Harley Race
Harley Leland Race (April 11, 1943 – August 1, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, promoter, and trainer.
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Race in 2007 | |
| Birth name | Harley Leland Race |
| Born | April 11, 1943 Quitman, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | August 1, 2019 (aged 76) St. Charles, Missouri, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Lung cancer |
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| Children | 3 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | The Great Mortimer Harley Race Jack Long The King Handsome Harley Race King Harley Race |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 253 lb (115 kg) |
| Billed from | Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Trained by | Buddy Austin Ray Hrstich Stanislaus Zbyszko Wladek Zbyszko |
| Debut | 1959 |
| Retired | December 1990 |
Race wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He was an eight time world champion, having won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship once and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship seven times and was the first NWA United States Heavyweight Champion (now WWE United States Championship).
Race is one of six men to have been inducted into each of the WWE Hall of Fame, the NWA Hall of Fame, the WCW Hall of Fame, the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. He is widely considered as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.