Wrestling Promoters of the 1930s

For the moment, this will just be a list of promoters I have found named in newspapers, including when and where they were promoting from 1930-1940.  Most of these will be local promoters.

 Sam Avey
Joplin, Missouri
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1933)
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Dwight Barker
Lansing, Michigan (1934)

Pete Buzukos

Yuma, Arizona (1932- )

Bud Cole
Benton Harbor, Michigan (1933-)

Romeo Cunningham
Sante Fe, New Mexico (1936)

Jack Curley
New York, New York

Lou Cutler
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1933-)

Fred DeMerritte
Huntsville, Alabama

Jimmy DeSalvo/Disalvo
Corinth, Mississippi (1934-1935)

Floyd Dixon
Mobile, Alabama (1935)

John Donnelly
Kingsport, Tennessee (1933)

Tom Ferguson
Bessemer, Alabama (1931)

Al Fine
Fairfield, Alabama (7 Dec 1931 - 26 Dec 1931)
Jasper, Alabama (7 Dec 1931 - 26 Dec 1931 )

John Flaska
Albuquerque, New Mexico (1936)

J.O. Gideon
Sedalia, Missouri (1933)

Jim Graham
Nashville, Tennessee

Al Haft
Columbus, Ohio

Butler P.A. Hine
Decatur, Alabama (23 May 1932 - 14 July 1932)

Chris Jordan
Anniston, Alabama
Bessemer, labama
Birmingham, labama
Decatur, Alabama (15 July 1932 - 1940)
Dothan, Alabama
Fairfield, Alabama (27 Dec 1931 - 1940)
Gadsden, Alabama
Homewood, Alabama
Huntsville, Alabama (23 Aug 1932 - )
Jasper, Alabama (27 Dec 1931 - 1940)
Marion, Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
Montgomery, Alabama
Opelika, Alabama
Panama City, Flabama
Pell City, Alabama
Pensacola, Florida (1933)
Selma, Alabama
Sheffield, Alabama
Tarrant City,Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Gust Karras
St. Joseph, Missouri (1933- )

Nicholas Kiricon (Farmer Nick)
Battle Creek, Michigan 1932
Kalamazoo, Michigan 1933

Freddie Knichel
Columbia, Tennessee 193x
Henry Kolln
Huntsville, Alabama

Charles Kuykendall
Columbus, Mississippi (1933)

Ted Lewis
Owensboro, Kentucky (1935)

James "Kid" Lott
Tarrant City, Alabama (1931 )

John McIntosh
El Paso, Texas (1936)

Jimmy McLemore
Vincennes, Indiana (1931)

Mike Meroney / Charles Sinkey
Blytheville, Arkansas
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Carruthersville, Missouri
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Sikeston, Missouri

Bert Mauldin
Hope, Arkansas (July 1935 - )

Vic Miller
Greenwood, Mississippi (1934- )

Tom Packs
St. Louis, Missouri

Noel W. Ray
Gadsden, labama

Charlie Rentrop
Memphis, Tennessee
Montgomery, Alabama

Bill Romanoff
Jackson, Mississippi (1931-1955)
Biloxi, Mississippi
Gulfport, Mississippi

Sam Sampson
Santa Ana, California

George Sanders
El Dorado, AR (1934-

Curtis Sanford
Birmingham, Alabama (1931)


William Schwabe
Kirkland, Missouri (1933)

Julius Siegel
Shreveport, Louisiana

Sam Siegel
Birmingham, Alabama (1931)
Montgomery, Alabama (1931-1932)
Hartford, Connecticut (1933-)

Morris Sigel
Houston, Texas

Charles "Titanic" Sinkey
Corinth, Mississippi (1936-)

Al Stecher
Santa Cruz (1940)

Jack Spurgin
Maryville, Alabama (1931)

F.L. Thompson
Greenville, South Carolina (1933)

William "Red" Thornton
Santa Cruz, California

E.K. Tyler
Anniston, Alabama (9 Mar 1932 - )

Adam Weissmuller
Detroit, Michigan (193x-)
Lansing, Michigan (1933)

Roy Welch (Mid-South Booking)
Dyersburg, Tennessee
Clarksville, Tennessee