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)

Hubert Bayless (1933- )
Johnson City, Tennessee

Tony Bernardi (1934- )

Little Rock, Arkansas

Helena, Arkansas

Jonesboro, Arkansas (1934-1936)

Pete Buzukos

Yuma, Arizona (1932- )

Bud Cole
Benton Harbor, Michigan (1933-)

Jim Crockett (1933-)

Bristol, Tennessee

Greensboro, North Carolina

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Romeo Cunningham
Sante Fe, New Mexico (1936)

Jack Curley
New York, New York

Lou Cutler
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1933-)

Jimmy Dagley

Earlington, Kentucky  

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)

Pete Gardner

Bay City, Michigan (1935-1936)

Saginaw, Michigan (1935-1936)

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)

Frank Hunt

Pampa, Texas (1930- )

Chris Jordan
Anniston, Alabama
Bessemer, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
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, Florida
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 1933-1937

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 (1937- )
Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Sikeston, Missouri

Bert Mauldin
Hope, Arkansas (July 1935 - )

Vic Miller
Greenwood, Mississippi (1934- )

Dan Morris

Sandusky, Ohio (1936)

Tom Packs
St. Louis, Missouri

Noel W. Ray
Gadsden, Alabama

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