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Alaskan

Height: 6' 4"

Weight: 260 lbs.

From: Point Barrow, AK

Birthday: Aug 4th

Pro Debut: 1961

Aliases: Jay York, Jay S. York, The Masked Terror, Little Boy Blue

Feds Worked For: NWA-West, TSW, AWA, NWA, WWF, Al Haft Sports (IL/OH), All Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), All Star Wrestling (Canada), All Star Wrestling (NE), Big Time Wrestling (Canada), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Championship Wrestling from Georgia (GA), Championship Wrestling USA (OR), Continental Wrestling Association (AL/TN), Grand Prix Wrestling (Canada), Gulas Wrestling Enterprises (TN), Eastern Sports Association (Canada), International Wrestling (Canada), Japan Wrestling Association (Japan), 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), NWA Big Time Wrestling (CA), NWA Big Time Wrestling (TX), NWA Hollywood (CA), NWA Mid-America (AL/TN), NWA Upstate (NY), Pacific Coast Athletic Club (CA), San Francisco (CA), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO), Stampede Wrestling (Canada), Tony's Championship Wrestling (Canada), Vancouver All-Star Wrestling (Canada), Western States Alliance (CA), Wolverine Wrestling (MI/OH), World Championship Wrestling (Australia), World Wrestling Council (Puerto Rico), Wrestling Promotions, Inc. (AZ)

Career Highlights: -AWA (Indiana) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Ciclon Negro)
-Grand Prix Tag Team Champion (w/ Mike York)
-NWA (Los Angeles) Americas 6-Man Tag Team Champion (w/ Chris Markoff & Mike Riker)
-NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion (w/ Brute Bernard)
-NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champion (w/ Tony Borne)
-NWA (Texas) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Tarzan Tyler)

Affiliates: Mike York, Beauregarde, Ciclon Negro, Chris Markoff, Mike Riker, Brute Bernard, Tony Borne, Tarzan Tyler, The Beast, The Big K, Russian Crusher

Notable Feuds: Mike Paidousis, Joe Blanchard, Sandy Scott, Johnny Weaver, Nelson Royal, George Scott, Doug Gilbert, Art Neilson, Bearcat Wright

Other Facts: -Brother of actor/director Ned York aka Ned Terrance York
-Billed as the brother of pro wrestler Mike York (not the Oklahoma wrestler)
-Competed under a mask as Masked Terror until he was unmasked by Lou Thesz on November 30, 1963 and by Dick the Bruiser on January 25, 1964
-As Jay York, he used the nickname "The Alaskan"
-Served in the military as a munitions expert.
-Was a notorious "wildman" and was known for playing a lot of cruel pranks on his fellow wrestlers backstage.
-Had a big rib feud with Johnny Valentine that started as legit heat. York once welded Valentine’s car to the parking meters. As revenge for that, Valentine filled York’s inhaler (York had asthma) with lighter fluid. This nearly killed York, but the two eventually made up and together pulled a rib on the boys in the locker room where it appeared that York shot Valentine in the chest.
-Had a mildly successful Hollywood career
-Appeared in the TV shows "The Munsters" in 1964 and "Quantum Leap" in 1991
-Appeared in the movies "Paradise Alley" in 1978, and "Bad Guys" and "Body Slam" in 1986
-Passed away October 7, 1995