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| Date: | 12 18 1958 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State Journal sports editor Henry J. McCormick (left) accepts $150 cash from wrestling promoter Jimmy Demetral for the paper's Empty Stock... |
| Date: | 05 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Madison wrestling promoter Jimmy Demetral donating to a fund established for the welfare and education of the 3-month-old son of an Air Force p... |
| Date: | 06 04 1957 |
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| Description: | After lunch, a "wrestling match" breaks out between Tom Brew and another scout while Gene Maddrell and Greg Bruhn shout encouragement. |
| Date: | 02 28 1959 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of state high school wrestling champions. |
| Date: | 02 07 1959 |
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| Description: | One of 12 individual portraits of wrestlers, including Tom Doris of East High School. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Local wrestler "Jimmy" Demetral poses flexing his muscles in front of a painting of himself. |
| Date: | 03 08 1952 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Dick Hammes, 112 lbs, Madison West High School wrestling champion. Portraits of nine other individual Big 8 Conference wrestling champions are... |
| Date: | 02 02 1944 |
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| Description: | Jimmy Demetral, Madison wrestler, throwing Officer Keith Ackley as part of a five-week course in ju-jitsu for 55 officers of the Madison Police Department. |
| Date: | 02 02 1944 |
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| Description: | Jimmy Demetral, Madison wrestler, teaching Officer Robert O'Brien to do an "airplane spin" toss on Officer Keith Ackley. Fifty-five Madison Police Departme... |
| Date: | 03 17 1951 |
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| Description: | Individual winners of the state high school wrestling tournament pose on a mat in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. |
| Date: | 03 06 1955 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsins boxer Bobby Hinds, right, trades left jabs with Mike McMurty of Idaho State during the heavyweight bout of the University of Idaho... |
| Date: | 01 24 1951 |
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| Description: | Three smiling men are posing in a pretend boxing stance at the Park Hotel. On the right is former world heavy weight boxing champion, Jack Dempsey. On the ... |
| Date: | 01 24 1951 |
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| Description: | The members of the U.W. football coaching staff are shown meeting with Jack Dempsey, former world's heavyweight boxing champion during a dinner at the Park... |
| Date: | 02 15 1952 |
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| Description: | Portrait of East High School wrestler, Billy Gorman, shown standing in a beginning wrestling pose and wearing wrestling clothes. Billy Gorman was 103 pound... |
| Date: | 02 15 1952 |
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| Description: | Two wrestlers grapple down on the mat as a referee looks on. An audience sits on the floor or stands in the background. |
| Date: | 03 18 1952 |
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| Description: | The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity entry in the University of Wisconsin Campus Carnival was "Wild Bill's Rassling Tent". In the picture are wrestlers John ... |
| Date: | 03 22 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Milwaukee South Division High School wrestling team, winners of the WIAA State Wrestling Tournament. Team members include Len Krzykow... |
| Date: | 04 30 1952 |
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| Description: | Walt Engelke (left), principal at Nakoma school, presents a large testimonial award certificate with many signatures honoring ex-wrestler Jimmy Demetral (r... |
| Date: | 03 10 1956 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of ten wrestlers who became high school state champions in their weight classes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. Left to ... |
| Date: | 03 03 1956 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of individual champions of the Madison High Schools Sectional Wrestling Meet. Wrestlers include, first row, left to right: Ray Hamel, Wiscon... |
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