1. Bulldog Brower got into powerlifting after graduating from Wilmington High School in 1952.
11 Facts About Bulldog Brower
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In 1961, Bulldog Brower traveled to Canada to wrestle for Stu Hart in his promotion Stampede Wrestling.
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Hart claimed that Bulldog Brower wrestled Whipper Billy Watson over 500 times.
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Bulldog Brower worked for other promotions including the American Wrestling Association, NWA St Louis, Big Time Wrestling in Detroit, and All-Star Wrestling in Montreal.
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In 1966, Brower got a call from Vincent J McMahon to be a heel in the World Wide Wrestling Federation.
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Bulldog Brower enjoyed a lengthy feud with WWWF Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino, whom he main evented shows with over the next few years.
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Bulldog Brower feuded with Bob Backlund, who, in his book Backlund: From All-American Boy to Professional Wrestling's World Champion, described Brower as the least favorite man he ever had to wrestle for the championship.
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Bulldog Brower wrestled for the National Wrestling Federation, where he won the NWF North American Heavyweight Championship in 1970.
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Bulldog Brower went on to wrestle for World Championship Wrestling in Australia, where he won the NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship in 1972, as well as the short-lived International Wrestling Association in the New York City area.
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Bulldog Brower returned to the World Wide Wrestling Federation from 1979 to 1982, where he was managed by Lou Albano.
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Bulldog Brower then traveled to Puerto Rico, where he competed for the World Wrestling Council.