{{Short description|American wrestler (1890–1966)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox professional wrestler | name = Ted Thye | birthname = Theodore Thye | image = Ted Thye.png | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1890|08|26|mf=y}} | birth_place = Frederick, South Dakota, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|03|22|1891|08|26}} | death_place = Portland, Oregon | spouse = {{marriage|Frances C. Bushman|1919|1958|end=her death}} | relatives = Edward John Thye (brother) | height = 5 ft 9 in<ref name="Hornbaker">{{cite book |last=Hornbaker |first=Tim |date=2017 |title=Legends of Pro Wrestling: 150 Years of Headlocks, Body Slams, and Piledrivers |location=New York |publisher=Simon & Schuster |chapter=1. The Pioneers Blaze A Trail |isbn=978-1613218754}}</ref> | weight = 168 lb<ref name="Hornbaker"/> | billed = Portland, Oregon | trainer = Dave Burns<br />Dr. John Berg | debut = 1915 | retired = 1935 }} '''Theodore Thye''' (August 26, 1890 – March 22, 1966) was an American wrestler, promotor and manager in the United States.
== Professional wrestling career == During his career he worked with Emile Czaja and Ed "Strangler" Lewis. Thye was a multiple time winner of the World Light Heavyweight Championship. He was also the World Light Heavyweight Championship (Australian version) by defeating Clarence Eklund. He also won the Pacific Coast Middleweight Championship in 1920 and the Pacific Coast Light Heavyweight Championship in 1922. He defeated Billy Meeske in 1924. Thye wrestled under Stadiums Limited for a period of time.
Pacific Northwest Wrestling started in the early 1920s when Thye, a former world middleweight and world light-heavyweight (Australian version) wrestling champion,<ref name="Titles">{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2006|edition=4th | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 }}</ref> came to Portland with plans to promote both boxing and wrestling. Ted served as a booking agent for Lou Thesz at the Dominion Wrestling Union.
==Personal life== Thye was the brother of Edward John Thye.
==Championships and accomplishments== * '''Stadiums Limited''' ** World Light Heavyweight Championship (Australian version) (2 times, inaugural)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/australia/au-world-lh.html |title=World Light Heavyweight Title (Australia) |year=2003 |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |work=Wrestling-Titles.com|access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref> * '''Western Athletic Club''' ** World Light Heavyweight Championship (Pacific Coast version) (3 times)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pnw/nw-world-lh.html |title=World Light Heavyweight Title (Northwest) |year=2003 |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |work=Wrestling-Titles.com|access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref> ** Pacific Coast Middleweight Championship (1 time, inaugural)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pnw/wac/pc-m.html |title=Pacific Coast Middleweight Title (Oregon & Washington) |year=2003 |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |work=Wrestling-Titles.com|access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref> ** Pacific Northwest Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pnw/wac/pnw-lh.html |title=Pacific Northwest Light Heavyweight Title |year=2003 |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |work=Wrestling-Titles.com|access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref> ** Pacific Northwest Middleweight Championship (1 time)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pnw/pnw-m.html |title=Pacific Northwest Middleweight Title |year=2003 |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |work=Wrestling-Titles.com|access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref> ** Pacific Northwest Welterweight Championship (1 time)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pnw/pnw-wl.html |title=Pacific Northwest Welterweight Title |year=2003 |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |work=Wrestling-Titles.com|access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref> * '''Other titles''' ** World Middleweight Championship (1 time)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-m.html |title=World Middleweight Title |year=2003 |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |work=Wrestling-Titles.com|access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref> ** World Middleweight Championship (Los Angeles version) (1 time)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/s/la-world-m.html |title=World Middleweight Title (Los Angeles) |year=2003 |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |work=Wrestling-Titles.com|access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref> ** World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/world/world-lh.html |title=World Light Heavyweight Title |year=2003 |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |work=Wrestling-Titles.com|access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref>
== References == '''General''' * {{cite book|first=Virgílio|last=Stanlei|title=Conde Koma – O invencível yondan da história|language=Portuguese|trans-title=Conde Koma - The Invincible yondan history|publisher=Editora Átomo|year=2002|pages=33–34|isbn=85-87585-24-X|oclc=51830170}} * {{cite book |last=Verrier |first=Steven |date=2017 |title=Professional Wrestling in the Pacific Northwest: A History, 1883 to the Present |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland & Co. |isbn=978-1476670027}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.legacyofwrestling.com/TedThye.html |title=Ted Thye Wrestling History |last=Hornbaker |first=Tim |date= |website=LegacyOfWrestling.com |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}
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== External links == * [https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=17533&gimmick=Ted+Thye Ted Thye at Cagematch.net] * [https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=13150 Ted Thye at Wrestlingdata.com]
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