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Ralph Parcaut
Ralph Edward Parcaut (December 3, 1896 – June 25, 1957) was a professional wrestler in the early part of the 20th century. He served in the U.S. Marines in World War I and won gold medals at the A.E.F. Games in Germany following the War, and at the Inter-Allied Games held near Paris in 1919. He also won the title of "Middleweight Champion of the World" in 1920 and held the title until at least 1923. He was injured in a plane crash while barnstorming around 1932, ending his pro wrestling career. He later became a promoter, trainer, author, and exhibitionist for early body building.
== Early life and training ==
Ralph Parcaut was born in Iowa on December 3, 1896.〔National Archives, Record Group 127, Records of the U.S.M.C.〕 His parents, Edward and Eva Parcaut, were farmers who, in 1894, had settled on a farm in Grant Township an area near Sutherland a small town in O'Brien County, Iowa. They had a family of seven children. From an early age, Parcaut took a keen interest in wrestling with other boys and began to demonstrate considerable aptitude for the sport. In 1906, at the age of 15, a local wrestling fan, impressed with Parcaut's talent and potential, gave him $100.00, a considerable sum of money at the time, to seek training from famed wrestler and instructor Martin "Farmer" Burns. At the time, Burns operated a school for wrestlers in Omaha, Nebraska where he taught "catch as catch can" or modern day freestyle wrestling and physical training. Parcaut traveled to Omaha, his $100.00 buying him 10 lessons, as Farmer Burns charged $10.00 an hour for one-on-one wrestling instruction with students. Burns instilled in young Parcaut what would become a lifelong regimen of training and most importantly, "clean living." As Parcaut recalled years later, "I'll never forget the first time I met him in Omaha ... All the way back to the gymnasium he talked to me about the evils of drink and of smoking and even urged me not to partake of tea or coffee."〔c.1938, Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa〕
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