Harley Race
Race at TNA Lockdown in 2007
Born(1943-04-11)April 11, 1943
Quitman, Missouri, U.S.
DiedAugust 1, 2019(2019-08-01) (aged 76)
St. Charles, Missouri, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Harley Race
Jack Long
The Great Mortimer
Billed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight245 lb (111 kg)
Billed fromKansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Trained byStanislaus Zbyszko
Wladek Zbyszko
Buddy Austin
Ray Gordon
Gus Karras
Debut1960
Retired1991

Harley Leland Race (April 11, 1943 – August 1, 2019) was an American retired professional wrestler. He was best known for wrestling for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), American Wrestling Association (AWA), World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and World Championship Wrestling (WCW).

He was one of only six people to be inducted into each of the WWE Hall of Fame, the WCW Hall of Fame, the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.

On March 1, 2019, Race's close friend Ric Flair announced that Race was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.[1] He died five months later on August 1 from the disease in St. Charles, Missouri, aged 76.[2]

Championships

1Even though the championship was almost always used and defended in the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling promotion, there were some times where it was won and defended through agreements with other wrestling promotions. Race was awarded the title with the explanation that he defeated Johnny Weaver in a tournament final while wrestling on a card for Championship Wrestling from Florida

References

  1. "Ric Flair revela que Harley Race padece cáncer terminal".
  2. "WWE Superstars and Legends mourn the passing of Harley Race". WWE. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  3. "NWA United National Heavyweight Title history". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "NWA World Heavyweight Title history". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  5. "PWF World Heavyweight Title history". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  6. "AWA World Tag Team Title history". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  7. "NWA Central States Heavyweight Title history". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  8. "NWA North American Tag Team Title (Central States) history". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  9. "NWA Florida Tag Team Title history". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  10. "NWA Southern Heavyweight Title (Florida) history". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  11. "NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Title history". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  12. "NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title history". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  13. "Maritimes North American Heavyweight Title history". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  14. "NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title history". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  15. "NWA Macon Tag Team Title history". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  16. "Missouri Sports Hall of Fame Inductee: Harley Race". Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  17. "National Wrestling Alliance Hall of Fame". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  18. "Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum Inductees". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  19. "NWA Missouri Heavyweight Title history". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  20. "Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Title history". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  21. "Stampede Wrestling Hall of Fame (1948–1990)". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  22. "東京スポーツ プロレス大賞". Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  23. "IWA World Tag Team Title history". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  24. "WCW Hall of Fame Inductees". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  25. "WWA World Heavyweight Title (Indianapolis) history". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  26. 26.0 26.1 "WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Title history". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2014-02-18.