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After this, he traveled to Texas to work for Fritz Von Erich's NWA Big Time Wrestling. On March 31, 1978, Brown and Killer Tim Brooks defeated José Lothario and Al Madril to win the NWA Texas Tag Team Championship, Brown's first championship. [3] The reign only lasted a week before Brown and Brooks lost the championship to David and Kevin Von ...
Charles Bilal was mayor of Kountze, Texas, USA.He is notable for being the first Muslim in America to be elected as an American Muslim to a US municipality. [1]Bilal lives in Kountze where, in 1991, he was elected as the first Muslim mayor of a US municipality.
In WCW, Simmons was a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion; [1] [7] as the first African American to win the title, [8] he is recognized by WWE as the first Black world champion in professional wrestling history. [9] He was also a one-time WCW World Tag Team Champion with Butch Reed and a one-time WCW United States Tag Team Champion with Big ...
First African-American man to win a Grand Slam tennis event: Arthur Ashe (See also: Althea Gibson, 1956; Serena Williams, 2003) First African American to start at quarterback in the modern era of professional football: Marlin Briscoe (Denver Broncos, AFL) First African-American coach to win NBA Championship: Bill Russell
After winning the Denver Post's Gold Helmet award and helping Wheat Ridge High School win its first state football championship [2], Steinmark was a member of the 1969 Texas Longhorns football team, which won a national championship. Texas beat the 1969 Arkansas Razorbacks football team 15-14 in the "Game of the Century" on December 6, 1969 ...
Hady Habib's history-making run at the Australian Open will continue after the first man to represent Lebanon in a Grand Slam singles tournament in the Open era became the first to win a match ...
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Riley guaranteed that the Lakers would be the first NBA team to win consecutive titles since the 1968–69 Celtics, and they defeated the Detroit Pistons for the championship in 1988. [ 1 ] [ 139 ] Abdul-Jabbar made only 3 of 14 shots in Game 6 of the finals, but he converted two free throws with 14 seconds remaining to extend the series to ...