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Dick Hutton

Nickname: Cowboy

Height: 5' 10"

Weight: 235 lbs.

From: Tulsa, OK

Birthday: Oct 4th

Pro Debut: 1952

Feds Worked For: TSW, NWA, Al Haft Sports (IL/OH), Alex Turk Promotions (Canada), All Star Wrestling (NE), Big Time Wrestling (Canada), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), International Wrestling (Canada), Japan Wrestling Association (Japan), M & M Promotions (NM/TX), Maple Leaf Wrestling (Canada), Mid-Pacific Promotions (HI), Midwest Wrestling Association, Mississippi Valley Sports Club (MO), North American Wrestling Association (CA), NWA Hollywood (CA), San Francisco (CA), Sam Muchnick Sports Attractions (MO), Southwest Sports (NM/TX), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO), Terminal Athletic Club (OH), Wrestling Promotions, Inc. (AZ), World Wrestling Association (IN)

Signature Moves: Abdominal Stretch

Career Highlights: -MWA Champion
-NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Champion (w/ Hard Boiled Haggerty)
-NWA Hawaii Champion
-NWA International Television Tag Team Champion (w/ Sam Steamboat)
-NWA Ohio Champion (2x)
-NWA Southwest Tag Team Champion (w/ Dory Funk)
-NWA (Texas) North American Tag Team Champion (w/ Dory Funk)
-NWA Texas Tag Team Champion (w/ Sam Steamboat)
-NWA World Champion
-WWA American Champion

Affiliates: Dory Funk, Hard Boiled Haggerty, Gene Kiniski, Sam Steamboat

Notable Feuds: Lou Thesz, Pat O'Connor, Billy Watson, The Preacher, The Destroyer, Stan Neilson, The Mighty Ursus, Mike Sharpe, Freddie Blassie, Don Manoukian, Hans Hermann

Other Facts: -Real name was Richard Heron Avis Hutton
-Born in Amarillo, TX but moved to Tulsa, OK early in his life
-Graduated from Daniel Webster High School in Tulsa, OK
-Wrestled collegiately for Oklahoma A&M (now known as Oklahoma State University)
-Finished 7th in the super heavyweight division in Freestyle Wrestling at the 1948 Olympics in London, England.
-NCAA wrestling champion in 1947, 1948, 1950. (Finished 2nd to Verne Gagne in 1949)
-Trained for pro wrestling by Ed Lewis, Leroy McGuirk, and Lou Thesz
-Was the first wrestler to win an NCAA title and the NWA World Title
-Lost to Bill Longston in his pro wrestling debut.
-Inducted into the Oklahoma State University Hall of Fame
-Inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member in 1995
-Inducted into the International Wrestling Institute and Museum Hall of Fame in 1999
-Inducted into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2000
-Passed away on November 24, 2003 at his home in Tulsa at the age of 80
-Buried in South Heights Cemetery in Sapulpa, OK