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Wrestling

Wrestling was most popular in the 1960s, when local celebrities were brothers Ken and Doug Joyce.

The Windmill Club and Rushden Town Football Club were the main local venues. The brothers later opened Orbit Tyres, here in Rushden.

Doug Joyce
Doug Joyce
(Northamptonshire)

Born in Winnipeg, Canada, shaven-headed, tough and tenacious, Doug Joyce comes from Rushden. Several times, Joyce found himself challenging, the mid-heavyweight class leaders, for the British and European championships.

As a schoolboy he won a wrestling championship in his native Winnipeg; a professional wrestler for over ten years.

Doug Joyce



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