12 Facts About Blackjack Mulligan

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Robert Deroy Windham, better known by his ring name Blackjack Mulligan, was an American professional wrestler and American football player.

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Blackjack Mulligan was the father of wrestlers Barry and Kendall Windham, father-in-law of Mike Rotunda, and the maternal grandfather of Bo Dallas and Bray Wyatt.

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Blackjack Mulligan then went on to play for the New York Jets during the 1966 pre-season and received tryouts with the New Orleans Saints and Denver Broncos.

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Blackjack Mulligan went on to great success in the Northeast and was an early challenger to newly crowned champion Pedro Morales.

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Blackjack Mulligan's push was interrupted when he was slashed in the thigh by a fan at the Boston Garden and required hundreds of stitches to close the wound.

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Blackjack Mulligan returned to singles wrestling in the Jim Crockett Promotions where he would go on to hold the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship and the Mid-Atlantic's version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Ric Flair.

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Blackjack Mulligan often battled Andre the Giant, feuding in many different regions in the early 1980s.

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Blackjack Mulligan returned to Florida in 1987 to fight against the Funk brothers, teaming with Kevin Sullivan.

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Blackjack Mulligan was very devoted to spending the time he had remaining to spreading the word of God.

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Blackjack Mulligan felt his ordination could help him in this endeavor.

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Blackjack Mulligan was represented by attorney Konstantine Kyros, who is involved in several other lawsuits involving former WWE wrestlers.

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British wrestler Laurence Coulson was billed as "Black Jack Blackjack Mulligan" while wrestling for Joint Promotions in the 1970s and 1980s.