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The Leeds Athletic Institute had a reputation for producing good wrestlers. Well, that’s where Tom Jowett started out in the amateur ranks. At that time his elder brother, Terry, was making his name known as an up and coming welterweight and one half of the White Angels tag team.
It seems that wasn’t enough to motivate Tom and he drifted away from wrestling for a short time. It didn’t take too long and Tom returned to wrestling, this time joining the Doncaster Y.M.C.A. where he met Catweazle Gary Cooper, Tiny Lee and Dave Shade.
Tom made his professional debut in the early 1960s, initially gaining experience with independent promoters. In 1971 it was the time for a move forward with regular bookings from George DeRelwyskow bringing him into the Joint Promotions camp. June 1971 and Tom spent the summer wrestling the likes of Peter Kaye, The Doc, Jim McKenzie and Bill Ross. Another opponent during that first summer was Tiny Lee. Tiny and Tom knew each other well, having met at the Doncaster YMCA. The following summer they formed a tag team, known appropriately for two Doncaster lads as The Dons.
Although Tom disappeared from our radar in 1974 we have been told he continued wrestling until the early 1990s using the name Silver Fox.
Tom Jowett died on 13th August, 2024.
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