Title History
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Career Highlights
- July 18, 1925: A 7-year-old Clara Mortenson made her wrestling debut in a match against her brother Leo Mortenson..
- ~~~The match was set up by their father, Mart Mortenson, who was also a professional wrestler in Portland, Oregon..
- ~~~They mainly did amateur wrestling they were taught by there father and were awarded silvers from the crowd after..
- Clara Mortenson and her brothers would be professionally trained a few years later by their father Mart Mortenson..
- Clara Mortenson would also be trained by her manager Bluebeard Bill Lewis.
- 1932: Clara Mortenson was billed as Women’s World Champion after defeating Barbara Ware..
- Clara Mortensen would also often wrestle men aswell as team with her brother Leo in feuds he was having..
- January 28, 1937: Mildred Burke defeated Clara Mortenson to become Women’s World Champion ending a 5 year reign..
- February 9, 1937: Billy Wolfe (Mildred Burke’s husband) defeated Clara Mortensen in a man vs. woman match by DQ..
- February 11, 1937: Clara Mortenson defeated Mildred Burke to become a two time Women’s World Champion.
- May 3, 1937: Clara Mortensen defeated Betty McGee in Memphis, Tennessee…
- June 29, 1937: Clara Mortensen defeated rival Rita Martinez in San Francisco, Florida..
- July 2, 1937: Clara Mortensen defeated Mexican Women’s Champion Rita Martinez in Oakland, California..
- September 1, 1937: Dolores Gonzales took on Clara Mortensen in a bout that took place in the San Antonio, Texas..
- ~~~Both women tumbled out of the irng and champion Clara Mortensen’s breasts were exposed in somewhat of a shoot..
- July 13, 1937: Clara Mortensen defeated Mary Davis in San Francisco, Florida..
- November 1, 1937: Clara Mortenson defeated Maria Gardini after an airplane spin..
- April 12, 1939: Clara Mortenson defeated Mildred White…
- January 22, 1946: Clara Mortensen vs. Rita Martinez ended in a draw in Klamath Falls..
- January 23, 1946: Clara Mortensen defeated Rita Martinez
- February 27, 1946: Clara Mortensen vs. Rita Martinez ended in a draw..
- February 28, 1946: Clara Mortensen defeated Rita Martinez
- Clara Mortenson would remain a contender to Women’s World Champion Mildred Burke for a number of years..
- Clara Mortenson retired and became an Hollywood actress and starred in the movie “Racket Girls” in 1951..
- 1951: Clara Mortenson starred in “Pin-Down Firls,” another movie inspired by and about women’s wrestling.
- She began calling herself Women’s World Champion after Mildred Burke began calling herself WWWA Women’s Champion.
- 1952: Maria Bernardi won a Tournament lastly defeating Clara Mortenson to become the Women’s World Champion..
- Clara Mortenson was one the first honorees by the Cauliflower Alley Club..