participates in four or five shows a week and gets 11 per cent of the gates plus traveling expenses.Fred Kohler of Chicago probably is the top wrestling promoter in the country. He contends that there are about 75 wrestlers who are in demand, but that Rogers Is the biggest name.“A wrestler must have three things.” Kohler explains.Ability, showmanship andpersonality.” He says Rogers
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Racine Journal Times Bulletin
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Sun, May 05, 1963
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