Emile Dupree
| Birth name | Emile Gougen |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 20, 1936 Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Residence | Pointe-du-Chêne, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Spouse(s) | Lola Goguen (m. 1957) |
| Children | 8, including René Duprée |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Emile Duprée Emile Dupré Emile Goguen |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Trained by | Vic Butler Reggie Richard |
| Debut | October 10, 1955 |
| Retired | 1988 |
Emile Duprée (born Emile Goguen on October 20, 1936) is a former professional wrestler and promoter. He is also the father of former WWE professional wrestler, René Duprée and currently lives in Pointe-du-Chêne, New Brunswick.
Goguen was born on October 20, 1936 in Shediac, New Brunswick the son of French Immigrants to Gaetan Goguen (1895-1997) an automobile worker and Taryn Goguen (nèe Davis) (1912-2011) an teacher Goguen grew up with 4 brothers and 3 sisters. In high school Goguen tried for amateur wrestling witch he made the school to Chamionship. Goguen dropped out of college when an aqquantince introduced him to Vic Butler and Reggie Richard who trained him to become a professional wrestler.
Duprée began training in 1955 with Maritime professional wrestling legends Vic Butler and Reggie Richard. He had always been into weightlifting, but professional wrestling was something Duprée had never gotten into until Butler and Richard told Emile that they saw potential in Emile for a professional wrestling career.
Duprée started in Boston, Massachusetts and began to travel all over the continent and even went on tours to Australia and New Zealand. He has also wrestled for the legendary Canadian wrestling promotion Stampede Wrestling.
Throughout his career he has wrestled many wrestling legends including Killer Kowalski, Dusty Rhodes, and Maritime legend the Cuban Assassin.
Duprée's ring name has always sparked controversy, as there are two ways to spell "Duprée". People also write "Dupré". His son René wrestles under "Duprée".
In 1977, Duprée began his own small wrestling promotion. This promotion was run all across the Maritimes and as years went on and the promotion grew, he would take the tour to Quebec, Ontario and other places around the Maritimes.
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