The Missouri Mauler
| The Missouri Mauler | |
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| Birth name | Larry Hamilton |
| Born |
March 11, 1931 St. Joseph, Missouri, United States |
| Died | July 20, 1996 (aged 65) St. Joseph, Missouri |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | The Missouri Mauler Rocky Hamilton Thunderbolt Assassin #2 The Black Secret |
| Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Billed weight | 325 lb (147 kg) |
| Debut | c. 1950 |
| Retired | 1981 |
Larry "Rocky" Hamilton (April 1, 1931 – July 20, 1996), better known by his ring name The Missouri Mauler, was an American professional wrestler who competed in the National Wrestling Alliance as well as Florida Championship Wrestling and Jim Crockett Promotions, becoming a mainstay of the latter promotion throughout the 1960s.
One of the earliest professional wrestlers to appear on televised wrestling events, he feuded with many popular wrestlers of the era including Jack Brisco,"Plowboy" Stan Frazier, Steve Keirn, Tim Woods, Tarzan Tyler and Fritz Von Erich during his 31-year career.
He is also the older brother of wrestler Jody Hamilton who competed as the masked wrestler The Assassin as well as the uncle of former World Championship Wrestling official Nick Patrick.
Making his debut in the Missouri area during the early 1950s, he began wrestling for promoter Ed Don George in Buffalo, New York where he and his brother began teaming together as the Hamilton Brothers in 1957 headlining an event at Madison Square Garden against Antonino Rocca and Miguel Perez the following year.
Splitting up shortly thereafter, Hamilton and his brother went their separate ways leaving New York in October 1958 with Joseph Hamilton leaving for San Francisco while Larry Hamilton began working for promoter Jim Crockett, Sr. in the Carolinas.
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