Bulldog Bob Brown

Brown,c. 1982
Personal information
Born	Robert Harold Brown[3] (1938-10-16)October 16, 1938[3] Shoal Lake, Manitoba, Canada[3]
Died	February 5, 1997(1997-02-05) (aged 58)[3] Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.[3]
Children	1
Family	David Brown (son) Doug Brown (brother) Kerry Brown (nephew)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Bob Brown[1] Bill Green[2] Butch Kelly[2]
Billed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Billed weight	244 lb (111 kg)[2]
Billed from	Kansas City, Missouri[1]
Trained by	Verne Gagne[1] Bronko Nagurski[1]
Debut	1956[2]
Retired	1996[3]

Robert Harold Brown (October 16, 1938 – February 5, 1997) was a Canadianprofessional wrestler, better known by hisring name"Bulldog" Bob Brown.

Brown was born inShoal Lake, Manitoba, but grew up in theSt. James-Assiniboia area ofWinnipeg. He was given the nickname "Bulldog" in grade school and worked as a police officer before becoming a professional wrestler.^[3][1]

Having worked as a policeman inManitoba, Brown also playedhockey. He started wrestling in the late 50s,^[4] working in places like Manitoba,Prince Edward Island,Nova Scotia,New Brunswick andAlberta. From 1969 to 1974 and in the early 1980s, Brown wrestled forNWA All Star Wrestling inVancouver and formedtag teams withGene Kiniski andJohn Quinn.^[4][1] InAtlantic Grand Prix Wrestling in the Maritime Provinces of Eastern Canada in the mid-1970s, he fought the likes ofLeo Burke andStephen Petitpas. He worked as a face for ten years in Kansas City before turning heel in late 1985.^[5] In interviews, he often argued about the events that had happened by turning the facts around. Brown fought with many big names throughout his career includingHarley Race andBill Dundee.^[4] Brown was a part of theWrestleRock event on April 20, 1986, where he was defeated byGiant Baba.^[6]

He found his greatest success while wrestling forNWA Central States.^[4] On June 14, 1968, Brown won a tournament for his first reign with theNWA Central States Heavyweight Championship, and held it a total of 19 times.^[7] Brown also held theNWA Central States Tag Team Championship 12 times with many partners.^[4][8] He often worked asbooker for the Central States and several other promotions.^[5][1] Brown even wrestled for theWorld Wrestling Council inPuerto Rico, forming a tag team withDale Veasey known as the Hunters.^[4] They won theWWC World Tag Team Championship fromMark andChris Youngblood on August 26, 1987, before dropping the titles back to the Youngbloods on September 20.^[9]

Brown also wrestled forStampede Wrestling withKerry Brown, who was billed as Brown's son, but was actually his nephew.^[3][1] On June 9, 1989, the Browns won theStampede International Tag Team Championship fromChris Benoit andBiff Wellington.^[10] That same year, Brown began working as thecolor commentator for Stampede's television show, alongsideEd Whalen.^[1]

Brown's brother Doug is a wrestlingpromoter, and his son David worked as aprofessional wrestling referee under the name David Puttnam.^[3] Brown was the uncle ofKerry Brown, who was a professional wrestler.^[11]

In 1996, Brown suffered aheart attack, and was pronounced dead twice before being revived, causing his retirement from in-ring competition.^[3] Following his retirement, he worked as a security guard at a horse and dog racing track in Kansas City, and the formerly named Flamingo Casino, now known as Isle of Capri Casino in Kansas City, Missouri.^[3][1]

Brown died of a heart attack while working at the casino on February 5, 1997, at the age of 58.^[4][12]

• Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling
  • AGPW North American Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Great Pogo Langie (1),Rick Valentine (1), andMasa Chono (1)^[13]
• Central States Wrestling
  • NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (19 times)^[7]
  • NWA Central States Tag Team Championship (12 times) – withGama Singh (1),Dick Murdoch (1),Pat O'Connor (1),Rufus R. Jones (1),Terry Taylor (1),Buzz Tyler (3),Marty Jannetty (1),Mitsuo Hata (2), and theCuban Assassin (1)^[8]
  • NWA North American Tag Team Championship(Central States version) (5 times) – withBob Geigel^[14][15]
  • NWA United States Heavyweight Championship(Central States version) (1 time)^[16]
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship(Central States version) (3 times) – withAl Hayes (1),Alexis Smirnoff (1), andBob Sweetan (1)^[1]
  • NWA Heart of America Championship (1 time)^[7]
  • NWA Iowa Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ripper Jack Daniels
• Eastern Sports Association
  • ESA International Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with The Patriot^[17]
  • ESA North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[18]
• Madison Wrestling Club
  • MWC Heavyweight Championship (7 times)^[1]
  • MWC Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with John DePaulo (1), Bill Kochen (2), and Lorne Corlett (1)^[1]
• NWA All-Star Wrestling
  • NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship(Vancouver version) (8 times) – withDutch Savage (2),John Quinn (3),Gene Kiniski (2), andAl Tomko (1)^[19]
  • NWA International Tag Team Championship(Vancouver version) (1 time) – with Buzz Tyler^[20]
  • NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship(Vancouver version) (3 times)^[21]
• Stampede Wrestling
  • NWA International Tag Team Championship(Calgary version) (1 time) – withKerry Brown^[10]
• World Wrestling Council
  • WWC World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - withDale Veasey^[9]
  • WWC North American Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Dale Veasey^[22]
• West Four Wrestling Alliance
  • WFWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[23]

• Bob Brown's profile atCagematch,Internet Wrestling Database
• Robert Brown atIMDb

• 1938 births
• 1997 deaths
• 20th-century male professional wrestlers
• 20th-century Canadian professional wrestlers
• 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
• Burials at Brookside Cemetery (Winnipeg)
• Canadian colour commentators
• Canadian expatriate professional wrestlers in the United States
• Canadian male professional wrestlers
• Professional wrestlers from Manitoba
• Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Champions
• WWC World Tag Team Champions
• NWA World Tag Team Champions (Central States version)

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