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2 unusual facts about Tom Packs


Tom Packs

By the early 1930s, the professional wrestling industry was in transition following the break-up of the Gold Dust Trio and amidst the economic vacuum left by the Great Depression.

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By the time of Jack Curley’s death in 1937, Tom Packs had already emerged as arguably the industry’s most powerful promoter; and over the years, he subsequently helped groom a number of the sport’s top wrestlers, including Bill Longson, Abe Coleman, Orville Brown, and Fred Blassie.



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