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Great Bolo [1st]

Weight: 215 lbs.

From: Parts Unknown

Pro Debut: 1940

Aliases: Al Lovelock, Allen Lovelock

Feds Worked For: NWA-West, TSW, NWA, Al Haft Sports (IL/OH), All Star Wrestling (NE), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Eastern Sports Enterprises (CT/NJ/NY), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Gulas Wrestling Enterprises (TN), Gulf Athletic Club (TX), Gulf Coast Wrestling (AL/FL/LA/MS), Hollywood Booking Office (CA), International Wrestling (Canada), M & M Promotions (NM/TX), Maple Leaf Wrestling (Canada), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC), Mid-Pacific Promotions (HI), Mike London Sports (AZ/CO/NM), Mississippi Valley Sports Club (MO), NWA Hollywood (CA), NWA Los Angeles (CA), NWA Mid-America (AL/TN), P. L. Pinkie George Promotions (IA), San Francisco (CA), Southwest Sports (TX), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO), Upstate Athletic Club (NY), World Wrestling Alliance (CA), Wrestling Promotions, Inc (AZ)

Career Highlights: -NWA (Amarillo) North American Champion
-NWA (Amarillo) Southwest Junior Heavyweight Champion
-NWA (Gulf Coast) Southern Tag Team Champion (w/ Joe McCarthy)
-NWA Hawaii Champion
-NWA International Television Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Tom Rice)
-NWA (Mid-Atlantic) Southern Tag Team Champion (3x; 2 w/ Larry Hamilton, 1 w/ Joe McCarthy)
-NWA Southwest Tag Team Champion (3x; 1 each w/ Dizzy Davis, Art Nelson, and Tokyo Joe)
-NWA Southwestern Tag Team Champion (2x' 1 each w/ Karol Krauser and Mighty Bolo)
-NWA (Texas) Junior Heavyweight Champion
-TSW Arkansas Junior Heavyweight Champion
-TSW Louisiana Champion
-TSW United States Tag Team Champion (w/ Mike Clancy)
-WWA Tag Team Champion (w/ Tom Rice)

Affiliates: Mighty Bolo, Joe McCarthy, Tom Rice, Larry Hamilton, Dizzy Davis, Art Nelson, Tokyo Joe, Karol Krauser, Mighty Bolo, Mike Clancy

Notable Feuds: Mike Clancy, Sonny Myers, Danny Hodge, Bobo Brazil, Jerry Kozak, Sandor Szabo, Wilbur Snyder, Sterling Davis/Dizzy Davis, Ray Eckert, Bill Watts, Dory Funk, Leo Garibaldi, Eddie Gossett/Rip Rogers, Rito Romero, Ellis Bashara, Juan Humberto, Angelo Cistoldi, Karol Krauser

Other Facts: -Real name was Alex Newman
-Brother of Bernard Newman, a member of the Ontario Parliament in Canada who began legislation in 1966 to lift the ban on women wrestlers competing in the province.
-Often believed to be from Texas, and was billed at times from Dallas. He was actually born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada
-While competing as The Great Bolo, he lost his mask to Mike DiBiase (October 23, 1957), Dick Hutton (February 25, 1958), Paul Anderson (February 6, 1959), Billy Watson (June 4, 1959), Michiaki Yoshimura (December 16, 1959), Lou Klein (March 28, 1962), and Ed Sharpe (April 22, 1963)
-Feuded with Tim Renesto in North Carolina over who was the rightful Great Bolo.
-Not to be confused with The Great Bolo who competed in Oklahoma starting in the 1990s. Oklafan refers to him as The Great Bolo [2nd].
-Listed in several online sources as deceased, but date and cause are unknown.