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Word: armlocked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wrestling at 123 pounds, scored the Crimson's only pin of the day, against Eugene Casserno of Rutgers in 4:22 with a double armlock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestling Team Wins Five Bouts In First Round of Championship | 3/14/1953 | See Source »

...Horrible Armlock. Hank was perhaps the first victim of Soapy's grim determination. "Soapy was a muscle man when we were kids," he says. "That was the time of Lionel Strongfort, and Charles Atlas was just starting to advertise in a big way. Soapy used to get all of those muscle books and send for all of Atlas' muscle courses and all the gadgets. He used to use me to practice his wrestling holds. I was sort of double-jointed and gave poor Soapy a bad time, I'm afraid. He would prop the book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MICHIGAN: Prodigy's Progress | 9/15/1952 | See Source »

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