Bill Dundee
| Bill Dundee | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | William Cruickshanks |
| Born |
24 October 1943 Angus, Scotland |
| Residence | McKenzie, Tennessee, United States |
| Children | Donna Dundee Jamie Dundee |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Bill Dundee William Dundee Sir William Dundee Squire William |
| Billed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Billed weight | 214 lb (97 kg; 15.3 st) |
| Billed from | Australia |
| Debut | 1962 |
William "Bill" Cruickshanks (born 24 October 1943 in Angus, Scotland) is a Scottish born-Australian professional wrestler and author better known by his stage name Bill Dundee. Cruickshanks is the father of Jamie Dundee and the father-in-law of wrestler Bobby Eaton.
Dundee was born in Angus, Scotland, and raised in Melbourne. At the age of 16, he joined the circus as a trapeze artist. He started wrestling in Australia in 1962 and finally arrived in the United States as "Superstar" Bill Dundee in 1974 with his tag team partner George Barnes.
Dundee made a name for himself in the Memphis Territory where he regularly teamed and feuded with Jerry Lawler and Jimmy Valiant for years. Dundee and Lawler ventured to the American Wrestling Association together in 1987 and captured the AWA World Tag Team Titles twice.
As a singles wrestler, he held the Southern Heavyweight Championship belt several times from roughly 1975 to 1985 and also had a successful team with "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel that wreaked havoc in Tennessee.
Dundee had a brief run in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions, Central States Wrestling and Florida Championship Wrestling in 1986 where he teamed with Jimmy Garvin and feuded with Sam Houston for the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship. He also briefly managed The Barbarian and The MOD Squad while in those territories.
He also had a run in World Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s as Sir William, the manager for Lord Steven Regal.
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