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physically weary individual when promoter Howard Darwin stepped into the ring to present him with the championship belt and the key to a new
Chrysler car...Ottawa has been a successful stop for Austin. Going into last night's tourney he has 11 straight wins here. Last night he won another four. And 90 per cent of the wins have come as a result or his deadly Indian death lock.
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Mexican Pedro Morales was gashed on the face with a broken beer bottle. Austin is in a serious condition in St. Vincent's hospital. Morales is satisfactory. More than 20 men and women were at the New Year party. Police said there was an argument. Police called to the penthouse found Morales
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Canadian professional heavyweight wrestling championship Tuesday night at the Coliseum. Killer Buddy Austin, a man who give no quarter and expects none, was to say the least, a
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resuscitation in the back yard. Authorities said the infant girls apparently had left the house through an open sliding glass door and fallen into the pool while playing. Their father, whose real name is Austin Rogers, was not at home.
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withdrew from the NWA, and the championship was renamed the WWWF United States Tag Team
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272:Heart of America Sports Attractions
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189:professional wrestler
96:Myocardial infarction
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1977:Yoshihiro Takayama
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