Last updated on 07/08/2022

01/06/1921 - Brooklyn, NY - Star Theatre
Oishi vs Henry Gehrig
Jean Bruce vs Sailor Smitherson

01/13/1921 - Brooklyn, NY - Star Theatre
Young Munday (20:00) Lex Olofsky
Bert Henderson vs George Sandele

01/18/1921 - Brooklyn, NY - Prospect Hall
Armos Laitinen (11:00) Ivan Paduboney
World Welterweight Title: Louis Nelson* def Charlie West
World Light heavyweight Title: Bernhof Hansen* def Billy Beckman

01/19/1921 Sam Howard & Paul Dietz - Bridgeport, CT - Casino (1,500)
Tom Linow [sub. for Dick Daviscourt] (24min) Franz Solar
World Heavyweight Title: Ed "Strangler" Lewis* (27min) Stasia Padoubney

01/20/1921 - Brooklyn, NY - Star Theatre
Nat Pendleton (20:00) Tom Molish
Martin Ludecke (14:06) Bull Taylor

01/24/1921 Jack Curley - New York, NY - 71st Regiment Armory (8,000)
World Heavyweight Title: Ed "Strangler" Lewis* (1:38:50) Earl Caddock
Charley Karnolt (20:25) Harry Stevens
Ivan Linow (15min limit draw) Salvatore Chevalier
John Olin (7:20) August Locke
Nat Pendleton (5:10) Alex Hedlung

01/27/1921 - Brooklyn, NY - Star Theatre
Ivan Linow (22:00) George Sandele
Young Hackenschmidt (24:00) Bob Emmett

01/31/1921 Johnny Fleeson - Brooklyn, NY - Prospect Hall
Tom Draak (18:50) Prince Gobar
Armos Laitenin (8:14) Jim Kanras

02/03/1921 - Brooklyn, NY - Star Theatre
Cyclone Ress (15:00) Young Sampson
Henry Irslinger (21:00) Charley West

02/06/1921 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [II]
Nat Pendleton (20min limit draw) Wladek Zbyszko

02/09/1921 - New York, NY - George Bothner's Gymnasium
Martin Ludecke (57:30) Louis Nelson
Henry Islinger (15min limit draw) Peter Weeks
Tommy Draak (9:30) Alex Jarvis

02/10/1921 - Brooklyn, NY - Prospect Hall
Armos Laitenin (19:00) Salvator Chevalier
Demetrius Tofalos (16:00) Otto Sampson
Al Kush (16:00) Joe Wellings (or E. Wellman)

02/10/1921 - Brooklyn, NY - Star Theatre
Nat Pendleton (6:00) John Fenford
Young Munday (26:00) Martin Rock

02/14/1921 - New York, NY - 71st Regiment Armory (6,000)
Renato Gardini vs Jack Holden
Stanislaus Zbyszko (29:12) John Freberg
World Light Heavyweight Title*: Earl Caddock (2:08:03) Jim Londos
plus two other bouts

02/14/1921 - Jersey City, NJ - Grand View Hall
Marin Plestina (43:10) Stanislaus Stasiak
Mike Nester (substitutnig for Tom Draak) (25min) Soldier Frank Leavitt

02/17/1921 Mike Joyce - Brooklyn, NY - Star Theatre
Armos Laitenin (10:37) Bert Henderson [Mort Henderson]
Carl Vogel def (16:39) Schafer
Young Stecher (22:10) George Romanos

02/20/1921
Herman Karl Rohde (Buddy Rogers) is born in Camden, NJ.

02/21/1921 Jack Curley & Sam Howard - Bridgeport, CT - Casino
Franz Solar def Louis Romano
Armos Laitenin def Ola Sansome
Wladek Zbysako def Ivan Linow

02/24/1921 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
Marin Plestina (12:00) Ivan Pilikoff [Fred Pilikoff, sub. for Tommy Draak
Demetrius Tofalos (12:18) Fred Schultz
Mike Condos (17:18) George Ustegard
Joe Sanderson (22:00 DQ) Young Monday

02/24/1921 - Brooklyn, NY - Star Theatre
John Freberg (17:20) Fred Pilakoff
Cyclone Ress (24:20) Jean Bruce

02/28/1921 - New York, NY - 71st Regiment Armory
Stanislaus Zbyszko (48:54) Charles Peters
John Pesek (17:00) Armos Laitinen
Nat Pendleton (20:40) Mort Henderson
John Freberg (30:30) Jack Ifkywicz

03/03/1921 - Brooklyn, NY - Star Theatre
Bob Deering (30min limit draw) Charles West
Young Hackenschmidt (26:00) Lex Ovalosky

03/10/1921 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
Jim Londos (26:00) Joe Nelson
George Kotsonaros (36:02) Hjalmar Johnson
Young Monday (13:00) Young Stecher
Martin Logig (25min draw) Joe Westergar

03/10/1921 - Brooklyn, NY - Star Theatre
Zbyszko [sub. for Charles Peters] (10:00) Carl Vogel
Young Monday (16:32) Niles Ludorf

03/14/1921 - New York, NY - 71st Regiment Armory (7,000)
Stanislaus Zbyszko (2:16:10) Joe Stecher
Jim Londos (10:05) Louis Romani [sub. for Farmer Bailey]
John Pesek (20:55) Tommy Draak
Alexander Hedlund (5:05) Emil Heintze (or Hines)
Gene Bruce (13:00) Otto Samson

03/17/1921 George Bothner - Brooklyn, NY - Star Theatre
Peter Wickes (20:40) Joe Keller
Harold Christensen (17:00) Mike Matulich

03/22/1921 - Brookly, NY - 47th Regiment Armory
Wladek Zbyszko (27:00) Charlie Peterson
Ole Jacobsen vs George Razowitch

03/24/1921 - Brooklyn, NY - Star Theatre
Pat Pendleton (11:00) Jean Bruce
World Welterweight Title(?): Louis Nelson* (13:00) Whitey Walker

03/31/1921 - Brooklyn, NY - Star Theatre
Young Hackenschmidt (33:30) Young Monday
Martin Ludecke (17:00) Bob Deery

04/02/1921 - New York, NY - New York AC
Nat Pendleton vs Helmar Johnson

04/04/1921 Jack Curley - 71st Regiment Armory (4,000)
World Heavyweight Title: Ed "Strangler" Lewis* (1:34:32) John Pesek
John Stazak def Louis Romero
J. Lutoss def R. Trano
Hjalmar Joshson [Hjalmar Johnson] def Olie Jarvis

04/07/1921 - Brooklyn, NY - Star Theatre
Tommy Draak (9:32) Andy Sabb [sub. for Harry Stevens]
Bob Emmett (30min limit draw) Billy Beckman

04/08/1921 - New York, NY - George Bothner's Gymnasium
Nat Pendleton (2-0) Cyclone Ress
Jiu-jitsu: Will Bingham def Bob Deery
George Emerson def Jack Redmond

04/13/1921
Antonino Biasetton (Antonino Rocca) is born in Treviso, Veneto, Italy.

04/14/1921 - Brooklyn, NY - Star Theatre
American Light Heavyweight Title(?) Bernhof Hansen* (20:00 UTC) Jack Godfrey
Willie Bingham (18:00) Whitey Walker

04/18/1921 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
Jim Londos (36:00) Tommy Draak [sub. for Ivan Linow]
Martin Ludecke def Joe Olson
Spiro Psanaros def Arthur Sampson

04/19/1921 - New York, NY - Hotel Commodore Grand Ballroom (2,500)
Handicap: C. J. Carpenter (20:00 FTT) Ed "Strangler" Lewis
Jim Londos (60min limit draw) Renato Gardini
John Pesek vs 4 opponents
plus boxing bouts

04/21/1921 - Brooklyn, NY - Star Theatre
Demetris Tofalos (30min limit draw) George Sandele
Nat Pendleton (16:00) Alex Jarvis

04/22/1921 - New York, NY - Granite State training ship
Nat Pendleton (57:00) Ivan Pedoubney
Carl Johnson (6:00) Young Sampson
Sailor Paddello (22:00)beat Sandelle
Mike Nestor (30min limit draw) Gene Bruce

04/22/1921 - Brookly, NY - 2nd Field Artillery Armory
Handicap Match: Marin Plestina (2-0) Ole Jacobsen
Herman Gehing (30min limit draw) Martin Ludecke
Hilmar Johnson beat Paul Sampson

05/06/1921 - New York, NY - 22nd Engineers Armory (10,000)
World Heavyweight Title*: Stanislaus Zbyszko (23:17) Ed "Strangler" Lewis
Farmer George Bailey (15min limit draw) Stanley Stossack
Ivan Linow def Hjalmar Johnson

05/20/1921 - New York, NY - Webster Hall (sell out)
Martin Ludecker (22:00) Johnny Warker
Herman Garrick (DQ) Young Monday
Stanislaus Zbyszko (33:05) Demetrios Tofalos

06/06/1921
William Muldoon is appointed as the chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission by Gov. Nathan L. Miller.

06/17/1921 - Trenton, NJ - Trenton Arena
Middleweight Title*: Martin Ludecker (9.5min) Charley West
Sailor Sharkey (25min dec) Young Munday
Mort Henderson (25min pin) Pat Pagan
Nat Pendleton (31min pin) George Sandelle

07/12/1921 C.F. Coghlan - Long Branch, NJ - Ocean Park Casino
Nat Pendleton (NC) Carl Vogel
Fred Moritz def Young Sampson
George Sandelle drew Zulu Hevonpaa
Martin Ludecker def Walker Jost

10/04/1921 - New York, NY - Pioneer AC (cancelled)
Wladek Zbyszko vs Cliff Binckley

11/03/1921 Marty Zimmerman - New York, NY - Lexington Theatre
Ed "Strangler" Lewis (2-0) Joe Polk
   1: Lewis (6:40)
   2: Lewis (4:19)
Renato Gardini (2-0) Mike Romano
Martin Ludecke (20min limit draw) Cyclone Ress

11/14/1921 Tex Richard - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [II]
Martin Ludecke (20min limit draw) Carl Johnson
Nat Pendleton def Chief Newberry
Renato Gardini def John Grandovich
American Heavyweght Title: Marin Plestina (3-0) John Pesek
   1: Plestina (11:19 DQ)
   2: Plestina (24:04 DQ)
ext: Plestina (DQ)
* Rickard's first wrestling card after pushing Jack Curley out of promoting at the venue. Curley arranges Pesek to intentionally injure Plestina in order to damage Rickard's promotion.

11/28/1921 Tex Richard - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden [II] (7,000)
Cyclone Ress (1-0) Billy Beckman
George Calza (2-0) Hjalmar Johnson
Ivan Linow (20min limit draw) Armos Laitenin
World Heavyweight Title: Stanislaus Zbyszko* (2-1) Ed "Strangler" Lewis
   1: Lewis (17:31)
   2: Zbyszko (21:24)
   3: Zbyszko (14:56)
* Zbyszko receives a $5,000 diamond-studded championship belt from Rickard.

12/01/1921 - New York, NY - Rink SC
Armos Laitinen (2-0) Carl Vogel
Georgio Calza (25:15 crotch hold) Bernoff Hansen
Nat Pendleton (2-0) Wladislaw Bonecki

 

Researches by Don Luce, Hisaharu Tanabe
additional information from Paul Sosnowski