As per our current Database, Sammy Menacker has been died on 7 January, 1994 at Auburn, Illinois, USA.
When Sammy Menacker die, Sammy Menacker was 80 years old.
| Popular As | Sammy Menacker |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Age | 80 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | May 13, 1914 (New York City, New York, USA) |
| Birthday | May 13 |
| Town/City | New York City, New York, USA |
| Nationality | USA |
Sammy Menacker’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Sammy Menacker was born in the Year of the Tiger. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Tiger are authoritative, self-possessed, have strong leadership qualities, are charming, ambitious, courageous, warm-hearted, highly seductive, moody, intense, and they’re ready to pounce at any time. Compatible with Horse or Dog.
Slammin' Sam Menacker personified Wrestling. Born Frank Menacker in 1915, Sam became a famous wrestler (or "Rassler") in the 1940s. His high-profile character even got him some movie roles, his most famous being one of the 10 strongmen in "Mighty Joe Young" (1949) where, alongside onetime world boxing champion Primo Carnera, and actor Henry Kulky, they had a tug-rope match with the giant ape.
Around 1960, Sam migrated to Indianapolis where, retired from wrestling, he did color commentary for the American Wrestling Association, and after 1964 for the World Wrestling Association, on local WTTV Channel 4.
Along with the wildly popular Chuck Marlowe (and occasionally with local villain Handsome Bobby Heenan,who later gained fame as Bobby "the brain" Heenan) they provided exciting ringside reports every Saturday afternoon, commenting on the tactics of Dick the Bruiser ("The World's Most Dangerous Wrestler"), Wilbur Snyder ("The World's Most Scientific Wrestler"), Cowboy Bob Ellis, Bobo Brazil and other arch-heroes and arch-villains.
(In 1963, when I was 10, I was amazed that every World Champion lived in Indianapolis.) As Sam provided the lively commentary (Wrestling shows are mainly hype) every main event, it seemed, called for "an investigation by the Commission" and "a Re-Match" -- usually a Lumberjack Match, or a Texas Death Match (which would not be televised, you'd have to go to the arena and pay).
Sam retired from commentating in the late 1970s; he died in Illinois in 1994.
