Rocky Nelson

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Biography

Colombian wrestler fighter, winner of four world championships making debut next to the Fighter Babe Killer, under the direction of the great Fighter El Soberano one and Alfonso Castro (Víctor Manuel Castro. This way it begins his career of trips and victories, confirming his alternative in Lima Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina and Brazil. In the TV show "Titans of the Ring" he projects to the world, from Santiago of Chile, with the nickname "Rocky Nelson el Rey del Tornillo". Contracting it in Panama, Costa Rica, Salvador, Guatemala or Mexico. And in all these Leagues he knew and fought against big personalities of the world Billboard, some of them as: Leopardo, Ventarron, Cavernario, Huracán Ramírez, Ray Mendoza, Canelo Segura, el Santo, Rayo de Plata, Asdrúbal el Jaguar de Colombia. In 1975 he begins his European tour Fighting for the whole Spanish territory, Switzerland, Germany, France, Austria and also in Africa: Mozambique, Zimbabwe, The Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Morocco. He appears in movies like Jaume Balaguero's "The nameless" or the short "Consumición obligatoria" directed by Paco Galindo. He also collaborates as specialist and double in punctual projects and vocational schools. Nowadays he organizes and is A Manager of Big Parties of Fight. Relies on big friends and fighters federated in Mexico, Norway, France as well as several Federations, for his prestige and his Human Values.

  • Primary profession
  • Sound_department
  • Nationality
  • United States
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 18 November 1924
  • Place of birth
  • Portsmouth· Ohio
  • Death date
  • 2006-10-31
  • Death age
  • 82
  • Place of death
  • Portsmouth· Ohio
  • Member of
  • Cleveland Indians·Pittsburgh Pirates·St. Louis Cardinals·Montreal Royals·Rochester Red Wings·Chicago White Sox

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Professional baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals (1949-1951[start]; 1956[end]), Pittsburgh Pirates (1951[middle]; 1959-1961), Chicago White Sox (1951[end]), Brooklyn Dodgers (1952; 1956[start]), Cleveland Indians.

Inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987.

Four times winner of the Wrestler World Championship in 1975, 1977, 1983 and 1991.

(May 2013) Barcelona, Spain: organizing Wrestle Competitions

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