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((Short description|American professional wrestler, promoter))
((more citations needed|date=November 2016))
((Infobox professional wrestler
|name        = Ed Francis
|names       = "Gentleman" Ed Francis
|birth_name  = Edmund Charles Francis
|image       = Ed Francis.jpeg
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|caption    = Francis, circa 1956
|height      =
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|birth_date  = June 11, 1926
|birth_place =[[Chicago]], Illinois, U.S.
|death_date  = ((death date and given age|2016|11|18|90))
|death_place = [[Overland Park, Kansas]], U.S.
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'''Edmund Charles Francis''' (June 11, 1926 – November 18, 2016) was an American [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] and wrestling [[promoter (entertainment)|promoter]] in [[Hawaii]] in the 1960s.<ref>[http://www.midweek.com/content/story/theweekend_coverstory/when_wrestling_was_king/ When Wrestling Was King] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603182024/http://www.midweek.com/content/story/theweekend_coverstory/when_wrestling_was_king/ |date=2009-06-03 ))</ref>  Many wrestlers who came through Hawaii in the 1960s and 1970s were bound to come across the name Ed Francis.  However, the glory days of territorial wrestling were coming to an end, and in 1979, he sold the [[50th State Big Time Wrestling]] promotion to [[Peter Maivia|"High Chief” Peter Maivia]].

==Personal life==
Francis raised his children on the windward side of [[Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii|Kailua]], [[Oahu]].  His two sons, [[Bill Francis (wrestler)|Bill]] and [[Russ Francis|Russ]], also enjoyed a wrestling career for a little while.  Russ also had a career in the [[NFL]], playing 13 seasons.  Russ won a Super Bowl playing for the San Francisco 49ers (Jan 1985). 
He later went on to work with the [[Omaha Beef]] Arena Football Team.  One of the Francis brothers' contemporaries was wrestler [[Don Muraco]]; they attended high school together. Along with his two famous sons he also had four other sons and a daughter, Ed 'sonny' Francis, Steven, Bob, James and Arlene "Pixie" Francis, respectively. He later moved his brood to Eugene, Oregon.

==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''[[Cauliflower Alley Club]]'''
**Other honoree ([[Cauliflower Alley Club#1994|1994]])
*'''Midwest Wrestling Association'''
**MWA Ohio Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with [[Ray Stevens (wrestler)|Ray Stevens]] (1) and Leon Graham (1)
*'''[[NWA Tri-State]]'''
**[[NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship]] ([[NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time]])
*'''[[Pacific Northwest Wrestling]]'''
**[[NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship]] ([[NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship#Title history|5 times]])
*'''''Ring Around The Northwest Newsletter'''''
**Wrestler of the Year (1957)<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/pnw/pnw16.htm |title=Regional Territories: PNW #16 |author=Rodgers, Mike |date=2004 |website=KayfabeMemories.com ))</ref>
*'''[[Stampede Wrestling]]'''
**[[NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Calgary version)|NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship ''(Calgary version)'']] ([[NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Calgary version)#Title history|1 time]])

==References==
((Reflist))

== External links ==
* ((professional wrestling profiles))

((NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship|state=collapsed))
((50th State Big Time Wrestling))

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