Images(2)

Poster

Object number2017.61.5

Date1960-1969

MediumPaper; Ink; Graphite

Credit LineGift of Frank Durso

DescriptionRectangular paperboard wrestling poster. Front is off-white with printed black photographic image of wrestler Cowboy Bill Watts at left and wrestler Masked Destroyer at right. Front has black printed text describing wrestling match.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 13.938 × 22 × 0.063 in. (35.4 × 55.9 × 0.2 cm)
InscriptionsFront has black printed text "WRESTLING SAT. APR. 25 / SHALER TWP. HIGH SCHOOL GYM 8:45 / Sponsored by Allison Park Sportsman Club / COWBOY BILL WATTS / VS / BARON GATTONI / Masked DESTROYER VS Hurricane HUNT / 4 MIDGET TAG MATCH 4 / Johnny DeFAZIO VS Duke HOFFMAN / Ace FREEMAN VS Killer ABBY / ADVANCE TICKETS SOLD BY Members of Sportsman Club - Value Fair, / Squire's Pharmacy, Smith's Bar & Grill, Milbert Atlantic Station, / Hampton Hardware, All on Rt. 8 - Kleber's Sporting Goods, Glenshaw - Thorofare Market, Mt. Royal Shopping Cent."
Historical NotesThis original wrestling poster advertises a wrestling match in the Pittsburgh-area. Frank Sciullo, known professionally as Frank “Slip Mahoney” Durso, was a notable “heel” in the professional wrestling circuit in the 1960s and 1970s. Besides wrestling in venues around the Mid-Atlantic and Southern states, he also appeared on the popular television program “Studio Wrestling” on Channel 11.

Previous owner Frank Sciullo

Related person William F. Watts Jr. (born 1939)

Related person Baron Gattoni

Related person Richard Beyer (born 1930)

Related person Bobby Hunt

Related person Johnny De Fazio (born 1930)

Related person Duke Hoffman

Related person Zoltan Friedman (died 2001)

Related person Joseph P. Abbenante (1931 - 1996)

Related institution Allison Park Sportsman Club

Related institution Squire’s Pharmacy

Related institution Smith's Bar and Grill