Paul Berlenbach - Revision history

Ric: external article linked

2025-05-26T20:32:49Z

external article linked

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	[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Class of 2001<br>Old Timer Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/berlenbach.html click]]]		[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Class of 2001<br>Old Timer Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/berlenbach.html click]]]
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	*Cyber Boxing Zone: [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/b-bach.htm]		*Cyber Boxing Zone: [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/b-bach.htm]
	*Boxing Biographies: [http://boxingbiographies.co.uk/html/paul_berlenbach-bb.HTM]		*Boxing Biographies: [http://boxingbiographies.co.uk/html/paul_berlenbach-bb.HTM]
			*"Wrestling with History: Setting the Record Straight on Paul Berlenbach" by Pete Ehrmann: [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IBRO161.45-50.pdf]

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Ric: created basketball team in 1925

2014-04-30T22:06:34Z

created basketball team in 1925

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	* April 27, 1927, he married Rosanna O'Reilly, a 24-year-old Los Angeles nurse at the Mexicali City Hall.		* April 27, 1927, he married Rosanna O'Reilly, a 24-year-old Los Angeles nurse at the Mexicali City Hall.
	* Also known by the alias of "Paralyzing Paul"		* Also known by the alias of "Paralyzing Paul"
			* He formed the "Berlenbach's All-Stars" basketball team circa December 1925. 24 Dec. 1925 ''Brooklyn Daily Star'', p. 8

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Ric: Dan Hickey of Corona = manager, per 24 Dec 1925 Queens Daily Star p. 8

2014-04-30T22:02:02Z

Dan Hickey of Corona = manager, per 24 Dec 1925 Queens Daily Star p. 8

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			'''Manager:''' [[Dan Hickey]]<br>
	'''[[:Category:Paul Berlenbach Gallery\|Paul Berlenbach Gallery]]'''		'''[[:Category:Paul Berlenbach Gallery\|Paul Berlenbach Gallery]]'''


	'''Paul Berlenbach''' was born a deaf-mute to French and German parents. When he was 18, while working as an instructor at a Westchester County institution for deaf-mutes, he went to the aid of a boy whose kite had become entangled in an electric wire 12 feet above the ground. Climbing a pole, he released the kite, but came in contact with the wire, received a shock, and fell to the ground. Those who came to his rescue feared him dead. First aid revived him. When he came to, he immediately found that he now had normal hearing. Subsequent treatment developed his speech.		'''Paul Berlenbach''' was born a deaf-mute to French and German parents. When he was 18, while working as an instructor at a Westchester County institution for deaf-mutes, he went to the aid of a boy whose kite had become entangled in an electric wire 12 feet above the ground. Climbing a pole, he released the kite, but came in contact with the wire, received a shock, and fell to the ground. Those who came to his rescue feared him dead. First aid revived him. When he came to, he immediately found that he now had normal hearing. Subsequent treatment developed his speech.
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	* April 27, 1927, he married Rosanna O'Reilly, a 24-year-old Los Angeles nurse at the Mexicali City Hall.		* April 27, 1927, he married Rosanna O'Reilly, a 24-year-old Los Angeles nurse at the Mexicali City Hall.
	* Also known by the alias of "Paralyzing Paul"		* Also known by the alias of "Paralyzing Paul"


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Robert.snell1: Biography

2013-10-27T10:48:35Z

Biography

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	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
	*Cyber Boxing Zone: [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/b-bach.htm]		*Cyber Boxing Zone: [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/b-bach.htm]
	*Boxing Biographies: [http://boxingbiographies.~~com~~/~~bio~~/~~index~~.~~php?option=com_content&task=view&id=151&Itemid=27~~]		*Boxing Biographies: [http://boxingbiographies.co.uk/html/paul_berlenbach-bb.HTM]

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Ric: Gallery contains these images

2012-06-17T03:29:52Z

Gallery contains these images

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	* April 27, 1927, he married Rosanna O'Reilly, a 24-year-old Los Angeles nurse at the Mexicali City Hall.		* April 27, 1927, he married Rosanna O'Reilly, a 24-year-old Los Angeles nurse at the Mexicali City Hall.
	* Also known by the alias of "Paralyzing Paul"		* Also known by the alias of "Paralyzing Paul"
	* Autographed [[:Image:Berlenbach.Paul2.jpg\|photo]]; [[:Image:Berlanbach3.jpg\|Photo #3]]; [[:Image:Berlenbach.Paul.jpg\|Photo #4]]

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Ric: gallery code added

2012-06-16T22:15:40Z

gallery code added

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	'''Paul Berlenbach''' was born a deaf-mute to French and German parents. When he was 18, while working as an instructor at a Westchester County institution for deaf-mutes, he went to the aid of a boy whose kite had become entangled in an electric wire 12 feet above the ground. Climbing a pole, he released the kite, but came in contact with the wire, received a shock, and fell to the ground. Those who came to his rescue feared him dead. First aid revived him. When he came to, he immediately found that he now had normal hearing. Subsequent treatment developed his speech.		'''Paul Berlenbach''' was born a deaf-mute to French and German parents. When he was 18, while working as an instructor at a Westchester County institution for deaf-mutes, he went to the aid of a boy whose kite had become entangled in an electric wire 12 feet above the ground. Climbing a pole, he released the kite, but came in contact with the wire, received a shock, and fell to the ground. Those who came to his rescue feared him dead. First aid revived him. When he came to, he immediately found that he now had normal hearing. Subsequent treatment developed his speech.

Ric at 03:06, 22 May 2011

2011-05-22T03:06:25Z

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	'''Paul Berlenbach''' was born a deaf-mute to French and German parents. When he was 18, while working as an instructor at a Westchester County institution for deaf-mutes, he went to the aid of a boy whose kite had become entangled in an electric wire 12 feet above the ground. Climbing a pole, he released the kite, but came in contact with the wire, received a shock, and fell to the ground. Those who came to his rescue feared him dead. First aid revived him. When he came to, he immediately found that he now had normal hearing. Subsequent treatment developed his speech.		'''Paul Berlenbach''' was born a deaf-mute to French and German parents. When he was 18, while working as an instructor at a Westchester County institution for deaf-mutes, he went to the aid of a boy whose kite had become entangled in an electric wire 12 feet above the ground. Climbing a pole, he released the kite, but came in contact with the wire, received a shock, and fell to the ground. Those who came to his rescue feared him dead. First aid revived him. When he came to, he immediately found that he now had normal hearing. Subsequent treatment developed his speech.

	He started as a wrestler but soon tired of grappling and became a boxer, winning 13 knockouts and three decisions as an amateur, earning an amateur boxing championship as well. After his boxing career ended, he went back to wrestling for awhile. He had first retired from boxing to enter the lumber business.		He started as a wrestler but soon tired of grappling and became a boxer, winning 13 knockouts and three decisions as an amateur, earning an amateur boxing championship as well. In time, as a professional, Berlenbach became the World Light-Heavyweight Champion.

			After his boxing career ended, he went back to wrestling for awhile. (He had first retired from boxing to enter the lumber business.)

	== Odds & Ends ==		== Odds & Ends ==

John: not in olympics

2011-04-09T18:12:41Z

not in olympics

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	'''Paul Berlenbach''' was born a deaf-mute to French and German parents. When he was 18, while working as an instructor at a Westchester County institution for deaf-mutes, he went to the aid of a boy whose kite had become entangled in an electric wire 12 feet above the ground. Climbing a pole, he released the kite, but came in contact with the wire, received a shock, and fell to the ground. Those who came to his rescue feared him dead. First aid revived him. When he came to, he immediately found that he now had normal hearing. Subsequent treatment developed his speech.		'''Paul Berlenbach''' was born a deaf-mute to French and German parents. When he was 18, while working as an instructor at a Westchester County institution for deaf-mutes, he went to the aid of a boy whose kite had become entangled in an electric wire 12 feet above the ground. Climbing a pole, he released the kite, but came in contact with the wire, received a shock, and fell to the ground. Those who came to his rescue feared him dead. First aid revived him. When he came to, he immediately found that he now had normal hearing. Subsequent treatment developed his speech.

	He ~~became~~ a wrestler ~~and won the Middleweight Gold at the 1920 Antwerp Olympic Games. He~~ soon tired of grappling and became a boxer, winning 13 knockouts and three decisions as an amateur, earning an amateur boxing championship as well. After his boxing career ended, he went back to wrestling for awhile. He had first retired from boxing to enter the lumber business.		He started as a wrestler but soon tired of grappling and became a boxer, winning 13 knockouts and three decisions as an amateur, earning an amateur boxing championship as well. After his boxing career ended, he went back to wrestling for awhile. He had first retired from boxing to enter the lumber business.

	== Odds & Ends ==		== Odds & Ends ==

Fasan at 04:34, 8 January 2011

2011-01-08T04:34:31Z

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	'''Paul Berlenbach''' was born a deaf-mute to French and German parents. When he was 18, while working as an instructor at a Westchester County institution for deaf-mutes, he went to the aid of a boy whose kite had become entangled in an electric wire 12 feet above the ground. Climbing a pole, he released the kite, but came in contact with the wire, received a shock, and fell to the ground. Those who came to his rescue feared him dead. First aid revived him. When he came to, he immediately found that he now had normal hearing. Subsequent treatment developed his speech.		'''Paul Berlenbach''' was born a deaf-mute to French and German parents. When he was 18, while working as an instructor at a Westchester County institution for deaf-mutes, he went to the aid of a boy whose kite had become entangled in an electric wire 12 feet above the ground. Climbing a pole, he released the kite, but came in contact with the wire, received a shock, and fell to the ground. Those who came to his rescue feared him dead. First aid revived him. When he came to, he immediately found that he now had normal hearing. Subsequent treatment developed his speech.

Ric: WBHF icon added

2010-05-15T16:22:44Z

WBHF icon added

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