Wrestler and football player Bronko Nagurski having his thigh measured before a wrestling match at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, August 11, 1937

Title: Wrestler and football player Bronko Nagurski having his thigh measured before a wrestling match at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, August 11, 1937
Date Created: August 11, 1937
Date: 1937-08-11
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Wrestler and Chicago Bears fullback Bronko Nagurski getting his thigh measured before his wrestling match against Vincent Lopez at Wrigley Field. Nagurski won the match in front of 20,000 fans to defend his title as world heavyweight champion
Caption: Text from original nitrate sleeve: Nagurski, Bronko; Lopez, Vincent
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Bronko Nagurski

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Wrigley Field (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Nagurski, Bronko, 1908-1990
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Sports
Wrestlers--California--Los Angeles
Measuring--California--Los Angeles
Football players--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0025gd7v
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