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((Short description|American professional wrestler))
((More citations needed|date=January 2008))
((Infobox professional wrestler
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* Billy Darnell
* Billy Rogers
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 | birth_place = [[Camden, New Jersey]], U.S.
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'''Billy Darnell''' (February 25, 1926 &ndash; September 7, 2007) was an American [[professional wrestler]] and major star of the 1940s and 1950s, with his career spanning over twenty years with championships in the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] and [[World Wide Wrestling Federation]].<ref name="slam">((cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/09/08/4480688.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717145522/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/09/08/4480688.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 17, 2012|title=Billy Darnell was a consummate fan favourite|author=Steven Johnson|access-date=2008-01-30|publisher=SLAM! Sports))</ref>

==Early life==
Darnell was born in [[Camden, New Jersey]]. At age 16, while working as a lifeguard in [[Wildwood, New Jersey]], he was playfighting with co-workers when a [[wrestling promoter]] spotted him and asked him to help with his roster, as many current ones were seeing action in [[World War II]].<ref name="slam"/>

==Career==
His first match with later rival [[Buddy Rogers (wrestler)|Buddy Rogers]] was in February 1944, tagging with him in [[Philadelphia]] and [[Baltimore-Washington]]. Darnell would himself leave wrestling for World War II service in December 1944, joining the [[United States Army]].<ref name="slam"/> [[Post-war]] Darnell returned to wrestling in [[Texas]], once more with Rogers, who had previously wrestled under his real name Herman Rohde. At the time he was becoming "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, and Darnell was booked as his brother Billy Rogers. This was largely in part to promoter and Rogers' booker [[Jack Pfefer]], though Darnell himself has stated he wasn't sure if the idea for the brother gimmick was Rogers' or Pfefer's.<ref name="slam"/>

Darnell and Rogers next went to [[California]], with wrestling reaching new popularity thanks to [[television]] exposure. For the showmanship of it Rogers donned [[sequin]]ed capes, whereas Darnell first donned the [[leopard]]-skin outfit, for which he would become famous. Their careers would become forever intertwined when they began facing each other with Rogers as the [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] champion and Darnell becoming a heavy fan favorite. Promoters nationwide wanted the Rogers-Darnell match, with more than 200 matches occurring between them.  Despite their history Rogers still crushed discs in Darnell's neck with a [[Botch (professional wrestling)|botched]] [[piledriver (professional wrestling)|piledriver]], though he himself accidentally knocked out some of Rogers' teeth. [[Les Thatcher]] has even stated that Darnell's matches with Rogers inspired him to enter the wrestling business.

Darnell was also known for a well recognized team with [[Bill Melby]], winning the [[Chicago]] version of the [[NWA World Tag Team Championship]] with him in 1953.<ref name="JohnsonOliver2012">((cite book|author1=Steven Johnson|author2=Greg Oliver|author3=Mike Mooneyham|author4=J. J. Dillon|title=The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: Heroes and Icons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0wxLpfRhZqcC&pg=PT344|date=1 October 2012|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-77090-269-5|pages=344–))</ref> In 1954, he worked with [[Sam Muchnick]] in [[St. Louis]] and also booked for an Indiana promotion. In a televised match on 20 May 1961, Darnell beat Ali Pasha (Alexander Vieira Fontes) who died of a heart attack after being slammed down.<ref name="JohnsonOliver2012"/>

He used his World War II [[G.I. Bill]] to attend [[aviation]] school and become a [[Aviator|pilot]], flying himself to his matches.  He also ran a [[nightclub]] until 1985. Though Darnell retired in 1961, he would wrestle sparsely into the next year, then went to a [[chiropractic]] school in [[Glendale, California]], finishing in Indiana.  He would begin practicing in his home of New Jersey and moved to [[Florida]] for a period, getting back in touch with Rogers, before returning to New Jersey. Darnell regularly attended [[Cauliflower Alley Club]] reunions and received the [[Senator Hugh Farley Award]] from the [[Amsterdam, New York]]-based [[Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame]].<ref name="slam"/> Darnell died on September 7, 2007, at his home in [[Maple Shade Township, New Jersey]].<ref name="slam"/>

==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''[[Cauliflower Alley Club]]'''
**Other honoree ([[Cauliflower Alley Club#2004|2004]])
*'''[[National Wrestling Alliance]]'''
**NWA World Tag Team Championship (Chicago & Indianapolis version) (2 times) - with Bill Melby <ref>((cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/il/nwa/il-nwa-t.html |title=N.W.A. World Tag Team Title (Chicago & Indianapolis) |year=2003 |publisher=Puroresu Dojo ))</ref>
**NWA World Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles version) (1 time) - with Sandor Szabo <ref>((cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/la/la-world-t.html |title=World Tag Team Title (Los Angeles) |year=2003 |publisher=Puroresu Dojo ))</ref>
*'''Midwest Wrestling Association'''
**Ohio Heavyweight Championship (2 times) <ref>((cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/oh/oh-h.html |title=Ohio Heavyweight Title |year=2003 |publisher=Puroresu Dojo ))</ref>
**Ohio Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Rocco Columbo <ref>((cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/oh/mwa/oh-t.html |title=Ohio Tag Team Title |year=2003 |publisher=Puroresu Dojo ))</ref>
*'''[[Worldwide Wrestling Associates]]'''
**[[WWA International Television Tag Team Championship]] ([[WWA International Television Tag Team Championship|1 time]]) - with [[Sandor Szabo (wrestler)|Sandor Szabo]]<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/la/nwa/int-tv-t.html |title=International Television Tag Team Title (Los Angeles) |year=2003 |publisher=Puroresu Dojo ))</ref>
*'''[[Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum]]'''
**2007 Senator Hugh Farley Award recipient
*'''Other Titles'''
**World Heavyweight Championship ''(Jack Pfeffer version)'' <ref>((cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pfeffer-h.html |title=World Heavyweight title (by Jack Pfeffer) |year=2003 |publisher=Puroresu Dojo ))</ref>

==References==
((reflist|2))

==External links==
* ((usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120717145522/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/09/08/4480688.html Profile])) at SLAM! Sports
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/b/billy-darnell.html Profile at Online World Of Wrestling]
* ((Professional wrestling profiles))
((NWA World Tag Team Champions (Buffalo Athletic Club version)))
((NWA World Tag Team Champions (Chicago version)))
((NWA World Tag Team Champions (Iowa/Nebraska version)))
((NWA World Tag Team Champions (Los Angeles version)))

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