Billy Riley
Baseball
During his days as a moulder in the Lancashire mining town of Wigan, Billy Riley trained with the miners in the art of Lancashire catch-as-catch-can wrestling, one of the roughest and most loved sports of the region.\n', '
The tough Wigan native soon began showing extraordinary submission skills. Riley was known to be a devastating "hooker" and it showed in his wrestling matches as he soon gained notoriety for breaking his opponent\'s arms. During the 1930s Riley travelled to Africa to capture a British Empire championship from Jack Robinson.\n', '
Riley decided to teach catch wrestling in Wigan. He bought a small plot of land in the 1950s on Pyke Street in the town and with the help of his students, built a gymnasium on the land. Billy Riley\'s gym became known as the Snake Pit.\n', '
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