01.01.2007, 17:52
Columbia Missourian
Columbia, Missouri
17 May 1972
Former Wrestling Champ Dies
Alan Eustace, the Kansas Cornstalk of the oldtime wrestling ring, died Tuesday at his home after several years of illness. He was 80.
Eustace reached the top in the old Strangler Lewis days of professional wrestling, when almost everyone claimed the world's championship. At one time in the 1920s, the New York Athletic Commission recognized Eustace as its world champion.
Eustace retired from wrestling in 1939 after appearing in matches around the world. He said he couldn't go for the new wide-open Texas rules. So he returned to his native country in Northeast Kansas, took up farming and settled down in this down of 580.
Eustace leaves his wife and four children. Alan Eustace Jr. lives at Farmingdale, NY. The daughters are Beth Eustace of Wakefield, Mrs. Jane Stanley of Shelton, Conn., and Mrs. Suzanne Erickson of Hutchinson, Kan.
Columbia, Missouri
17 May 1972
Former Wrestling Champ Dies
Alan Eustace, the Kansas Cornstalk of the oldtime wrestling ring, died Tuesday at his home after several years of illness. He was 80.
Eustace reached the top in the old Strangler Lewis days of professional wrestling, when almost everyone claimed the world's championship. At one time in the 1920s, the New York Athletic Commission recognized Eustace as its world champion.
Eustace retired from wrestling in 1939 after appearing in matches around the world. He said he couldn't go for the new wide-open Texas rules. So he returned to his native country in Northeast Kansas, took up farming and settled down in this down of 580.
Eustace leaves his wife and four children. Alan Eustace Jr. lives at Farmingdale, NY. The daughters are Beth Eustace of Wakefield, Mrs. Jane Stanley of Shelton, Conn., and Mrs. Suzanne Erickson of Hutchinson, Kan.