Harley Race
American professional wrestler, promoter and trainer (1943–2019)
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Key Takeaways
- Harley Leland Race (April 11, 1943 – August 1, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, professional wrestling promoter, and trainer.
- He was a eight-time world champion, having won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship eight times, and was the first NWA United States Heavyweight Champion.
- Early life Race was born in Quitman, Missouri, on April 11, 1943.
- After overcoming polio as a child, he began training as a professional wrestler as a teen under former world champions Stanislaus and Władek Zbyszko, who operated a farm in his native Missouri.
- Enraged, Race attacked him, resulting in his expulsion.
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WikipediaHarley Leland Race (April 11, 1943 – August 1, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, professional wrestling promoter, and trainer.
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). He was a eight-time world champion, having won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship eight times, and was the first NWA United States Heavyweight Champion.
Race is one of six men to have been inducted into each of the WWE Hall of Fame, the NWA Hall of Fame, the WCW Hall of Fame, the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.
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