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Martin Austin Ruane (10 October 1946 – 29 November 1998) [5] was a British professional wrestler of Irish parentage, best known by the ring name Giant Haystacks. He was one of the best-known wrestlers on the British wrestling scene in the 1970s and 1980s.
Ruane achieved fame in his home country as "Giant Haystacks", a modified version of Calhoun's gimmick. Ruane first wrestled as "Haystacks Calhoun", a direct copy of the American original, while working for Wrestling Enterprises (of Birkenhead) in the early 1970s, before modifying his name and character. [12]
Shirley Crabtree Jr., was the first child of a blacksmith's daughter and weighed about twelve pounds at birth. [1]: 12 He was given the name Shirley, like his father, who was a professional player of rugby league for Halifax R.L.F.C. and part of the team that won the Challenge Cup at Wembley in 1931.
Haystacks Calhoun (William Calhoun; 1934–1989), American professional wrestler Giant Haystacks (Martin Ruane; 1946–1998), British professional wrestler Places
One of the company's earliest claims to fame was rebranding the wrestler Martin Ruane, formerly known as Luke McMasters, as new character Giant Haystacks. Originally called "Haystacks Calhoun", he was patterned after the similar American wrestler of the same name, about whom Dixon had read in imported American wrestling magazines. [7]
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