Abe Ford, Was RE: pro wrestling

[Gary F <gff@mediaone.net>]

Abe Ford is well in his 70's, could even be 80's.....he is still the main booking agent for The
Topsfield Fair..........he scares me when I see him driving onto the fairgrounds in his Caddy
with glasses thicker than Coke bottle bottoms.......  he's got a thousand stories to tell.....and
he loves telling them....

- -g.f.


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From: 	H Glazer[SMTP:hmglaz@webtv.net]
Sent: 	Wednesday, April 29, 1998 12:16 PM
To: 	boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
Subject: 	Re: pro wrestling

Donna wrote:
>Does anybody remember the Boston promoter, I think his name was Sam
Menacker ...<

The Boston promoter, at least in the '60s and '70s, was Abe Ford. I
believe Menacker worked in St. Louis.

And yes, Randy Savage's father was a wrestler, Angelo Poffo. Randy's
brother, Lanny, wrestled under the Poffo name a few years back.

There was a famous Polish wrestler named Zbyszko, but I don't believe
Larry is any relation; he just took the name professionally.

By the way, viewers of the current WWF and WCW shows can often catch
glimpses of their childhood heroes. Sgt. Slaughter, Pat Patterson, Jerry
Briscoe, Tony Garea and Gorilla Monsoon are all WWF employees, and
Zbyszko is a WCW announcer.

So nobody remembers Ch. 25's "Bedlam from Boston," eh?

Howard

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