Dick the Bruiser

Dick the Bruiser

CountryUnited States United States
GenderMale
BirthdayJun 27, 1929
Death1991-11-10
BiographyWilliam Fritz Afflis Jr. (June 27, 1929 – November 10, 1991) was an American professional wrestler, promoter, and National Football League player, better known by his ring name, Dick the Bruiser. During his NFL days he played four seasons with the Green Bay Packers. He was also a very successful professional wrestler: sixteen-time world champion, AWA World Heavyweight Champion once, WWA World Heavyweight Champion (Indianapolis version) thirteen times, World Heavyweight Champion (Omaha version) once, and WWA World Heavyweight Champion (Los Angeles version) once. He also excelled at tag-team wrestling, with 20 tag team championships in his career. Eleven of these championships were won alongside his long-time tag-team partner Crusher Lisowski.

He was one of the most well known heels from the mid-1950s until the early 1980s, famous for his feuds with the likes of Lou Thesz, Bobo Brazil, Angelo Poffo, and "Classy" Freddie Blassie. He is an inductee of the International Wrestling Hall of Fame, St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame, WCW Hall of Fame, Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame, and WWE Hall of Fame.

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Known For

AWA Championship Wrestling
Ended

AWA Championship Wrestling

as Dick the Bruiser

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