1. Edwin Bibby was an English wrestling champion during the 1870s and 1880s.
11 Facts About Edwin Bibby
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Edwin Bibby was a popular catch-as-catch-can style wrestler in his generation.
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Edwin Bibby became the first American Heavyweight Champion in 1881 with a victory over Duncan C Ross.
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Edwin Bibby began his wrestling career in 1872 and quickly became a top wrestler.
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Edwin Bibby performed for Queen Victoria in Prince Albert's Court in London.
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Edwin Bibby lived in New York and later Rhode Island and became a naturalized citizen in 1900.
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On 19 January 1881, Bibby became the first American Heavyweight Champion with his victory over Duncan C Ross.
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Edwin Bibby lost that title the next year, on 7 August 1882, to Joe Acton in New York City.
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Edwin Bibby's final wrestling match was against Sorakichi Matsuda, whom he defeated on 28 October 1887, in Buffalo, New York.
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On 5 May 1905, Edwin Bibby died from rheumatism at the age of 56.
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Edwin Bibby is buried in Saint Patrick's Cemetery in Bristol, Fall River, Massachusetts alongside his wife Mary Ann who died in 1929 and their son Thomas who died in 1950.