Born |
Orlando, Florida, United States |
May 20, 1960
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Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | The Alaskan Hunter Dale Veasey The Hunter Lt. James Earl Wright |
Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Billed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
Billed from | Atlanta, Georgia |
Debut | 1982 |
Retired | 1996 |
Todd Dale Veasey (born May 20, 1960) is a retired American professional wrestler, better known by his ringnames Dale Veasey and Lt. James Earl Wright, who competed in North American regional promotions including the Mid-South region and the National Wrestling Alliance, particularly the Georgia and Florida territories, as well as brief stints in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling, most notably as one half of the tag team State Patrol with Buddy Lee Parker during the 1990s.
He would also have a successful career teaming with Bob Brown in international promotions including Stampede Wrestling and the World Wrestling Council.
Dale Veasey made his professional debut in early 1982, beginning his career in Georgia and Florida. Later that year however, he disappeared from the scene and did not reappear until February 1984, in Georgia Championship Wrestling. The on-air reason given for his hiatus was that he had been in a serious automobile accident, breaking his ankle, jaw, right arm, and also suffering two skull fractures. On his return he was heavier than when last seen in 1982, but spent the next few months trimming down. Veasey was still with the promotion when Black Saturday occurred, at which point he transition to other territories, losing several singles matches to Tim Horner, Shawn Michaels, Terry Taylor and Iceman Parsons while in the Mid-South territory in January 1985 and spending most of the year wrestling in Florida Championship Wrestling facing veterans such as Wahoo McDaniel, Rip Rogers and Hector Guerrero.