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Wrestling Heritage pays tribute to departed wrestlers and officials who played a vital role in British wrestling.
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2025 Bernard Hughes
2025 Dave Cameron
2025 Don Robinson
2025 Eddie Hamill
2025 Fred Bentley
2025 Gil Cesca
2025 Harry Palin
2025 Jacques Le Jacques
2025 Jack Martin
2025 Laurie Coulton/Black Jack Mulligan
2025 Micky West
2025 Mike Eagers
2025 Ringo Rigby
2025 Rusty Blair
2025 Sandy Scott
2024 Alan Patchett (Heritage member)
2024 Barry Douglas
2024 Bill Rawlings
2024 Bob Bartholomew
2024 Brian “Mad Monk” Burgess
2024 Brian Hunt
2024 Brian Maxine
2024 Chris Riley
2024 Dave Larsen
2024 Dwight J Ingleburgh
2024 George Burgess
2024 Ian Muir
2024 George Passalaris
2024 Meru Ullah
2024 Mohammed Yakub
2024 Nick Capone
2024 Paul Vachon
2024 Peter “Tally Ho” Kaye
2024 Roy Paul
2024 Tom Jowett
2023 Adrian Street
2023 Billy Two Rivers
2023 Billy White Wolf
2023 Brian Dixon
2023 Dave Larkin
2023 Dave Freeman
2023 Erich Froelich
2023 Fred Van Lotter
2023 Gori Ed Mangotich
2023 Jim Breaks
2023 Leon Fortuna
2023 Martin Campbell (Heritage member)
2023 Max Crabtree
2023 Monty Swan
2023 Murphy The Surphy
2023 Paul Carpentier
2023 Ralph Ward
2023 Seamus Donlevy
2023 Spencer Churchill
2023 Stuart Bellamy
2023 Tony Barron
2022 Bert Royal
2022 Bill Robertson
2022 Derek Collins (Heritage member)
2022 Edward Sowden (Heritage member)
2022 Joe D’Orazio
2022 John Curry
2022 Jop Fourie (Heritage member)
2022 Karl Berg
2022 Karl Kramer
2022 Kim Kendo
2022 Klondyke Jake
2022 Lofty Waterman (Heritage member)
2022 Ray Luxford
2022 Rick Hunter
2022 Rocco Collumbo
2022 Rudi Saturski
2022 Shozo Kobayashi
2022 Sonny Caldinez
2022 Steve Casey (Boston)
2022 Tony Kelly
2022 Tony “Banger” Walsh
2021 Alan Bardouille
2021 Basil Romany Riley
2021 Bill Rawlings
2021 Billy Finlay
2021 Bobby Stafford
2021 Frank Rimer
2021 Jackie Robinson
2021 Jarvis Astaire
2021 Jim Green
2021 Joe Cornelius
2021 John Lees
2021 John Brown
2021 John DaSilva
2021 Mike Donlevy
2021 Pat Barratt
2021 Sarah Bridges
2021 Sid Cooper
2020 Al Marshall
2020 Bob McDonald (Middlesbrough)
2020 Bobo Matu
2020 Carlos Rocha
2020 Cyril Dummer
2020 Dave Adams
2020 David Franklin (Heritage member)
2020 David Gentle
2020 Dave Kidney
2020 Diamond Jim Brody
2020 Dicky Swales
2020 Duke Cordell
2020 Eddie Saxon
2020 Frank Robb
2020 Franz Van Buyten
2020 Gene Riscoe
2020 Big Jim Harris
2020 Jim Isdale
2020 Jock Campbell (Jock Cameron)
2020 Joey Scarlo
2020 John Taffy Jenkins
2020 Julia Prayter
2020 Klaus Kauroff
2020 Mal Mason
2020 Mark Rollerball Rocco
2020 Mike Shannon (Derry)
2020 Mike Weaver
2020 Milan Prica
2020 Ray Plunkett
2020 Steve Walton
2020 Terry Camm
2020 Tony Vallon
2020 Viv Martell
2020 Wayne Bridges
2020 Zoltan Boscik
2019 Adrian Lionheart McCallum
2019 Andy Robin
2019 Arnie Saari
2019 David Roberts (Heritage member)
2019 Fazal Ilahi
2019 Gerry Hoggarth
2019 Jim Howard
2019 Jim Rawlings
2019 John Davidson
2019 John Quinn
2019 Lee Sharron
2019 Les Thornton
2019 Maurice LaRue
2019 Mick Collins
2019 Pete Curry
2019 Ray Robinson
2019 Rik Sands
2019 Sandy Soutar
2018 Allan Armstrong
2018 Bert Alliday
2018 Bill Clark
2018 Cliffe Milla
2018 Dale Pierce (Heritage member)
2018 Dave Reece
2018 Doc Dean
2018 Don Bardoe
2018 Dynamite Kid
2018 Jackie Pallo Jr
2018 Jacques Lageat
2018 Jeff Kaye
2018 Jim Stockdale
2018 Mick McMichael
2018 Peter Baines
2018 Rene Lasartesse
2018 Scott Thomson
2018 Terry Nyland
2018 Whipper Watson Jr
2017 Al Tarzo
2017 Albert Wall
2017 Bob Bell
2017 Charlie Cornish (Dale Martin Second)
David Elliott (Heritage member)
2017 Gwyn Davies
2017 Joe Robinson
2017 Keith Williamson (Martinelli)
2017 Kurt Jorgens
2017 Otto Wanz
2017 Peter Preston
2017 Ray Noble (Heritage member)
2017 Rex Strong
2017 Syd Askin
2017 Tony Cassio
2017 Tony Francis
2017 Vic Faulkner
2016 Benny Van Den Burg
2016 Bob Leonard
2016 Dick Lanagan
2016 Ed Wensor
2016 Geoff Portz
2016 Gerry Diprose
2016 Jim Moser
2016 John Kowalski
2016 Lord James Blears
2016 Lord Littlebrook
2016 Tiger Delmonte
2016 Vince Apollo
2015 Axel Dieter
2015 Brian Trevors
2015 Buddy Ward
2015 Digger Watson
2015 Drew McDonald
2015 Glen Frazer
2015 Harry Kendall
2015 Harry Lightfoot (Promoter)
2015 Jack Land
2015 Jack Taylor (Bradford)
2015 John Murphy
2015 Baron Jorg Von Chenock
2015 Ken Shaw
2015 Keith Waddington
2015 Llew Roberts
2015 Michel Allary
2015 Mike Shannon (Kent)
2015 Pat Patton
2015 Peter Gurr
2015 Peter Szakacs
2015 Prince Kumali
2015 Roger Green
2015 Russ Bishop
2015 Sheik Tannous
2015 Tony Charles
2014 Allan Best (Heritage member)
2014 Arthur Jackson
2014 Bill Robinson
2014 Braka Cortez
2014 Dave Shade
2014 Doug Taylor
2014 Eric Pickering (The Scorpion)
2014 Grizzled Verteran (Heritage member)
2014 Jimmy Cassidy
2014 John Hall
2014 Johnny Czeslaw
2014 Judo John Brown
2014 Keith Payne (MC, Referee, Second)
2014 Ken Else
2014 Len Hurst
2014 Mike Jones
2014 Pablo the Gypsy (Ronnie Uttley)
2014 Ricky Starr
2014 Shuhei Aoki (Heritage member)
2014 Ted Heath
2013 Al Diamond (The Ebony Kid)
2013 Billy Catanzaro
2013 Billy Dale
2013 Brian Manelli
2013 Dennis North
2013 Farmer John Allan
2013 Harry Duval
2013 Jack Arkwright
2013 Jack Austin
2013 Johnny Howard
2013 Mick McManus
2013 Princess Paula Valdez
2013 Ramon Napolitano
2013 Ray Crawley
2013 Reg Trood
2013 Roger Brown
2013 Sue Brittain
2013 Toma Hansom
2013 Vic Coleman
2013 Woody Waldo
2012 Ace Allcard
2012 Al Marquette
2012 Alan Taylor (Anaconda)
2012 Alf Cadman
2012 Bernard Murray
2012 Bob Steele
2012 Bobby Graham
2012 Butcher Dave Bond
2012 Dara Singh
2012 Dave Hines
2012 Gordon Nelson
2012 Hardboiled Steve Haggetty
2012 Harry Geoghegan
2012 Ian Glasper (Ray Diamond)
2012 Ian St John
2012 Jack Flash Shirlow
2012 Jim Farrell
2012 Johnny “Legs” Valentine
2012 Lolita Loren
2012 Mark Hudson
2012 Peter Deakin
2012 Professor Adiwasser
2012 Rajendra Singh
2012 Tony Vince
2011 Billy Barber
2011 Brian Burke/Dave Newman
2011 Brian Manelli
2011 Dave Starr
2011 Dropkick Johnny Peters
2011 Eric Leiderman
2011 Frikki Alberta
2011 Jack Keegan
2011 Joe Keegan
2011 John Scott
2011 Jumping Jim Hussey
2011 Paul Lincoln
2011 Ray McGuire
2011 Sheikh Michael Taylor
2011 Stedman Clarke
2011 Tony “The Viking” Wood
2011 Tracey Kemp
2010 Alan J Batt
2010 Andre Baker
2010 Arpi Weber
2010 Billy Stock
2010 Chick Linton
2010 Edouard Carpentier
2010 Francois Miquet
2010 Jack Fallon
2010 Jack Taylor (Accrington)
2010 Jake “Dutch” Zorra
2010 Jim McCombie (Rob Roy McGregor)
2010 Jimmy Hagen
2010 Joe Queseck
2010 Julian Gurgris
2010 Micky Gold
2010 Matt Moran
2010 Mike Jessop (Bobby Barron ring man)
2010 Pedro the Gypsy
2010 Prince Curtis Iaukea
2010 Rene Ben Chemoul
2010 Robby Baron
2010 Tiger Williams
2010 Vic Stewart
2009 Ajit Singh
2009 Andre Drapp
2009 Crusher Brannigan
2009 Danny Quinn
2009 Dennis McNamara (Amateur champion)
2009 Francis Sullivan
2009 Jacques Ducrez (Le Bourreau de Bethune)
2009 Jim Armstrong
2009 John Williams (son of Jack Taylor)
2009 Les Parry
2009 Orig Williams
2009 Robert Bruce
2009 Roger Delaporte
2009 Spike O’Reilly
2009 Stefan Milla
2009 Ted Fretwell (DM Second)
2009 Tony Rowney
2009 Vladimir Waldberg
2008 Ben Wojtkowski/Chief Thunderbird (UK)
2008 Bob Bannister
2008 Bob Sherry
2008 Carl Dane
2008 Clayton Thomson
2008 Danny Hegan
2008 Docker Don Stedman
2008 Eddie Fox
2008 Ezra Francis (The Zulu)
2008 Ghalib Khan
2008 Gordon Renton
2008 Gorilla Reg Ray
2008 Kid Callon
2008 Robert Retsinnab (Bob Bannister)
2008 Stoker Brookes
2008 Tim Fitzmaurice
2008 Tommy Walsh
2008 Vic Powers
2008 Vince Karalius
2008 Zando Zabo
2007 Achim Chall
2007 Bert Craddock (Wilson Shepherd)
2007 Danny Lynch
2007 Eddie “Flash” Barker
2007 Eugene Stezycki
2007 Glen Harris
2007 Hans Behrens
2007 Jack Dempsey
2007 John L Hagger
2007 John Harris
2007 Johnny Angel (John Marsden of Sheffield)
2007 Karl Gotch (Karel Istaz)
2007 Masambula
2007 Ray Glendenning
2007 Roy Bradley
2007 Roy Parkes (Mr Big)
2006 Adolf Dabrowski
2006 Cowboy Jack Cassidy
2006 Jack Cheers
2006 Jackie TV Pallo
2006 Kitione Lave
2006 Mervyn Craggs
2006 Steve “Gaylord” Peacock
2005 Bill Connor
2005 Bob Abbott
2005 Bob “Legs” Langevin
2005 Dean Rockwell
2005 Judo Al Hayes
2005 Le Petit Prince
2005 Robert Duranton
2005 Rocky Moran (Lee Hippie)
2005 Ron Taylor
2005 Tarzan Tarboda
2005 Wild Angus Campbell
2004 Billy Best
2004 Crusher Verdu
2004 Dave Morgan
2004 Dennis Keegan
2004 Frank O’Donell
2004 Jim McKenzie
2004 Kevin Conneelly
2004 Pat Roach
2004 Quasimodo
2004 Stan Garside
2004 Yorkshire Kid Eric Dudley
2003 Bob Abbott
2003 Bob McMasters
2003 Eric Cutler
2003 Frank Red Cassidy
2003 George Goldie
2003 Gil Voiney
2003 Jack Mawdsley
2003 Josef Zaranoff
2003 Kangaroo Kennedy (Clyde Hurle)
2003 Kent Walton
2003 Mike Flash Jordan
2003 Percy Pittman
2003 Peter Cortez
2003 Steve Logan
2002 Bruce Allison
2002 Davey Bulldog Smith
2002 Frankie Hughes
2002 George Gordienko
2002 Hans Streiger
2002 Jack Lang
2002 Kangaroo Kennedy
2002 Ken Cadman
2002 Les Kellett
2002 Lou Thesz
2002 Max Ward
2002 Paddy Casey
2002 Pat O’Reilly
2002 Peter Rann
2002 Reg Yates
2002 Bronco Roger Wells
2002 Roy Heffernan
2002 Thunder Sugiyama
2001 Abe Ginsbergh
2001 Ben Sharpe
2001 Bill Warner|
2001 Chris Adams
2001 Dick Conlon
2001 Eddie Capelli
2001 Ivan Penzekoff
2001 Rito Romero
2001 Ron Harrison
2001 Ted Betley
2000 Billy Joyce
2000 Crusher Mason (Mighty Chang)
2000 Eric Taylor
2000 Ernie Riley
2000 Jim Foy
2000 Larry Laycock
2000 Norman Morrell
2000 Peter Keenan (Promoter)
2000 Rev Michael Brooks
2000 Rex Gable
2000 Professor Eddy Stratton
2000 Val Cerino
1999 Bengal Engblom (Padvo Peltonin)
1999 Bill Case
1999 Bobby Palmer
1999 Dave Barrie
1999 Gilbert LeDuc
1999 Joe Hill
1999 Johnny Eagles
1999 Yuri Borienko
1998 Abe Goldberg
1998 George Kidd
1998 Giant Haystacks
1998 Jules Kiki
1998 Len Hornby
1998 Stan Roberts
1998 Terry Garvin
1998 Tiger Jimmy Ryan
1998 Tomothy Geoghegan
1997 Andreas Lambrakis
1997 Dennis Mitchell
1997 Leon Arras
1997 Ray Golden Apollon
1997 Shirley Crabtree
1997 The Wild Man of Borneo
1996 Bill Harrison
1996 Cheri Bibi
1996 Chic Purvey
1996 Indio Guajaro
1995 Butcher Goodman
1995 Eric Sands
1995 Harry Pennington
1995 Honey Boy Zimba
1995 Jose Cadiz (Joe Heaton)
1995 Laurent Gerstmans
1995 Lucky Simunovich
1995 Masahiko Kimura
1995 Peter Grant
1995 Ted Beckham (The Blue Mask)
1994 Atholl Oakeley
1994 Bobby Barron
1994 George Nuttall
1994 Harry Bennett (Casey Pye)
1994 Johnny Kwango
1993 Bert Nuttall
1993 Bruno Elrington
1993 Catweazle Gary Cooper
1993 Count Bartelli
1993 Ian Campbell
1993 Jean Ferre
1993 Jarrow Viking
1993 Kurt Stein (Germany)
1992 Alec Burton
1992 Bert Mansfield
1992 Bill Ogden
1992 Bob Gardiner
1992 Bob Silcock
1992 Chunky Hayes
1992 Kevin Cawley
1992 Paul Berger
1992 Romeo Joe Critchley
1992 Trevor Rees
1991 Baron Von Heczy
1991 Jack Atherton
1991 Jack Dale
1991 Lee Leong Fu
1991 Sam Rabin
1991 Terry Goodrum
1990 Bert Assirati
1990 Cyril Knowles
1990 Deep River
1990 Doug Joyce
1990 Frank Sexton
1990 George Gillette
1990 Harry Greb (Jan Gotch)
1990 Ken Joyce
1990 Mitchell Gill
1990 Mustapha Nasser
1990 Norman Kenworthy
1990 Saxon Smith
1990 Ted Beresford
1990 Whipper Billy Watson
1989 Don Vines
1989 Midge Cowan
1989 Mike Demetri
1989 Prince Barnu (Fred Darkie Barnes)
1988 Carl Van Wurden
1988 Ernest Baldwin
1988 Great Salzedo
1988 Jim Anderson
1988 John Foley
1987 Atholl Oakeley
1987 Black Butcher Johnson
1987 Cab Cashford
1987 Don Branch
1987 Mal Kirk
1987 Mighty Chang Milton Reid
1987 Norman the Butcher
1987 Slim Gillan
1987 Steve “Crusher” Casey
1986 Alex Alexinis
1986 Cowboy Ken Ackles
1986 George Clark
1986 George Pencheff
1986 Golden Ace Laurence Chappell
1986 Jack Tulley (Red Staranoff)
1986 Tommy Lorne
1986 Tony Ancell
1985 Bholu Pahalwan
1985 Dave Armstrong
1985 Gordon Corbett
1985 Jack Pye
1985 Peter Kaiser
1985 Terry McDonald
1985 Texas Jack Bence
1985 Tom Casey
1984 Alan Dennison
1984 Bob Russell
1984 Jack Wentworth
1984 Lord Atholl Layton
1984 Ted Beech
1983 Earl McCready (Canada)
1983 Mel Riss
1983 Rashid Anwar
1983 Reuben Wright
1983 Ted Tonking
1982 Alan Garfield
1982 Carver Doone
1982 Charlie Green
1982 Chatti Yokouchi
1982 Douglas DeRelwyskow
1982 Great Togo Harold Sakata
1982 Peter Maivia
1982 Stan Rylands
1981 Benny Sherman
1981 Bill Torontos
1981 Franz Orlik
1981 Les Stent
1981 Mike Marino
1981 Mustafa Shikane
1981 Tibor Szakacs
1980 Alec Bray
1980 Arthur Beaumont
1980 Arthur Kellett
1980 Costas Astreos
1980 George DeRelwyskow Jr
1980 Johnny Yearsley
1980 Kola Kwariani
1980 Mario Magisti
1980 Nicolai Zigulinoff
1980 Phil Meader
1980 Syd Ingleson
1980 Togo Tani
1980 Wolfgang Ehrl
1979 Arnold Dyson
1979 Bulldog Bill Garnon
1979 Cliff Belshaw (Beaumont)
1979 Dominic Pye
1979 Harry Fields
1979 Jim Hipkiss
1979 Klondyke Bill
1978 Alec Taylor
1978 Ernie Mack
1978 Floyd Craggs
1978 George Bullock
1978 Harry Walker
1978 Jack Doyle
1978 Ken “Bearded” Davies
1978 Margerich Anaconda
1978 Vic Hessle
1977 Billy Riley
1977 Bonnie Alan Muir
1977 Cliff Attenborough
1977 Butty Sugrue
1977 Geoff Morris
1977 George Longdon
1977 Tommy Mann
1977 Zebra Kid (George Bolas)
1976 Arthur Leonard Wright (Promoter)
1976 Pat Madden
1976 Sheikh Wadi Ayoub
1976 Steve Clements
1976 Ted Christy
1976 Tom Blinkhorn
1975 Bob Archer O’Brien
1975 Harry Vickers Wright (M.C.)
1975 Johnny Mack
1975 Polo Cordova
1975 Rudi Saturski
1975 Yvar Martinsen
1974 Axel Cadier
1974 Bill Coverdale
1974 Gene Dubuque
1974 Ski Hi Lee
1973 Alex Lundyn
1973 Taffy Jones
1973 Tom Rose
1972 Luther Lindsay
1972 Martin Bucht (Padvo Peltonin)
1972 Ray Gunkel
1971 Colin Williamson
1971 Ezzard Hart
1971 George Harris
1971 Pepe Cortez
1970 Dennis Savage
1970 William Welsh, The Iron Duke
1970 Wright Mallinson
1969 College Boy Charlie Law
1969 Emil Koroshchenko
1969 George Busfield
1969 Jack Sherry
1969 Jim Hady
1969 Kurt Zehe
1969 Lew Phillips
1969 Matsuda
1969 Mike Brendel
1969 Ted Gutteridge (Young Hackenschmidt)
1968 George Hackenschmidt
1968 Harry Pye
1968 Jackie Harris
1968 Joe Reid
1967 Eric Day
1967 Catalina George Drake
1967 Francois Monteverde
1967 Karl Romsky
1967 Primo Carnera
1966 Adi Berber
1966 Cyril Morris
1966 Harry Smith
1966 Leo Demetral
1966 Randolph Turpin
1966 Stan Stone
1965 Frankie Townsend
1965 Harlem Jimmy Brown
1965 Harry Joyce (Promoter)
1965 Jack Callaghan Jr (Promoter)
1965 Maurice Letchford
1965 Robert Adams
1964 Billy Moores
1964 Bob McDonald
1964 Frank Manto
1964 Rocco Colombo
1964 Ronto the Bull
1963 Alec Munro
1963 Bill Benny
1963 Jack Beaumont
1963 Micky Wood
1963 Robert Cook
1963 Tommy Hooton (Tommy the Demon, Blue Flash, Black Knight)
1962 Alexander Zass (Samson)
1962 Bill Shelton
1962 Billy Bartush
1962 Half Nelson Keys
1962 Hec Trudeau
1962 Jimmy James (Manchester)
1962 Johnny Demchuk
1962 Mathias Rosges
1962 Sam Burmister
1961 Jack Alker
1961 Job Shambley
1961 Bomber John Bates
1961 Scotty Ambrose
1960 Gypsy Dean
1959 Alf Allen (Promoter)
1959 Billy Beech
1959 Charlie Glover
1959 Peter Gotz
1958 Ike Beech
1957 Tom Jenkins
1956 George McKenzie
1956 Sonny Wallis
1955 Peter Bannan
1954 Henry Irslinger
1954 Karl Pojello
1954 Maurice Tillet
1954 Tom McCarty Jr
1954 Tom McCarty Sr
1953 Gill Roberts
1952 Thomas Storr (Promoter)
1951 C.B. Cochran
1951 Douglas Clark
1951 Ed Don Virag
1949 William Bankier (Apollo)
1946 Job Shambley
1946 Martin Schultz
1945 Alf Lagren
1944 Frank Bully Pye
1943 Aubrey “Bull” Coleman
1943 Jeff Dickson (Promoter)
1942 George de Relwyskow Snr
1940 Harold Angus
1940 Joe Carroll
1940 John Mortimer (Promoter)
1940 John Clempert (Promoter)
1938 Lauritz Neilsen
1938 Ted Tonking
1937 Micky Flack
1936 John Abbey (Jack Dale Sr)
1935 Jim Wango
1933 Strangler Johnson
1930 Launceston Elliot
1924 Jack Carkeek
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