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Swede Hanson

Nickname: Big, Bigfoot

Height: 6' 5"

Weight: 300 lbs.

From: East Orange, NJ

Birthday: Feb 27th

Pro Debut: 1957

Aliases: Mr. X

Feds Worked For: TSW, NWA, WWF, International Wrestling Alliance (Canada), International Wrestling Association (Australia), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL)

Finisher: Reverse Neckbreaker

Career Highlights: -IWA (Australia) Tag Team Champion (w/ Rip Hawk)
-IWA (Montreal) International Tag Team Champion (w/ Rip Hawk)
-NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Champion (4x, w/ Rip Hawk)
-NWA (Florida) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Rip Hawk)
-NWA-West Western States Tag Team Champion (3x, w/ Rip Hawk)

Affiliates: Rip Hawk

Other Facts: -Sometimes billed from Slaughter Creek, SC
-2x Golden Gloves Champion.
-Faced Miguel Torres in his first match
-His tag team partnership with Rip Hawk lasted 16 years.
-Masqueraded as Mr. X in the Mid-Atlantic area in 1974. He was unmasked by Johnny Weaver & Danny Miller
-Passed away February 19, 2002 as a result of complications from Alzheimer's and diabetes at the age of 68.
-Posthumously inducted into the NWA Hall of Heroes in 2007