Tom Lurich

{{Short description|Polish professional wrestler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox professional wrestler | name = Tom Lurich | image =SLNSW 7870 Tom Lurich closeup of head shoulders.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Tom Lurich | birth_date = 1897 | birth_place = Russian Empire | death_date = 21 November 1968<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=17900|title=Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database|first=Axel|last=Saalbach|website=wrestlingdata.com}}</ref> | death_place = | death_cause = | residence = | alma_mater = | spouse =  | children = | family = | names = | height =  | weight =  | billed = | trainer = | debut = | retired = | website =  }} '''Tom Lurich''' (1897 – November 1968) was a Polish professional wrestler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/46057951|title=17 Apr 1929 - SPORTING - Trove|work=Trove|date=17 April 1929 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4588256|title=Wrestlers George Kotsonaros versus Tom Lurich, Melbourne, ca. 1930 [picture] - National Library of Australia|year=1930 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://commerce.wazeedigital.com/license/clip/48050052_3600.do|title=Tom Lurich wins empire wrestling championship; wrester pins - Wazee Digital}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iYPKAwAAQBAJ&dq=tom+lurich+wrestling&pg=PT164|title=Catch Wrestling|isbn=9781610047333|last1=Hewitt|first1=Mark S.|date=May 2005|publisher=Paladin Press }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/318052207|title=ArchiveGrid : Wrestlers George Kotsonaros versus Tom Lurich, Melbourne, ca. 1930 [picture].}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19621123&id=vIVWAAAAIBAJ&pg=5191,6569797&hl=en|title=The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search}}</ref><ref name="nsw.gov.au">{{cite web|url=http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemdetailpaged.aspx?itemid=402678|title=State Library of NSW Search - Manuscripts, Oral History, and Pictures Catalogue}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/object/141806|title=Heavyweight wrestling champion Tom Lurich|work=National Museum of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzwrestling.com/clipping/297/Why+Modern+Wrestling+Gets+Away+With+It.htm|title=Why Modern Wrestling Gets Away With It - NZ Wrestling}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/07/18/3548312.htm|title=Wrestling on radio in 1920s Melbourne|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=17900|title=Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database|author=Axel Saalbach}}</ref>{{excessive citations inline|date=January 2022}}

==Championships and accomplishments== * '''Professional wrestling''' ** Australian Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/australia/aus-h.html|title=Australian Heavyweight Title|website=Wrestling-Titles.com}}</ref> ** British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/australia/au-be-h.html|title=British Empire Heavyweight Title (Australia)|website=Wrestling-Titles.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/europe/uk/bwa/bwa-be-h.html|title=British Empire/Commonwealth Heavyweight Title (BWA)|website=Wrestling-Titles.com}}</ref>

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