Harry Greb's Real Name?

Does anyone else find it the least bit suspicious that Klompton backwards is Notpmolk? As in, he's not Polk, but with an 'm' thrown in there to make it like a code, like pig Latin? As in, he really is a Polk? Polk, as in from the Scots surname POLLACK, as in...ADAM POLLACK?!!!

 

I did find the following:
https://www.harrygreb.com/birthcertificate.html

So I of course cannot verify it is legit, but will throw it in to the mix

 

So the thought struck me too, since Berg is a Germanic name for mountain. I'd mentioned it to Klompton and iirc he set me straight that the correct name is indeed Greb.

 

Yep, it’s true - Harry Greb was really Harry Berg. Also, Larry Holmes is actually Jewish as well - Larry Holmes is just an anagram of his real name…. Lerry Shalom.

 

This story's been around since the 20s and seems to persist no matter how many times it's debunked. It doesn't stand up to investigation. Multiple documentary sources - the birth certificate, the 1900 census - confirm that his family name was Greb.

I've read that it was made up by a press agent because at some point it was better for business to be Jewish rather than German. I wouldn't want to stake my house on the truth of that story either.

 

I’ve actually heard that it was Berg as well although reversed at some point in time. But that he was of German descent not Jewish. Pennsylvania has a large German community in America. Perhaps that was just a rumor, as Berg is more common a surname than Greb

 

Fore years he was listed as Irish for some reason.

 

Yea I had a Jewish gentleman tell me this too. I don't buy it. From everything I've ever read Greb is German on his father's side and Irish on his Mother's.

 

His real name isn’t Harry Greb.

It’s actually HAROLD Greb.

They misspelled it on the birth certificate so it looks like Henry, but it’s Harold.

Happens all the time.

 

He was just boasting, trying to up his legacy even more.

 

The name “Harry Crumb”’was floated at some point but it didn’t gain any traction.

 

Hey Mc, is this one of those WHO AM I questions? #XXXXIX - because I so know the answer/name of the banned poster and his former alias also (for bonus points).