Gordon Solie

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New book about Gordon Solie at http://www.floridabookstore.com

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I have been waiting for this book for years , and it is as good as i hoped. I just finshed it last week and it was so good that I'm gonna read it again. The book is a inside look at the man who has the voice of the wrestling world for more then 20 years. Gordon Solie was without a doubt the best announcer is wrestling's past, present, and certainly, its future. Every wrestling fan should read this book. There is more truth about the sport here than in any wrestling book that I've read.

Here`s the link to my Biography of the Dean of Wrestling Announcers, Gordon Solie:
http://www.wwf4ever.de/w4ehof.php?name=o...on%20Solie

And by the way, is this you Robert?

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Am heutigen Dienstag den 12 April 2005 koennen die co Authoren vom "Gordon Solie...Something Left Behind" Buch Bob und Pam Allyn beim Interactive Radio von James Walsh und Jon Erik Clancy bei The "Blaze" zuhoeren sein.

Weitere Informationen hierzu findet ihr unter folgendem Link:
http://www.WrestlingEpicenter.com

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It has been nearly five years since pro wrestling's greatest television announcer, Gordon Solie, was dying of throat cancer.

Solie refused to take chemo, radiation, and all other treatments, preferring to fight cancer of the esophagus by himself. He had been fitted with an electro voice box and used that to communicate.

When his daughter, Pam Allyn, visited him the night before he died, he called out to her, "I love you, babe."

Allyn, a 1969 Bloomington High School graduate, was amazed because his words came from his normal voice, not the electro box.

For three decades, Solie was the preeminent announcer in Florida and Georgia; his audiences on cable television reached more than 11 million viewers per show.

His enthusiasm waned during his last years when he was handed a script. Before he had taken a few notes scribbled on a program to his microphone. He was not pleased with the sexual themes which began to invade pro wrestling and he worried about the wrestlers' health risks because of the gymnastics expected of them.

Pam and her husband, Bob, have completed a three-year project to publish her father's writings. The book has received favorable acclaim all over the southeast.

Allyn became her father's primary caregiver when he became seriously afflicted in 2000. "I knew my father was an intelligent man with an exceptional vocabulary," said Allyn. "His personal writings proved that Dad could create the same vivid images with a pen that he did with a microphone."

Solie left his writings to Allyn with the instruction, "You know what to do with them."

Allyn explained, "Earlier, my dad's intention was to publish his writings and was offered a hefty advance by Random House. Then, his health deteriorated. I followed my father's wishes and our labor of love is completed. I learned so much about my father and myself in this sometimes arduous three-year journey.

"After reading several pieces, Bob and I looked at each other and said, 'These are really good.' We selected some short stories and prose to appear in the book along with 180 images woven through out the text."

The book's title is "Gordon Solie -- Something Left Behind." It can be ordered at http://www.FloridaBookstore.com or at (407) 816-9596. Cost is $19.95.

Solie left his daughter 2,200 files, 180 pictures, and another 200 stories. "We have 50 boxes packed with his writings," said Allyn. "They are like part of our furniture.

"He began writing about 1955, when he was in his late 20s, and was acclaimed as one of the pioneers of stock car racing on Florida's Sun Coast. He wrote about what he was observing. He wrote on hotel stationary and some of those hotels no longer exist. He wrote on napkins and walls. If he could not sleep, he would get up in the middle of the night and write.

"His writings are unbelievable. Some are deep. You can see his happiness and his depression. I got to know him again.

"I was given an old satchel and asked to look through it. I found letters I had written to him as a kid."

Allyn and her father were separated by divorce when she was a relative youngster but she kept in touch on the sly with letters and sneaking off to meet him. Her father never lived in Bloomington.

Her father changed his name for career purposes in 1961. "Jonard Sjoblom just didn't seem right in the South, especially with wrestling and car racing fans," explained Allyn.

Allyn spent a year at Illinois State before marriage and three children. She later completed her special education degree in Florida, where her father lived. She is a high school reading specialist for special education and regular students in Florida.

"The Bloomington public schools were outstanding," said Allyn. "They expected a lot out of us. I was even president of the Pep Club when I was a senior at BHS."

Jim Barnhart is a former sports editor of The Pantagraph. Contact him at brnhrtj@aol.com

http://www.pantagraph.com/stories/041205...2041.shtml


As the late and legendary Gordon Solie would say: “So long from the great Peach State of Georgia.”

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Unter folgendem Link koennt ihr euch ein Interview mit Bob und Pam Allyn anschauen, denn Co Authoren von Gordon Solie-Something left Behind. Indem Video Interview erfahrt ihr viel ueber Gordon Solie und sieht einige Ausschnitte von ihm. Sehr empfehlenswert! Klickt einfach auf Video Story und dann kommt das Video:
http://www.tampabays10.com/sports/sports...ryid=13598