Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Names: El Pulpo / Subject: Sports and Wrestlers--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Heavyweight wrestler Vincent López grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler Vincent Lopez grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic Auditorium (1801 S. Grand Ave.).
Date:: [circa November 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Heavyweight wrestler Vincent López grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Heavyweight wrestler Vincent López grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler Vincent Lopez grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic Auditorium.
Date:: [circa November 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Heavyweight wrestler Vincent López grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Heavyweight wrestler Vincent López grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler Vincent Lopez grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic Auditorium (1801 S. Grand Ave.).
Date:: [circa November 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Heavyweight wrestler Vincent López grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Heavyweight wrestler Vincent López grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler Vincent Lopez grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic Auditorium (1801 S. Grand Ave.).
Date:: [circa November 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Heavyweight wrestler Vincent López grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Heavyweight wrestler Vincent López grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler Vincent Lopez grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic Auditorium (1801 S. Grand Ave.).
Date:: [circa November 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Heavyweight wrestler Vincent López grappling with newcomer El Pulpo at the Olympic, Los Angeles, 1937

Heavyweight wrestler El Pulpo grappling with an opponent at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1937

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler El Pulpo grappling with an opponent at the Olympic Auditorium. He became known as the "Octopus Man" due to his complicated moves.
Date:: [circa December 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Heavyweight wrestler El Pulpo grappling with an opponent at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1937

Chief Little Wolf holds El Pulpo in a headlock as the referee attempts to separate the two wrestlers, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Chief Little Wolf holding El Pulpo in a headlock during a wrestling match. The referee tries to separate them. The two wrestlers met in the ring several times during the late 1930s.
Date:: between 1937 and 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Chief Little Wolf holds El Pulpo in a headlock as the referee attempts to separate the two wrestlers, Los Angeles, 1930s