Cy Williams
It's said that Cy Williams was born on October 11, 1905 in Mobile, Alabama. In 1927 he appeared in a movie called the Spider Web and then he played football for NFL teams the Staten Island Stapletons in 1929 & 1930 and for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1932.
Williams took up wrestling before he played football but then continued through-out the off-seasons. In 1932 he also appeared in a short documentary exploring different sports, I assume he demonstrated the freestyle wrestling portion of it. By the mid-1930's he was wrestling full time and all across the North of America. Appearing everywhere from Georgia to San Francisco to Canada and back down to Florida.
Through-out his career he picked up titles such as the San Francisco Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title, the Montreal World Heavyweight Championship, the Florida Heavyweight Championship, and the Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship. Toward the end of the 1940's he hung up the boots. Cy Williams also known as Cyrus. The man whose real name was Burton Caswell Williams, passed away on December 13, 1975.
It's said that Cy Williams was born on October 11, 1905 in Mobile, Alabama. In 1927 he appeared in a movie called the Spider Web and then he played football for NFL teams the Staten Island Stapletons in 1929 & 1930 and for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1932.
Williams took up wrestling before he played football but then continued through-out the off-seasons. In 1932 he also appeared in a short documentary exploring different sports, I assume he demonstrated the freestyle wrestling portion of it. By the mid-1930's he was wrestling full time and all across the North of America. Appearing everywhere from Georgia to San Francisco to Canada and back down to Florida.
Through-out his career he picked up titles such as the San Francisco Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title, the Montreal World Heavyweight Championship, the Florida Heavyweight Championship, and the Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship. Toward the end of the 1940's he hung up the boots. Cy Williams also known as Cyrus. The man whose real name was Burton Caswell Williams, passed away on December 13, 1975.
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Unique content strictly for the Professional Wrestling Historical Society.
Biography of Cy Williams.
Author: Jimmy Wheeler.
Published: July 2014.
Biography: #147.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
Unique content strictly for the Professional Wrestling Historical Society.
Biography of Cy Williams.
Author: Jimmy Wheeler.
Published: July 2014.
Biography: #147.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.