| 词条 | The French Angel |
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| name = The French Angel | image = Maurice Tillet.png | image_size = | caption = Tillet in 1940 | alt = | birth_name = Maurice Tillet | birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|10|23}} | birth_place = Ural Mountains, Russian Empire | death_date = {{Death date and age|1954|9|4|1903|10|23}} | death_place = Chicago, Illinois, United States[1] | names = The French Angel World's Ugliest Man[1] | height = {{convert|5|ft|9|in|2|abbr=on|order=flip}}[1] | weight = {{convert|270|lb|0|abbr=on|order=flip}}[1] | resides = | billed = | trainer = Karl Pojello | debut = 1937 | retired = 1953 }} Maurice Tillet (October 23, 1903 – September 4, 1954) was a French professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, The French Angel. Tillet was a leading box office draw in the early 1940s and was twice contracted to act as World Heavyweight Champion by the American Wrestling Association run by Paul Bowser in Boston. Early lifeTillet was born in 1903 in the Ural Mountains in Russia to French parents.[1] His mother was a teacher and his father was a railroad engineer. Tillet's father died when he was young. As a child he had a completely normal appearance and Tillet was nicknamed "The Angel" due to his angelic face. In 1917, Tillet and his mother left Russia due to the Revolution and moved to France, where they settled in Reims. When Tillet was 20, he noticed swelling in his feet, hands, and head, and after visiting a doctor was diagnosed with acromegaly—a condition usually caused by a benign tumor on the pituitary gland, resulting in bone overgrowth and thickening.[2] He had wanted to become a lawyer, but his acromegaly prevented him from doing so. Tillet served in the French Navy for five years as an engineer.[2] Professional wrestling careerIn February 1937, Tillet met Karl Pojello (Lithuanian Karolis Požėla) in Singapore. Pojello was a professional wrestler, and convinced Tillet to enter the business. Tillet and Pojello moved to Paris for training, and Tillet wrestled for two years in France and England until World War II forced them to leave for the United States in 1939.[2] In Boston, Massachusetts, in 1940, promoter Paul Bowser pushed Tillet, who was wrestling as The French Angel, as a main eventer, and he became a large draw in the area. As a result of his popularity, Tillet was booked as unstoppable, scripted to win for a span of 19 consecutive months. Tillet acted as the AWA World Heavyweight Champion from May 1940 until May 1942. In early 1942, he also worked as the Montreal-based world heavyweight champion.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} He re-appeared with the Boston-based title for a short time in 1944.[2] As a result of his success, several Angel imitators emerged, including Paul Olaffsen (Swedish Angel), who also had acromegaly; Tony Angelo (Russian Angel), Tor Johnson (Super Swedish Angel), Jack Rush (Canadian Angel), Wladislaw Tulin (Polish Angel), Stan Pinto (Czech Angel), Clive Welsh (Irish Angel), Jack Falk (Golden Angel), Gil Guerrero (Black Angel), and Jean Noble (Lady Angel). Tillet competed against Tor Johnson, who was billed as The Swedish Angel on those occasions.[2] By 1945, Tillet's health began to fail and he was no longer advertised as unstoppable. In his final wrestling match, in Singapore on February 14, 1953, working The National Wrestling Alliance Mid South Area then known as Tri-State and owned by Leroy McGuirk he agreed to lose to Bert Assirati.[2] In 1950, Chicago sculptor Louis Linck befriended Tillet and made a series of plaster busts commemorating him for his wrestling career. One of the busts is in Chicago’s International Museum of Surgical Science. DeathTillet died on September 4, 1954, in Chicago, from cardiovascular disease.[2] Tillet is buried at Lithuanian National Cemetery in Justice, Illinois, Cook County, {{convert|20|mi|km}} south of Chicago. Championships and accomplishments
References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://m.imdb.com/name/nm6738160/bio|title=Maurice Tillet|website=IMDb}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 {{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2011/12/14/19123831.html|title=The French Angel was more man than monster|date=December 14, 2011|last=Oliver|first=Greg|accessdate=February 11, 2012|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/newengland/awa/ma-awa-h.html|title=American Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title [Boston]}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://prowrestlinghistoricalsociety.com/awa-boston-world-heavyweight-championship.html|title=Title Lineages: AWA (Boston) World Heavyweight Championship}} Bibliography
External links{{Commons category|Maurice Tillet}}
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