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The following is a list of gridiron football players who became professional wrestlers. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] People may appear on the list multiple times if they were signed to more than one league. For example, Clem Turner appears on the list five times because he was in five different leagues.
Harley Leland Race (April 11, 1943 – August 1, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, promoter, and trainer. [1]Race wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), and World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
William Kazmaier (born December 30, 1953) is an American former world champion powerlifter, world champion strongman and professional wrestler.During his illustrious career, he set over 40 powerlifting and strongman world records, and won two International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Championships and three World's Strongest Man titles.
Pro Wrestling Illustrated. PWI Tag Team of the Year (1972) with The Crusher; Ranked #300 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003 [39] Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (Class of 2005) – Tag Team with Crusher (Class of 2011) – Television Era [40] St. Louis Wrestling Club. NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship [41]
During his time with the Bears, he was a two-time Pro Bowler and five-time All-Pro, winning Super Bowl XX with the team. He ended his football career with the Green Bay Packers , before making appearances for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) ahead of WrestleMania XI .
In the aftermath of the 2011 natural disasters in Japan, Vader and his son Jesse wrestled on special tribute cards for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Pro Wrestling Zero1. On December 7, 2012, Vader returned to AJPW once again, teaming with Keiji Mutoh and Kenso to defeat Bambi Killer , Franz Dynamite and Mazada in a six-man tag team match.
Carter Starocci, maybe the most feared wrestler in the country, could barely get off the mat.. It was the end of his final, celebratory Penn State wrestling victory at Rec Hall, the rousing send ...
In 2002, he was ranked 90 out of 100 wrestlers for Dave Meltzer's Top 100 Wrestlers of All Time. In 2009, Nagurski was an honorary team captain, represented by his son, Bronko Nagurski Jr., at the opening game of TCF Bank Stadium. His home town's International Falls high school is nicknamed the Broncos in his honor.