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Steven Little Bear

From: Irving, TX

Aliases: Steve Kovac, Vince Bryant, Emil Bryant, Steve Kovacs

Feds Worked For: MSW, TSW, AWA, NWA, Al Haft Sports (IL), All Star Wrestling (Canada), All Star Wrestling (NE/SD), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Clark Sports, Inc. (IL), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (AL), Harry Light Wrestling Office (MI), International Wrestling (Canada), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (NC/SC/VA), Mid-Pacific Promotions (HI), National Wrestling Federation (OH/NY), Northwest Wrestling Promotions (Canada), NWA Hollywood (CA), NWA Mid-America (AL/KY/TN), NWA Upstate (NY), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (OR/WA), Southeastern Championship Wrestling (TN), St. Louis Wrestling Club (MO), Stampede Wrestling (Canada)

Career Highlights: -NWA (Central States) World Tag Team Champion (w/ Steve Bolus)
-NWA Hawaii Tag Team Champion (w/ Suni War Cloud)
-NWA Louisiana Tag Team Champion (w/ Ray Candy)
-NWA Mid-America Champion
-NWA Mid-America Tag Team Champion (w/ Ricky Gibson)
-NWA (Mid-America) United States Junior Heavyweight Champion
-NWA Pacific Northwest Champion
-NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champion (w/ Dutch Savage)
-NWA Southeastern Champion
-NWA Southeastern Tag Team Champion (w/ Frank Monte)
-NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Champion
-NWA Tennessee Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Don Greene and Jimmy Kent)
-NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team Champion (9x; 4 w/ Dutch Savage; 2 w/ Dean Higuchi; 1 each w/ Don Leo Jonathan, Mark Lewin, and Steve Bolus)
-NWA (Vancouver) Pacific Coast Champion (2x)
-TSW United States Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Ray Candy)

Affiliates: Ray Candy, Dutch Savage, Dean Higuchi, Steve Bolus, Suni War Cloud, Ricky Gibson, Frank Monte, Don Greene, Jimmy Kent, Mark Lewin, Jackie Fargo, Duncan McTavish

Notable Feuds: Bob Brown, Gene Kiniski, Bull Ramos, John Quinn, The Skull/The Brute, Mike Webster, Tojo Yamamoto, The Assassin, Don Kent, Dutch Savage, Haru Sasaki, Ken Mantell, Skandar Akbar

Other Facts: -Real name was Vince Bryant
-Brother of pro wrestler Little Eagle
-Trained Thunderbolt Patterson for pro wrestling
-Passed away on December 29, 1988