Jack Curley - Revision history

Wouter at 13:43, 4 February 2026

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	'''Jack Curley''' was a well-known wrestling promoter. He also managed some of the era’s premier boxers, including [[George Gardiner]], [[Jimmy Gardner]], [[Jim Flynn]], [[Georges Carpentier]] and [[Jess Willard]]. He was the proprietor of the arena at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042462/1909-07-29/ed-1/seq-12/][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska%E2%80%93Yukon%E2%80%93Pacific_Exposition]		'''Jack Curley''' was a well-known wrestling promoter. He also managed some of the era’s premier boxers, including [[George Gardiner]], [[Jimmy Gardner]], [[Jim Flynn]], [[Georges Carpentier]] and [[Jess Willard]]. He was the proprietor of the arena at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042462/1909-07-29/ed-1/seq-12/][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska%E2%80%93Yukon%E2%80%93Pacific_Exposition]

Ric: name change article

2022-05-28T19:47:07Z

name change article

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	And he promoted a few boxing shows--such as the 1912 [[Jack Johnson vs. Fireman Jim Flynn (2nd meeting)]] bout [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-02-12/ed-1/seq-2/] and the 1915 [[Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard]] title bout, but was soon "squeezed out" of boxing promotion by [[Tex Rickard]] and [[Jack Kearns]]. He did tennis promotion. And, supposedly, he also invented the one-piece bathing suit. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TXYcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3658%2C960255]		And he promoted a few boxing shows--such as the 1912 [[Jack Johnson vs. Fireman Jim Flynn (2nd meeting)]] bout [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-02-12/ed-1/seq-2/] and the 1915 [[Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard]] title bout, but was soon "squeezed out" of boxing promotion by [[Tex Rickard]] and [[Jack Kearns]]. He did tennis promotion. And, supposedly, he also invented the one-piece bathing suit. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TXYcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3658%2C960255]
	[[File:CurleyCartoon.JPG\|right\|thumb\|350px\|''Newark Evening Star'', 28 May 1912 [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1912-05-28/ed-1/seq-10/]]]		[[File:CurleyCartoon.JPG\|right\|thumb\|350px\|''Newark Evening Star'', 28 May 1912 [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1912-05-28/ed-1/seq-10/]]]
	He had been born in Germany, according to an article in the May 1, 1912 ''Tacoma Times'' [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-05-01/ed-1/seq-2/]. Other sources say he was born in San Francisco. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Curley] See also 1912 ~~article~~ (Germany): [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1912-05-28/ed-1/seq-10/].		He had been born in Germany, according to an article in the May 1, 1912 ''Tacoma Times'' [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-05-01/ed-1/seq-2/]. Other sources say he was born in San Francisco. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Curley] See also 1912 articles (Germany): [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1912-05-28/ed-1/seq-10/]; [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1912-05-04/ed-1/seq-10/] (name change).

	Apparently he had been a preliminary boxer when he first came to America, so one of the "Jack Curley" BoxRec boxing records might belong to him, if he fought under that name.		Apparently he had been a preliminary boxer when he first came to America, so one of the "Jack Curley" BoxRec boxing records might belong to him, if he fought under that name.

Ric at 22:43, 27 May 2022

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	And he promoted a few boxing shows--such as the 1912 [[Jack Johnson vs. Fireman Jim Flynn (2nd meeting)]] bout [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-02-12/ed-1/seq-2/] and the 1915 [[Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard]] title bout, but was soon "squeezed out" of boxing promotion by [[Tex Rickard]] and [[Jack Kearns]]. He did tennis promotion. And, supposedly, he also invented the one-piece bathing suit. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TXYcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3658%2C960255]		And he promoted a few boxing shows--such as the 1912 [[Jack Johnson vs. Fireman Jim Flynn (2nd meeting)]] bout [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-02-12/ed-1/seq-2/] and the 1915 [[Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard]] title bout, but was soon "squeezed out" of boxing promotion by [[Tex Rickard]] and [[Jack Kearns]]. He did tennis promotion. And, supposedly, he also invented the one-piece bathing suit. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TXYcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3658%2C960255]
			[[File:CurleyCartoon.JPG\|right\|thumb\|350px\|''Newark Evening Star'', 28 May 1912 [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1912-05-28/ed-1/seq-10/]]]
	He had been born in Germany, according to an article in the May 1, 1912 ''Tacoma Times'' [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-05-01/ed-1/seq-2/]. Other sources say he was born in San Francisco. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Curley] See also 1912 article (Germany): [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1912-05-28/ed-1/seq-10/].		He had been born in Germany, according to an article in the May 1, 1912 ''Tacoma Times'' [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-05-01/ed-1/seq-2/]. Other sources say he was born in San Francisco. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Curley] See also 1912 article (Germany): [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1912-05-28/ed-1/seq-10/].

	Apparently he had been a preliminary boxer when he first came to America, so one of the "Jack Curley" BoxRec boxing records might belong to him, if he fought under that name.		Apparently he had been a preliminary boxer when he first came to America, so one of the "Jack Curley" BoxRec boxing records might belong to him, if he fought under that name.

	In 1931, Curley presented a series of articles, as told to [[Frank Graham]], in [[The Ring Magazine]], entitled "Memoirs of a Promoter." Curley was a major contributor to ''The Ring''.		In 1931, Curley presented a series of articles, as told to [[Frank Graham]], in [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] magazine, entitled "Memoirs of a Promoter." Curley was a major contributor to ''The Ring''.

	Curley died after suffering a heart attack in Great Neck, Long Island, on July 12, 1937. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TXYcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3658%2C960255]		Curley died after suffering a heart attack in Great Neck, Long Island, on July 12, 1937. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TXYcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3658%2C960255]

Ric at 22:37, 27 May 2022

2022-05-27T22:37:31Z

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	And he promoted a few boxing shows--such as the 1912 [[Jack Johnson vs. Fireman Jim Flynn (2nd meeting)]] bout [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-02-12/ed-1/seq-2/] and the 1915 [[Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard]] title bout, but was soon "squeezed out" of boxing promotion by [[Tex Rickard]] and [[Jack Kearns]]. He did tennis promotion. And, supposedly, he also invented the one-piece bathing suit. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TXYcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3658%2C960255]		And he promoted a few boxing shows--such as the 1912 [[Jack Johnson vs. Fireman Jim Flynn (2nd meeting)]] bout [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-02-12/ed-1/seq-2/] and the 1915 [[Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard]] title bout, but was soon "squeezed out" of boxing promotion by [[Tex Rickard]] and [[Jack Kearns]]. He did tennis promotion. And, supposedly, he also invented the one-piece bathing suit. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TXYcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3658%2C960255]

	He had been born in Germany, according to an article in the May 1, 1912 ''Tacoma Times'' [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-05-01/ed-1/seq-2/]. Other sources say he was born in San Francisco. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Curley]		He had been born in Germany, according to an article in the May 1, 1912 ''Tacoma Times'' [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-05-01/ed-1/seq-2/]. Other sources say he was born in San Francisco. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Curley] See also 1912 article (Germany): [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1912-05-28/ed-1/seq-10/].

	Apparently he had been a preliminary boxer when he first came to America, so one of the "Jack Curley" BoxRec boxing records might belong to him, if he fought under that name.		Apparently he had been a preliminary boxer when he first came to America, so one of the "Jack Curley" BoxRec boxing records might belong to him, if he fought under that name.

Ric at 21:29, 30 August 2013

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	'''Jack Curley''' was a well-known wrestling promoter. He also managed some of the era’s premier boxers, including [[George Gardiner]], [[Jimmy Gardner]], [[Jim Flynn]], [[Georges Carpentier]] and [[Jess Willard]]. And he promoted a few boxing shows--such as the 1912 [[Jack Johnson vs. Fireman Jim Flynn (2nd meeting)]] bout [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-02-12/ed-1/seq-2/] and the 1915 [[Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard]] title bout, but was soon "squeezed out" of boxing promotion by [[Tex Rickard]] and [[Jack Kearns]]. He did tennis promotion. And, supposedly, he also invented the one-piece bathing suit. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TXYcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3658%2C960255]		'''Jack Curley''' was a well-known wrestling promoter. He also managed some of the era’s premier boxers, including [[George Gardiner]], [[Jimmy Gardner]], [[Jim Flynn]], [[Georges Carpentier]] and [[Jess Willard]]. He was the proprietor of the arena at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909. [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042462/1909-07-29/ed-1/seq-12/][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska%E2%80%93Yukon%E2%80%93Pacific_Exposition]

			And he promoted a few boxing shows--such as the 1912 [[Jack Johnson vs. Fireman Jim Flynn (2nd meeting)]] bout [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-02-12/ed-1/seq-2/] and the 1915 [[Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard]] title bout, but was soon "squeezed out" of boxing promotion by [[Tex Rickard]] and [[Jack Kearns]]. He did tennis promotion. And, supposedly, he also invented the one-piece bathing suit. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TXYcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3658%2C960255]

	He had been born in Germany, according to an article in the May 1, 1912 ''Tacoma Times'' [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-05-01/ed-1/seq-2/]. Other sources say he was born in San Francisco. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Curley]		He had been born in Germany, according to an article in the May 1, 1912 ''Tacoma Times'' [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-05-01/ed-1/seq-2/]. Other sources say he was born in San Francisco. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Curley]

Ric at 00:46, 7 July 2013

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	'''Jack Curley''' was a well-known wrestling promoter. He also managed some of the era’s premier boxers, including [[George Gardiner]], [[Jimmy Gardner]], [[Jim Flynn]], [[Georges Carpentier]] and [[Jess Willard]]. And he promoted a few boxing shows--such as the 1915 [[Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard]] title bout, but was soon "squeezed out" of boxing promotion by [[Tex Rickard]] and [[Jack Kearns]]. He did tennis promotion. And, supposedly, he also invented the one-piece bathing suit. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TXYcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3658%2C960255]		'''Jack Curley''' was a well-known wrestling promoter. He also managed some of the era’s premier boxers, including [[George Gardiner]], [[Jimmy Gardner]], [[Jim Flynn]], [[Georges Carpentier]] and [[Jess Willard]]. And he promoted a few boxing shows--such as the 1912 [[Jack Johnson vs. Fireman Jim Flynn (2nd meeting)]] bout [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-02-12/ed-1/seq-2/] and the 1915 [[Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard]] title bout, but was soon "squeezed out" of boxing promotion by [[Tex Rickard]] and [[Jack Kearns]]. He did tennis promotion. And, supposedly, he also invented the one-piece bathing suit. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TXYcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3658%2C960255]

	He had been born in Germany, according to an article in the May 1, 1912 ''Tacoma Times'' [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-05-01/ed-1/seq-2/]. Other sources say he was born in San Francisco. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Curley]		He had been born in Germany, according to an article in the May 1, 1912 ''Tacoma Times'' [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-05-01/ed-1/seq-2/]. Other sources say he was born in San Francisco. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Curley]

Ric: removed dead link; expanded bio

2013-07-04T20:14:27Z

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			'''Jack Curley''' was a well-known wrestling promoter. He also managed some of the era’s premier boxers, including [[George Gardiner]], [[Jimmy Gardner]], [[Jim Flynn]], [[Georges Carpentier]] and [[Jess Willard]]. And he promoted a few boxing shows--such as the 1915 [[Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard]] title bout, but was soon "squeezed out" of boxing promotion by [[Tex Rickard]] and [[Jack Kearns]]. He did tennis promotion. And, supposedly, he also invented the one-piece bathing suit. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TXYcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3658%2C960255]

	''~~'Jack Curley'~~'' was ~~a well-known boxing promoter~~. ~~He promoted the 1915~~ [~~[Jack Johnson vs~~. ~~Jess Willard~~]~~] title bout, for example.~~		He had been born in Germany, according to an article in the May 1, 1912 ''Tacoma Times'' [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-05-01/ed-1/seq-2/]. Other sources say he was born in San Francisco. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Curley]

	~~He had been born in Germany (not San Francisco), according to the May 1, 1912 ''Tacoma Times'' [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-05-01/ed-1/seq-2/].~~ Apparently he had been a preliminary boxer when he first came to America, so one of the "Jack Curley" BoxRec boxing records might belong to him, if he fought under that name.		Apparently he had been a preliminary boxer when he first came to America, so one of the "Jack Curley" BoxRec boxing records might belong to him, if he fought under that name.

	~~In 1931, Curley presented a series of articles, as told to [[Frank Graham]], in [[The Ring Magazine]], entitled "Memoirs of a Promoter."~~

	*Biography: [http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/biography.cgi?jackcurl]

			In 1931, Curley presented a series of articles, as told to [[Frank Graham]], in [[The Ring Magazine]], entitled "Memoirs of a Promoter." Curley was a major contributor to ''The Ring''.

			Curley died after suffering a heart attack in Great Neck, Long Island, on July 12, 1937. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TXYcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3658%2C960255]
			== External Links ==
			*Wikipedia Bio: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Curley]
			*NYProWrestling.com Bio: [http://www.nyprowrestling.com/articles/curley.html]
			*Google Search Results: [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Jack+Curley%22+%2B+promoter&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a]
			*Bing Search Results: [http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22Jack+Curley%22+%2B+promoter&qs=n&form=QBLH&pq=%22jack+curley%22+%2B+promoter&sc=0-12&sp=-1&sk=]
	[[Category:Managers\|Curley, Jack]]		[[Category:Managers\|Curley, Jack]]
	[[Category:Promoters\|Curley, Jack]]		[[Category:Promoters\|Curley, Jack]]

Ric at 19:52, 4 July 2013

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	~~== Manager & Promoter ==~~		[[file:Curley.Jack.1912.jpg\|left\|thumb\| 270px\|Jack Curley (1912)]]
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			'''Jack Curley''' was a well-known boxing promoter. He promoted the 1915 [[Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard]] title bout, for example.

			He had been born in Germany (not San Francisco), according to the May 1, 1912 ''Tacoma Times'' [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1912-05-01/ed-1/seq-2/]. Apparently he had been a preliminary boxer when he first came to America, so one of the "Jack Curley" BoxRec boxing records might belong to him, if he fought under that name.

			In 1931, Curley presented a series of articles, as told to [[Frank Graham]], in [[The Ring Magazine]], entitled "Memoirs of a Promoter."

	*Real Name: Jacques Armand Schuel
	*Born: July 4, 1876 in San Francisco
	*Biography: [http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/biography.cgi?jackcurl]		*Biography: [http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/biography.cgi?jackcurl]
	*In 1931, Curley presented a series of articles, as told to [[Frank Graham]], in [[The Ring Magazine]], entitled "Memoirs of a Promoter"
	*He promoted the 1915 [[Jess Willard]]-[[Jack Johnson]] title [[Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard\|fight]]

	[[Category:Managers\|Curley, Jack]]		[[Category:Managers\|Curley, Jack]]
	[[Category:Promoters\|Curley, Jack]]		[[Category:Promoters\|Curley, Jack]]

Rowdytimothy: fix link

2009-02-09T23:35:12Z

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	*Biography: [http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/biography.cgi?jackcurl]		*Biography: [http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/biography.cgi?jackcurl]
	*In 1931, Curley presented a series of articles, as told to [[Frank Graham]], in [[The Ring Magazine]], entitled "Memoirs of a Promoter"		*In 1931, Curley presented a series of articles, as told to [[Frank Graham]], in [[The Ring Magazine]], entitled "Memoirs of a Promoter"
	*He promoted the 1915 [[Jess Willard]]-[[Jack Johnson]] title [[Jess Willard ~~vs. Jack Johnson~~\|fight]]		*He promoted the 1915 [[Jess Willard]]-[[Jack Johnson]] title [[Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard\|fight]]

	[[Category:Managers\|Curley, Jack]]		[[Category:Managers\|Curley, Jack]]
	[[Category:Promoters\|Curley, Jack]]		[[Category:Promoters\|Curley, Jack]]

Rowdytimothy: fix interna;l link

2007-10-14T02:22:23Z

fix interna;l link

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	*Biography: [http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/biography.cgi?jackcurl]		*Biography: [http://www.otherarena.com/htm/cgi-bin/biography.cgi?jackcurl]
	*In 1931, Curley presented a series of articles, as told to [[Frank Graham]], in [[The Ring Magazine]], entitled "Memoirs of a Promoter"		*In 1931, Curley presented a series of articles, as told to [[Frank Graham]], in [[The Ring Magazine]], entitled "Memoirs of a Promoter"
	*He promoted the 1915 [[Jess Willard]]-[[Jack Johnson]] title [[Jess Willard ~~KO-26~~ Jack Johnson\|fight]]		*He promoted the 1915 [[Jess Willard]]-[[Jack Johnson]] title [[Jess Willard vs. Jack Johnson\|fight]]

	[[Category:Managers\|Curley, Jack]]		[[Category:Managers\|Curley, Jack]]
	[[Category:Promoters\|Curley, Jack]]		[[Category:Promoters\|Curley, Jack]]