Also known as Charlie Sparks
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Probably the most prominent of the Fisher family, four years older than Arthur. Charlie Fisher was born shortly before the outbreak of World War 1 in 1914. He was wrestling in the All-In rings of Britain by the time he had reached his early twenties. One of the seven family Fisher brothers who started their sporting careers in a ring of a different kind, the boxing ring, and then turned to wrestling as the All In style became popular in the early 1930s.
Like the rest of the family Charlie was born in Poplar, but spent much of his life in Eltham, and was seen very much as a South London boy. A tough and rugged heavyweight, he usually just about stayed inside the rules. A report of a match in 1936 against Saxon Elliott tells us that after Charlie was disqualified he attacked the two seconds.
Following the Second World War Charlie was billed as British light heavyweight champion for a time. Charlie was one of the Fisher family who did enjoy travelling. In Britain he worked mainly in the south of England but he did travel overseas and worked on the Continent. After retiring from the ring in 1968 Charlie became a popular referee and Master of Ceremonies for Dale Martin promotions, and could often be seen officiating on television.
As an official he was a creature of habit and numerous shows witnessed reveal his nightly procedure. Moving around the hall every ten minutes in the hour before the start, no doubt checking the likely attendance. He enthusiastically drummed up interest in the next presentation, displayed disappointment at any lack of interest in the bouts, and was forever fleeing to the dressing room as if to avoid watching any wrestling at all costs. He came into his own, however, whenever a villain was playing up at the end of a bout, always ready to get involved regardless of his best bib and tucker. Unsmiling but lovable, Charlie Fisher was a ubiquitous Dale Martin Master of ceremonies throughout the seventies.
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