Antonio Pereira collection

Collection

Identifier: P11

No requestable containers
Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Consists of materials related to Antonio Pereira's activities as a professional wrestler and his work with the Boy Scouts of America and the West Tampa Boys Club. Includes correspondence, reports, news clippings, awards, trophies, and photographs. Also includes a key to the city of Tampa, presented by Mayor Nick Nuccio in 1967.

Dates

Created: 1915-1988
Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1995

Creator

Pereira, Antonio, -1988 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

None. The contents of this collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.

Biographical or Historical Information

Antonio Pereira was a Spanish national who immigrated to the United States through Cuba. Shortly after World War I, he toured as a professional wrestler with Ringling Brothers Circus. In 1926, Pereira settled in West Tampa, where he founded both the West Tampa Boys Club and Boy Scout Troop 38. He died in 1988. Sanchez, Arsenio M. "Revisiting the Historical Markers of West Tampa." Sunland Tribune 26 (2000): 89-95.