Buddy Roberts
| Buddy Roberts | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Dale Hey |
| Born | May 16, 1947 Oklahoma, United States |
| Died | November 26, 2012 (aged 65) Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Cause of death | Pneumonia |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Buddy Roberts Dale Valentine Dick Roberts |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Billed from | "Badstreet U.S.A." |
| Trained by | Ivan Koloff |
| Debut | 1965 |
| Retired | 1988 |
Dale Hey (May 16, 1947 - November 26, 2012) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Buddy Roberts. Primarily a tag team wrestler, Roberts is known for his appearances as one of The Hollywood Blonds in the 1970s and as one of The Fabulous Freebirds in the 1980s. He was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2015 and the WWE Hall of Fame in 2016.
Hey was born in Oklahoma on May 16, 1947. He was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada.
Hey was trained as a professional wrestler by Ivan Koloff. He debuted in 1965 under the ring name "Dale Valentine", billed as being the younger brother of Johnny Valentine.
At the tail end of the 1960s, he was working as a preliminary wrestler in the American Wrestling Association.
In 1970, Hey was brought into the Oklahoma-based NWA Tri-State promotion by booker Bill Watts. Watts had intended to create a new tag team comprising Jack Donovan and veteran journeyman Jerry Brown. After Donovan left the promotion following a dispute with Watts, Watts hired Hey in his place. Hey was renamed "Buddy Roberts" and began teaming with Brown as The Hollywood Blonds. In 1972, Oliver Humperdink began managing The Hollywood Blonds.
The team of Brown and Roberts won numerous regional tag team titles across the United States throughout the 1970s.
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