09/12/1860 - Coney Island, NY
Dr. J.B. McCauley vs John Kilkenny
11/08/1860 - New York, NY - Kerrigan's ("crowded to excess"; * primarily a boxing show)
Collar & Elbow: Mike Gaynor def Mike Fulham
Mike Gaynor def Nick Smith
Little Clark vs Morris
"an Englishman" vs Thompson
09/18/1862
Ernese Roeber is born in Germany.
12/24/1862 New York, NY - Henry Wilson's
Frank Clark (2-0) John Hurly
01/??/1863 - Jersey City, NJ
Frederick Bunnell drew "a young man from Connecticut"
02/05/1863 - Jersey City, NJ - Hudson House
Collar & Elbow (15min per round 2/3): Louis Ainsworth (2-1) F.D. Bunnell
04/14/1863 - New York, NY - Mozart Hall (attn: "large")
Nathaniel Ainsworth (3min) Harry Collins
Collar & Elbow: Nathaniel Ainsworth (2-1) Lawler
American Collar & Elbow Title*: Harry Hill def Lieutenant Ainsworth
04/21/1863 - New York, NY - Old Mozart Hall
Louis Ainsworth vs Harry Hill
08/17/1864 - New York, NY - Cremorne Garden
Collar & Elbow: John Farley drew Joseph(?) Lawler
Uzile Prickett (2-0) Harry Hill
05/14/1866 - Newark, NJ - Driving Park
American Collar & Elbow Title: James H. McLaughlin def Louis Ainsworth
06/05/1867
George Bothner is born in New York, NY.
06/16/1867 - Little Falls, NJ
Joseph Truker vs John Turner
* During the match the backers of the two men got into a fight. Wm. Robson had his thumb bitten off by John Van Gieson.
08/20/1867 - Weehawken, NJ (attn: "large number of their friends")
Collar & Elbow: Jerry Anderson (3-1) Albert Stonehall
08/27/1867 - Weehawken, NJ
Collar & Elbow: Jerry Anderson vs Albert Stonehall
??/??/1867 - New York, NY - Theatre Comique
Harry Hill def Homer Lane
* According to a biographical pice of Hill written in 1867.
06/01/1868 - New York, NY - Harry Hill's
American Collar & Elbow Title: Homer Lane [Western champion] (default) Louis Ainsworth [Eastern champion]
American Collar & Elbow Title: Homer Lane* def Harry Hill [sub. for Ainsworth]
09/12/1868 - New York, NY - Harry Hill's(?)
Homer Lane vs Hall or "his novice"
"a West-sider" vs Hall or "his novice"
* The novice is said to be Luke Murphy's Unknown. This match was arranged during the arrival celebration of Robert Brettle, the boxer from England.
02/04/1869 - New York, NY - Alhambra (attn: "excellent")
Homer Lane (2-0) Young Ryan
* Primarily a boxing show.
03/03/1869 - New York, NY
American Collar & Elbow Title(?): Homer Lane* def James Johnson
04/09/1869 - New York, NY - Harry Hill's (postponed due to no-show by Harry Grace)
Homer Lane vs Harry Grace
05/31/1869 - New York, NY - Harry Hill's
Homer Lane (2-0) Harry Grace
10/??/1869 - Woodbury, CT
??? (forfeit) ???
* The second unknown had his leg broken and a match was arranged for his benefit.
??/??/1869 - Woodbury, CT
* Benefit for ??? with a broken leg
"A Butcher" (forfeit) "A Blacksmith"
* The blacksmith broke his leg. The paper states "It does not appear who is to wrestle for the blacksmith's benefit."
Researches by J Michael Kenyon, Jimmy Wheeler, Hisaharu Tanabe
