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Dick Murdoch

Nickname: Capt. Redneck; Man of the Hour, The Big Texan; Big Daddy

Height: 6' 2"

Weight: 310 lbs

From: Waxahachie, TX

Birthday: Aug 16th

Pro Debut: 1965

Aliases: Black Ace, The Invader, Ron Carson, The Super Rodeo Machine, Tornado Murdoch,Tornade

Feds Worked For: TSW, MSW, UWF, WWF, NWA, WCW, ECW, GWF, USWA, World Wrestling Council (Puerto Rico), Southwest Championship Wrestling (TX), NWA Central States (KS/MO)

Finisher: Brain Buster

Signature Moves: Sleeperhold

Career Highlights: -Australian Tag Team Champion (w/ Dusty Rhodes)
-Amarillo Brass Knucks Champion (3x)
-MSW North American Champion
-MSW Tag Team Champion (3x; all w/ Junkyard Dog)
-NWA (Alabama/Tennessee) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Don Carson)
-NWA Central States Champion (3x)
-NWA Central States Tag Team Champion (w/ Bob Brown)
-NWA (Central States) United States Champion
-NWA (Detroit) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Dusty Rhodes)
-NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (2x, 1 each w/ Dusty Rhodes & Bobby Duncum, Sr.)
-NWA International Champion (4x)
-NWA Missouri Champion (3x)
-NWA North American Tag Team Champion (3x; 2 w/ K.O. Kox; 1 w/ Dusty Rhodes)
-NWA Southern Champion
-NWA United National Champion
-NWA United States Tag Team Champion (w/ Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov [as a 3 man team])
-NWA Western States Champion
-NWA Western States Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Bobby Duncum Sr. & Blackjack Mulligan)
-NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Champion (3x, w/ Don Carson)
-TSW North American Champion (4x)
-TSW United States Tag Team Champion (1 each w/ Karl Kox & Ted DiBiase)
-WWC TV Champion (2x)
-WWC Universal Champion
-WWF World Tag Team Champion (w/ Adrian Adonis)

Affiliates: Junkyard Dog, Dusty Rhodes, Adrian Adonis, Dick Slater, K.O. Kox, Don Carson, Ted DiBiase, Ivan Koloff, Bobby Duncum Sr., Bob Brown, Blackjack Mulligan, Eddie Gilbert, Jim Cornette, Skandar Akbar, Paul Jones, Oliver Humperdink, Joe Don Jones, Alexandra York, Vladimir Petrov, Buck Robley, Ron Garvin, Gary Hart

Notable Feuds: Plowboy Frazier, Eddie Sullivan, James J. Dillon, Jack Brisco, Terry Funk, Karl Kox, Stan Hansen, Fabulous Freebirds, John Tolos, Ernie Ladd, Tony Atlas & Rocky Johnson, The U.S. Express, Dusty Rhodes, Steve Williams, Bob Orton Jr., Ted DiBiase, Steiner Brothers, Buck Robley, Bill Watts, Jerry Oates, King Kong Bundy

Other Facts: -Full name was Hoyt Richard Murdoch
-Son of pro wrestler Frankie Hill Murdoch
-Nephew of pro wrestler Farmer Jones
-Cousin of pro wrestler Tim Brooks
-2nd Cousin of pro wrestler Clayton Brooks
-Father of pro wrestler G-Rilla
-Was billed as the brother of pro wrestler Don Carson at the beginning of his career
-Sometimes billed from Canyon, TX
-Former member of the Marine Corps and used the United States marine theme as his entrance music for a time
-According to stories from Bad News Brown and Tito Santana, Murdoch was a member of the KKK.
-Played football for West Texas State University in Amarillo, TX. According to a persistent unconfirmed rumour, Murdoch was never actually enrolled at the university. He just showed up, tried out for the football team and made it. He periodically showed up in classes to keep this pretext up, but was eventually found out.
-Appeared in 4 different wrestling movies all playing himself, "Manhattan Merengue" in 1995, "Grunt-The Wrestling Movie" in 1985, "The Wrestler" in 1974, and "The Wrestling Queen" in 1975 which is a documentary on The Vachon Family. He also appeared on an episode of the Jerry Springer Show.
-Holds the record as the longest reigning TSW North American Champion (4 months, 23 days)
-Voted Inspirational Wrestler of the Year by the readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 1974
-Ranked # 117 in the 1991 PWI 500
-Ranked # 139 in the 1992 PWI 500
-Ranked # 196 in the 1993 PWI 500
-Ranked # 196 in the 1994 PWI 500
-Ranked # 185 in the 1995 PWI 500
-Passed away on June 15, 1996 due to a heart attack at the age of 49
-Posthumously inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2013