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Mar 19, 2021 · At the end of 2020, Tim Hornbaker released his latest book detailing the life and career of former NWA and WWWF Champion Buddy Rogers entitled Master of the Ring – The Biography of Nature Boy Buddy Rogers.
Buddy Rogers (born Herman Gustav Rohde Jr.; February 20, 1921 – June 26, 1992), better known by the ring name " Nature Boy " Buddy Rogers, was an American professional wrestler who was one of the biggest professional wrestling stars in the beginning of the television era.
Mar 1, 2021 · The absence of a full length biography on Buddy Rogers has, for years, been a glaring void in the field of wrestling history. Although fully acknowledging the perils of drawing sporting parallels, Rogers’ lack of biographical treatment is no less significant than if baseball’s Joe Dimaggio, or hock
Apr 23, 1999 · Charles (Buddy) Rogers, handsome leading man and band leader who starred in Wings (1927), first film to win an Academy Award, and who later married Mary Pickford, dies at 94; photos (M)
Jun 26, 1992 · He died on June 26, 1992 at the age of 71. Buddy Rogers was inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame in 1994 as an individual, in the NWA Hall of Fame in 2010 and in the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (PWHF) in 2002 as part of the Television Era wing.
Nov 10, 2020 · “Buddy Rogers was an icon on so many levels, and not only influenced a generation of wrestling fans, but a number of future wrestlers as well. And he did it as a heel. His arrogance, snarl, and, of course, his strut, infuriated fans from coast-to-coast, and his legacy will live forever.”
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Jan 10, 2023 · On June 26, 1992, Buddy Rogers died at 71 years old, after a series of strokes. He leaves a complicated legacy, but a lasting one. He was the first man to hold both the NWA world title and the WWWF/WWF/WWE world championship, and he invented the figure-four grapevine, the hold we know today as the figure-four leglock.