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Legendary Wrestler writes book
St. Louis, Missouri -- July 31st, 2004 – Penny Banner, a pioneer in the Golden Age of Women's Wrestling, 1954 -1977,
has written her autobiography about her early days on the road. Penny, from St. Louis, Missouri who has wrestled all over the United States, Canada and Mexico was the AWA's first womens champion. She has battled everyone from the great June Byers, Tami Jones and The Fabulous Moolah. Her book was published by Flying Mare Productions and can be purchased at
http://bannerdays.com
"Banner Days"
· The Book starts in Angola, Indiana where Penny Banner tells the process of winning the women's FIRST A.W.A. Wrestling title in 1961 when June Byers, the N.W.A. Woman’s Champion who defeated Mildred Burke, failed to show up after Penny went to a draw with her in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It goes on to tell the part of her life that Kay Flair was absolutely overwhelmed at hearing.
· Beginning with the unusual circumstances which involved her parents' divorce, and going into an orphan's home.
· Getting out 9 months later to live in a U.S. government housing project, called the Peabody Terrace Projects in St. Louis.
· Leaving high school for work to help her mother cope with raising us 4 siblings without a father.
· Meeting a man named Blackie when she was at 16 yrs. old; he was 5 years my senior and tried to rape her nightly.
The time when the FBI came to her and asked for help in capturing Blackie - which she did.
Going in hiding at 16 yrs of age and becoming a Governess for the 3 children of "Mag," a wonderful man who was her family's Superman.
Training - not to wrestle but to defeat Blackie, when he got out of jail.
How serendipity set in, and the details of how a girl could become a wrestler, when she never watched wrestling or seen women wrestle.
How she went from a governess of three years to a wrestler in just two weeks because shed already learned Judo to protect herself from Blackie if he ever found her.
Road stories of the life and times of a girl wrestler in the mid 50's, a time when states barred women wrestling, and how they paved the way for states to allow women to wrestle, and the chauvinism they found in "payoffs".
Her years of dreamy dates with Elvis, just before he went into the Army (from 1956 til March 1958 ).
Her stormy 35 year marriage... and the events that led to her divorce.
Her volunteering for youth and loving to teach them.
Finding out she had a touch of emphysema after 43 years of smoking cigarettes, then throwing them away.
Joining the Senior Olympic Games at age 56, and taking up swimming to help her lungs, and competing in the Discus/Shot Put/Hammer Throw.
Her opinion of the display of women today.
Her life today as a real estate agent, and loving to sing Karaoke.
The wonderful people who have helped her travel that long, hard road called ' LIFE.'
That is Banner Days!
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