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Your Comment on Jimmy Lott
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Alias
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Jimmy Lott, Kidd Lott, Kid Lott, Masked Marvel |
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Mask Loss
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as Masked Marvel by The Gorilla Man (1932/12/09) |
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Matches Fought
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Statistics and information about the 956 matches fought by Jimmy Lott in our events database |
- "Kid" Lott was the big hometown baby face in the Birmingham area, having been a high school football standout there in the late 1920s.
- Lott also made a name for himself as a boxer, while still in high school. He began his career in wrestling as a referee and had his first match in Chattanooga in 1931.
- He briefly promoted the wrestling cards for the American Legion post in Tarrant City, until transitioning to the ring full time due to increasing demand for his services as a referee and popular new fan favorite wrestler.
- He would work as a referee for both Chris Jordan and Sam Siegel before transitioning to wrestling full time.
- By the end of the 1930s, and especially outside Alabama, Lott would drop the "Kid" moniker and be billed as Jimmy Lott.
- After a solid wrestling career of more than 20 years, Lott would become the promoter in Fort Smith, Arkansas, for LeRoy McGuirk’s Tri-State Wrestling organization, from the early 1950s to early 1970s, where the wrestling would be held at the Jimmy Lott Sports Arena. |
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