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Wiltshire Independent, Little Cock and Blind Bill: two celebrated wrestlers (1838)

  • Blind Wrestler Champion Devon Wrestling William Wreford
  • Date: June 28, 1838
  • Source: Wiltshire Independent
  • Type: Newspaper

TWO CELEBRATED WRESTLERS, LITTLE COCK AND BLIND BILL. John Coppe, commonly called Little Cock, lived in the neighbourhood of Great Torrington, in Devonshire. This man, who lived to an advanced age, never exceeded five feet five inches in stature. In his youth he remained master of the ring at all the wrestling matches in the […]

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