"Dr. Death" Steve Williams
| "Dr. Death" Steve Williams | |
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| Birth name | Steven Williams |
| Born |
May 14, 1960 Lakewood, Colorado, United States |
| Died | December 29, 2009 (aged 49) Denver, Colorado, United States |
| Cause of death | Throat cancer |
| Alma mater | University of Oklahoma |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Steve Williams |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 285 lb (129 kg) |
| Billed from | Norman, Oklahoma |
| Trained by |
Bill Watts Buddy Landel |
| Debut | 1982 |
| Retired | 2009 |
Steven Williams (May 14, 1960 – December 29, 2009), better known by his ring name "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, was an American professional wrestler, author, former collegiate football player, and amateur wrestler at the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Death was a three-time professional wrestling world heavyweight champion, having won the UWF World Heavyweight Championship twice and the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship once. In addition to his singles success, Dr. Death Steve Williams achieved notoriety in Japan in tag team competition, winning the World Tag Team Championship eight times with notable tag team partners Terry Gordy, Gary Albright, Vader, and Johnny Ace. He also achieved great tag team success in North America, winning tag team titles in the Mid-South, World Championship Wrestling, UWF and NWA United States Tag Team Championship as well as winning the World's Strongest Tag Determination League twice with Gordy and Mike Rotunda.
Williams attended Lakewood High School in Colorado, graduating in 1978. He was on the track & field team, played football, and wrestled all four years. Williams graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1981 after a football career that saw him named an All-American. He also competed as an amateur wrestler, where he was a four time All American, finishing 6th as a freshman, 5th as a sophomore, 3rd as a junior and 2nd as a senior. His senior year he lost in the finals of an NCAA tournament to future Olympic medalist Bruce Baumgartner. Already interested in professional wrestling, Williams had a ready-made nickname that dated back to an incident in junior high wherein he had to wrestle in a hockey goalie's mask and was jokingly labeled "Dr. Death" by one of his school's coaches.
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