Bob Diry
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Robert "Bob" Diry (in Austria Robert Dirry, born 12 July 1884 in Vienna, Austria,[1] died 9 February 1935 in New York City[2]) was an Austrian middleweight world champion 1908 in wrestling. In 1910, he trained in Jiu-Jitsu under T.Tobari of the Tenshin-Shin-Yo-ryu and Kodokan Judo at the Vienna Athletics Club which helped him win a lightweight wrestling title. After his migration to America he tried boxing, making him versed in all 3 areas common to modern MMA. He was defeated by George Ashe (boxer) in 1913 in a knockout.[3][4] Bob would continue wrestling in the US and coached at the New York Athletics club around the years of 1930.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Birth record Vienna, parish St. Josef in Margareten, vol. 62, p. 144
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Dirry in the database of the University of Leipzig
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