(1946-08-16)August 16, 1946[2] Waxahachie, Texas, United States[1]
Died
June 15, 1996(1996-06-15) (aged 49)[3] Amarillo, Texas, United States[3]
Cause of death
Myocardial infarction[3]
Alma mater
West Texas State University[4]
Children
1
Family
Frankie Murdoch (father)[5] Killer Tim Brooks (cousin)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Big Daddy Murdoch[1] Black Ace Dick Murdoch[1] The Invader[1] Ron Carson[2] Super Rodeo Machine The Texan
Billed height
6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[6]
Billed weight
288 lb (131 kg)[6]
Billed from
Waxahachie, Texas
Trained by
Killer Karl Kox Bob Geigel Pat O'Connor
Debut
1965[2]
Hoyt Richard Murdoch (August 16, 1946 – June 15, 1996) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names "Dirty" Dick Murdoch and "Captain Redneck". He was best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.[1][2]
Murdoch started his wrestling career in 1965, and three years later, he began teaming with longtime partner Dusty Rhodes as the Texas Outlaws. After they split up, Murdoch wrestled for several territories including the National Wrestling Alliance, Florida Championship Wrestling, and Mid-South Wrestling, also touring overseas. He joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1984 and teamed with Adrian Adonis to form the North-South Connection, winning the WWF Tag Team Championship.
In 1981, Murdoch gained international exposure by joining New Japan Pro-Wrestling and stayed there until 1989. He later wrestled for Jim Crockett Promotions, engaging in feuds with the likes of Ric Flair, Nikita Koloff, and Dusty Rhodes. He also worked for World Championship Wrestling in 1991 as part of a tag team with Dick Slater until going into semi-retirement, while making appearances at the 1995 Royal Rumble and Slamboree 1993: A Legends' Reunion.
^ abcdefDave Meltzer (1986). The Wrestling Observer's Who's who in Pro Wrestling. Wrestling Observer. p. 81.
^ abcdGreg Oliver; Steven Johnson (2007). The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels. ECW Press. pp. 347–348. ISBN 978-1-55490-284-2.
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^ abShields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. DK. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
Richard Murdoch (August 16, 1946 – June 15, 1996) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names "Dirty" DickMurdoch and "Captain...
Texas and entered the Kansas City territory, tagging with fellow Texan DickMurdoch to form the tag team The Texas Outlaws. The team traveled both nationally...
wrestling regularly due to injuries. After this, Adonis began teaming with DickMurdoch as the “North-South Connection,” winning the WWF Tag Team Championship...
wrestled in Florida. He often teamed with West Texas stars Dusty Rhodes, DickMurdoch, and his son Barry Windham. Mulligan returned to the WWF as a full-time...
Lance Cade. He was repackaged as Trevor Murdoch (the surname coming from his likeness to wrestling legend DickMurdoch, though the two are not related), and...
the Mid-South Tag Team Championship and feuded with Junkyard Dog and DickMurdoch. After also attacking Ladd, the two began a feud with their former adviser...
impact in WWF's tag team division as they beat North South Connection (DickMurdoch and Adrian Adonis) for their first WWF Tag Team Championship on January...
By February 1978, DiBiase would unseat Dick Slater to become Missouri State champion only to lose to DickMurdoch after a few weeks on television. In the...
Federation (WWF). Among his regular partners were Tommy Rich (as "TNT"), DickMurdoch, and Rocky Johnson. He was also the first man to press slam and pin Hulk...
characters and in cameos, including Terry Funk, Ted DiBiase, Bob Roop, DickMurdoch, Dory Funk Jr., Don Leo Jonathan, Don Kernodle, Gene Kiniski, Dennis...
Heavyweight Championship from DickMurdoch on June 8, 1971. The title was later held up after a controversial rematch with Murdoch. Brisco then took a short...
with Angelo Mosca NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with DickMurdoch (1 time), Don Jardine (1 time), and Killer Karl Kox (1 time) NWA Florida...
Several championships were defended on the card. Adrian Adonis and DickMurdoch retained their WWF Tag Team Championship against Sgt. Slaughter and Terry...
unsuccessfully challenged the North-South Connection, Adrian Adonis and DickMurdoch, for the WWF World Tag Team Championship. Both men would retire from...
into wrestling. He was trained by Texan wrestlers Dory Funk, Jr. and DickMurdoch. He made his wrestling debut on April 4, 1987 for Jim Crockett`s Mid-Atlantic...
Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson), defeating the team of DickMurdoch and Randy Rhodes in the finals. In 1998 the NWA board of directors reached...
enemy Dusty Rhodes in 1986, the latter teamed with Vladimir Petrov and DickMurdoch to get revenge. Koloff's biggest NWA feuds were against Rhodes, The Road...
Champion retained the title until August 10, 1985, where he was defeated by DickMurdoch at the MSW Superdome Extravaganza in New Orleans, LA. Colley suffered...
three months before WrestleMania from the team of Adrian Adonis and DickMurdoch. In the months leading up to the first WrestleMania, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper...
times) – with Buck Robley (1), Terry Orndorff (1), Killer Karl Kox (1), DickMurdoch (3), Mike George (1), and Mr. Olympia (1) Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame...
the duo facing Tommy Rich and various partners, including Butch Reed, DickMurdoch, and the Masked Superstar, in a series of matches. Anderson and Sawyer...
acquired by Jim Crockett Promotions. The exact date that Junkyard Dog and Murdoch lost the championship has not been documented, which means that their reign...
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