Blackjack Mulligan
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| Birth name | Robert Deroy Windham |
| Born |
November 26, 1942 Sweetwater, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | April 7, 2016 (aged 73) Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| Children | 3; including Barry Windham Kendall Windham Stephanie Windham |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Blackjack Mulligan Big Bob Windham Big Machine |
| Billed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Billed weight | 340 lb (150 kg) |
| Billed from | Eagle Pass, Texas |
| Trained by | Verne Gagne |
| Debut | 1967 |
| Retired | 1988 |
Robert Deroy Windham (November 26, 1942 – April 7, 2016), better known by his ring name Blackjack Mulligan, was an American professional wrestler, author, and American football player. He was the father of wrestlers Barry and Kendall Windham, father-in-law of Mike Rotunda, and the maternal grandfather of Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas.
As a young man, Windham played football at Texas Western College, now known as the University of Texas at El Paso. Windham served a tour of duty in the United States Marine Corps. He then went on to play for the New York Jets during the 1966 pre-season and received tryouts with the New Orleans Saints and Denver Broncos.
After football, at the urging of Wahoo McDaniel, Windham trained with Joe Blanchard in Corpus Christi, Texas and later with Verne Gagne and became a professional wrestler in the American Wrestling Association. Billed as being 6' 9" and over 300 pounds, Windham was a rawboned cowboy in the vein of Bobby Duncum or Stan Hansen.
His training complete, he prepared to move on to the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) and was transformed into Blackjack Mulligan. Mulligan, donned black trunks, black hat, a black fingerless glove, and used the iron claw submission hold.
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