Also known as Reggie Ramsden
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Half a century after the most popular days of British wrestling there remain some men who are hardly remembered. Men with talent, such as Dave Ramsden.
Young Yorkshireman Dave Ramsden, from Ossett, was trained by former British heavyweight champion Ernest Baldwin at his gymnasium in Tingley, Yorkshire. Well, he couldn;t have had a much better tutor.
Dave turned professional in January 1966 and was to remain a busy yet unspectacular worker on the Joint Promotions circuit for a dozen years before disappearing towards the end of 1978.
Many of his earliest matches were against fellow Yorkshireman Mike James (Mick Jackson) but by the end of the year he was opposing a greater range of more experienced opponents such as Peter Preston, Sid Cooper and Ted Heath. He worked mainly in the north of England and Scotland for all the Joint Promotions companies.
A frequent worker for Relwyskow and Green Promotions meant that Dave often worked in Scotland, a tag partner of Andy Robin and a member of the Eldorado All Star Wrestling team , captained by Andy Robin and largely populated by Yorkshiremen (Ian Gilmour, Mick McMichael, Jim McKenzie and Alan Bardouille were also in the team at the time).
During his career he wrestled most of the bigger names in the lighter weight divisions: Jim Breaks, Mick McManus, Zoltan Boscik and Vic Faulkner. We cold find record of only one television appearance, which surprised us; losing to Jackie Robinson by the odd fall in a match broadcast in July 1975. Towards the end of his career promoters gave him the name of Reggie Ramsden.
Dave Ramsden disappeared from the wrestling scene around 1978.
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