Bobo Brazil's father died when he was seven years old, which resulted in him doing odd jobs such as working on a local fruit farm for fifty cents a container.
11 Facts About Bobo Brazil
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Bobo Brazil played baseball in the Negro leagues for The House of David, where he was discovered to become a wrestler at a steel mill.
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Bobo Brazil's first recorded match was on March 29,1948 in Benton Harbor, wrestling as "Houston Harris, The Black Panther" against Armand Myers to a 30 minute draw.
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Bobo Brazil was instilled to be a crowd's friend right to the end.
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Bobo Brazil once wrestled Bill Miller to a draw, and challenged Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship in a battle of two top babyface competitors.
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On October 18,1962, Bobo Brazil defeated "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers by hitting him in the groin causing Rogers to be unable to continue.
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Bobo Brazil refused the championship and they met a couple of weeks later and Rogers won.
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Bobo Brazil served as a mentor to wrestler "Soulman" Rocky Johnson and was inspirational to boxer Joe Frazier.
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Bobo Brazil's manager was James Dudley, the first African American to be in charge of a major arena in the United States.
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Bobo Brazil was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame class of 1994 by longtime rival Ernie Ladd.
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Bobo Brazil's son Karl was born on 1952 and wrestles as Bobo Brazil Jr.