Jack Reynolds
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Jack Reynolds was a Farmer Burns protégé and perennial welterweight championship claimant throughout the late 1910s, 1920s and into the 1930s. Born in Iowa he became proficient at both baseball and catch wrestling, finally settling on the latter as a profession.
Widely respected as one of the all-time great mat artists, his personal life however was frequently lived in the fast lane. He and his wife were once arrested in Louisville, Kentucky, engaged in a knock-down, drag out street fight with one another. Another time he and his spouse were involved in a late night club shootout that claimed two lives. During a sensational trial they were acquitted of any wrong-doing.
On brighter notes, it was said that Reynolds never turned down a request to wrestle for a charity event; and from 1920 to 1926 he coached the Indiana University mat squad with great success.
Jack died in 1945 at fifty-one years of age.
Unique content strictly for the Professional Wrestling Historical Society.
Biography of Jack Reynolds.
Author: Mark Hewitt.
Published: September 15, 2021.
Biography: #207.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
Unique content strictly for the Professional Wrestling Historical Society.
Biography of Jack Reynolds.
Author: Mark Hewitt.
Published: September 15, 2021.
Biography: #207.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.