Dick the Bruiser

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American football player professional wrestler (1929-1991)

United States AthletesLived 1929 to 1991 · aged 62

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Fame49.1

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Languages9

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Photos 4

Poster of Dick the Bruiser vs Alex Karras in 1963

Dick the Bruiser chokes Bobo Brazil

Dick the Bruiser in 1973 along with Crusher Lisowski

Teams 3

Purdue Boilermakers football

Nevada Wolf Pack football

Green Bay Packers

Awards 1

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

Connected to Dick 6

Dan SpiveyAlso in WCW Starrcade 1990 (1990)

Eddie GrahamAlso in The Wrestler (1974)

James RaschkeAlso in AWA Super Clash (1985)

Ricky MortonAlso in WCW Starrcade 1990 (1990)

Jerry BlackwellAlso in NWA Sam Muchnick Retirement Show (1982)

Don StansaukAlso in The Wrestler (1974)

About this person

William Fritz Afflis Jr. was an American professional wrestler, promoter, and National Football League player, better known by his ring name, Dick the Bruiser. During his NFL days he played four seasons with the Green Bay Packers. He was also a very successful professional wrestler: sixteen-time world champion, AWA World Heavyweight Champion once, WWA World Heavyweight Champion thirteen times, World Heavyweight Champion once, and WWA World Heavyweight Champion once. He also excelled at tag-team wrestling, with 20 tag team championships in his career. Eleven of these championships were won alongside his long-time tag-team partner Crusher Lisowski.

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United States