Jack Brisco
Freddie Joe "Jack" Brisco (September 21, 1941 – February 1, 2010) was an American amateur wrestler and professional wrestler. As an amateur for Oklahoma State, Brisco was two-time All-American and won the NCAA Division I national championship. He turned pro shortly after and performed for various territories of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), becoming a two-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, and multi-time NWA World Tag Team Champion with his brother Gerald Brisco.
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Brisco in 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Freddie Joe Brisco | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 21, 1941 Seminole, Oklahoma, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | February 1, 2010 (aged 68) Tampa, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Cause of death | Complications from cardiac surgery | |||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Oklahoma State University | |||||||||||||||||
| Family | Gerald Brisco (brother) Wes Brisco (nephew) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Ring name(s) | Jack Brisco Tiger Brisco Uvalde Slim | |||||||||||||||||
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Billed weight | 234 lb (106 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
| Billed from | Blackwell, Oklahoma, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Trained by | Leroy McGuirk | |||||||||||||||||
| Debut | May 15, 1965 | |||||||||||||||||
| Retired | February 28, 1985 | |||||||||||||||||
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Brisco is considered one of the greatest wrestlers of his era. Legendary champion Lou Thesz described him as "one of the toughest and most highly skilled wrestlers of the last 50 years". Don Leo Jonathan called him "probably the greatest champion of the 20th century." In the late 1970s, the Brisco brothers discovered Terry Bollea, the future wrestling legend best known as Hulk Hogan, whom they introduced to Hiro Matsuda for training.