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Word: geisenhoff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...combined team of 22 American civilians and SAC airmen who thought they knew something about judo, Japan's "soft art," took a painful trouncing from some Hokkaido University students at Sapporo, Japan. George F. Geisenhoff, 200-lb. SAC strongman, was tossed out of the ring and broke his collarbone; Kenji Honda, 130-Ib. American of Japanese ancestry, was all but smothered by his opponent and wound up with several broken ribs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Sep. 26, 1955 | 9/26/1955 | See Source »

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