Phil Mickelson confuses his Twitter followers with a random tweet on President Abraham Lincoln’s wrestling Hall of Fame record
Phil Mickelson enlightens his followers with one rare and unknown fact about the 16th United States President Abraham Lincoln.
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As active as Phil Mickelson is on the field for golf, he does not leave an opportunity to leave his followers entertained on social media as well. The Lefty this Sunday left a random tweet as food for thought for his followers. The tweet was about the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.
Through the tweet, Phil Mickelson put out a random fact about President Abraham Lincoln’s wrestling record. Mickelson writes that President Lincoln had a record of roughly 299-1 being inducted into the Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame. In the following sentence, he congratulates the Kansas City Chiefs for winning the Super Bowl last Sunday.
Introspecting further into the fact, it was true that President Lincoln had a commendable wrestling record, according to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. The organization describes Lincoln as a “physical specimen at 6 feet 4 inches, widely known for his wrestling skills.” Indeed, Mickelson did lighten up the day for his followers with an interesting fact about the former President.
Phil Mickelson enlightens his followers with an interesting fact about President Abraham Lincoln
Phil Mickelson started an exciting conversation among his followers about the history of one of the most significant former Presidents of the United States. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame website has a very vivid description of President Lincoln’s wrestling career.
The website describes him as a rough and ready wrestler with a “catch as catch can” style of wrestling. His prowess came in hand-to-hand combat, and he had recorded only one defeat in over 12 years of wrestling.
One of the most prominent events from Abraham Lincoln’s wrestling endeavor came when he was age 19. He had defended his step-brother’s river barge from some Natchez thugs who tried to hijack the area. Lincoln was able to defeat those hijackers by throwing them overboard.
Furthermore, when he was a storekeeper at New Salem, Lincoln had to face the county champion, Jack Armstrong. When he found Armstrong fouling against him, he dashed him to the ground and knocked him out.
President Lincoln was one of the key proponents of ending slavery in the United States and gaining victory against the Confederates in the Civil War. He was assassinated on 15 April 1865 by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford Theater.
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