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Dale Lewis

Nickname: The Professor

Weight: 259 lbs.

From: Milwaukee, WI

Pro Debut: July 25, 1961

Aliases: Dr. Blood, Masked Saint 1, Medic 2

Feds Worked For: TSW, AWA, Florida, Georgia, Vancouver, NWA Pacific Northwest, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Canada

Finisher: The Lewis Lock

Career Highlights: -Amarillo Brass Knucks Champion
-Austral-Asian Tag Team Champion (w/ Medic 1)
-AWA Midwest Tag Team Champion (2x, 1 each w/ Francis St. Claire & Stan Pulaski)
-AWA World Tag Team Champion (w/ Pat Kennedy)
-Florida State Champion
-Georgia State Champion
-Nebraska Champion
-NWA Canadian Tag Team Champion (5x, 2x w/ Seigfried Stanke, 1 each w/ Gene Kiniski, Ricky Hunter, Mr. Saito)
-NWA Florida Brass Knucks Champion (2x)
-NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (w/ The Missouri Mauler)
-NWA Southern Champion
-NWA Southwest Tag Team Champion (w/ The Medic)
-NWA (Texas) North American Tag Team Champion (w/ The Medic)
-NWA United National Champion
-Pacific Northwest Champion

Affiliates: Dr. Blood, Bill Watts, Gene Kiniski, Mr. Saito, Gene Lewis, Pat Kennedy, Jack Crawford

Notable Feuds: Sputnik Monroe, Bob Geigel

Other Facts: -Billed as the brother of professional wrestler Gene Lewis AKA The Mongol
-Sometimes billed from Norman, OK
-Competed as one of The Masked Medics in Australia. He did not use this gimmick in Oklahoma.
-Competed in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics in Greco-Roman Wrestling, but did not place in either games.
-Made the 1956 Olympic team in Greco-Roman Wrestling only 6 months after taking up the sport.
-Won 2 NCAA wrestling titles while competing for the University of Oklahoma in 1960 and 1961.
-Was on the same wrestling team at the University of Oklahoma as Bill Watts.
-Was billed from the University of Oklahoma when he began his pro career.
-Was the first opponent of Bill Watts' career. Watts accidentally knocked out one of Lewis' teeth.
-Wrestled in a tag team with a masked wrestler named Dr. Blood. He would later wrestle under a mask as Dr. Blood also and was unmasked by Bill Watts
-For a time, he would issue challenges where if a fan could last for 5 minutes with him, he would win $1000 in silver dollars.
-Passed away on August 30, 1997 from leukemia at the age of 62 at the University of Oklahoma Hospital.
-Posthumously inducted into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2007