(1908-03-10)March 10, 1908 Sharon, Kansas, United States
Died
January 24, 1981(1981-01-24) (aged 72) Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States[1][2]
Spouse(s)
Grace Brown
(m. 1927–1981)
(His death)
Children
1
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Orville Brown
Trained by
Ernest Brown[1][3]
Debut
1929
Retired
1949
Orville Brown (March 10, 1908 – January 24, 1981)[1][2] was an American professional wrestler. He is a thirteen-time world champion and was recognized as the first NWA World Heavyweight Champion in 1948. Brown's professional wrestling career ended on November 1, 1949, when he suffered severe injuries in an automobile accident.[1][3]
^ abcdOrville Brown – biography
^ abHornbaker, Tim (2007). National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling. ECW Press. pp. 198–201. ISBN 978-1-55022-741-3.
^ abThe Story of Orville Brown Archived 2007-08-04 at the Wayback Machine
OrvilleBrown (March 10, 1908 – January 24, 1981) was an American professional wrestler. He is a thirteen-time world champion and was recognized as the...
Worlds Heavyweight Championship reigns. The inaugural champion was OrvilleBrown. The longest reigning champion is Lou Thesz, who held the title from...
Orville Hickman Browning (February 10, 1806 – August 10, 1881) was an attorney in Illinois and a politician who was active in the Whig and Republican Parties...
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers...
design was only held by the very first NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion, OrvilleBrown, who suffered a career ending injury resulting from a motorcycle crash...
joined the newly formed NWA in October 1948, with the MWA champion, OrvilleBrown, recognized as the first NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Key Key Heart...
of the six "founding fathers" of the NWA (Paul "Pinkie" George and OrvilleBrown) promoting in it. Originally known as the "Midwest Wrestling Association"...
by defeating OrvilleBrown at Memorial Hall in Kansas City. Wykoff held the title for 182 days before losing it back to his nemesis Brown. In January 1943...
backing of six other promoters: Al Haft, Tony Stecher, Harry Light, OrvilleBrown, Don Owen, and Sam Muchnick. The concept of the NWA was to consolidate...
partner of fellow catch wrestler Ad Santel. On 16 May 1934, he wrestled OrvilleBrown to a 30-minute draw. He gained some notoriety in 1936 when he faced...
of the comedy-drama science fiction television series The Orville, also known as The Orville: New Horizons, premiered on June 2, 2022. It streams on Hulu...
for all the various wrestling territories throughout North America. OrvilleBrown, the reigning Midwest World Heavyweight Championship holder, was named...
fellow promoters Pinky George, Wally Karbo (representing Tony Stecher), OrvilleBrown, Max Clayton, and Al Haft at the President Hotel in Waterloo, Iowa to...
and by November 29 of the same year, Kowalski was facing NWA champion OrvilleBrown in a heavyweight championship match. Kowalski stood out in his era for...
broke into wrestling in 1955 and he began competing for local promoter OrvilleBrown. Initially performing under the name "Country Boy Calhoun", he performed...
Bob Geigel Central States Wrestling 1948–1988 Kansas City, Missouri OrvilleBrown† (through 1958) George Simpson (through 1958) Bob Geigel (1958–1986...
Wild Bull Curry Bobby Shane/Vivian Vachon Yukon Eric/Betty Jo Hawkins OrvilleBrown George Gordienko/Eddie Sullivan Lee Fields/George "Scrap Iron" Gadaski...
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, Adam Rose, The Boogeyman, John Morrison, D'lo Brown, Cody Rhodes, P. J. Black, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Brian Kendrick, Dr. Tom Prichard...
1989 1990 Marie-Claire Noah 1991 John O'Shea 1992 Arthur Ashe 1993 OrvilleBrown 1994 Paul McNamee 1995 Andre Agassi 1996 Paul Flory 1997 Nelson Mandela...
2017 to 2022, he was a regular on the Fox/Hulu sci-fi comedy drama The Orville as Gordon Malloy. As a singer, Grimes is best known for co-writing and...
Wild Bull Curry Bobby Shane/Vivian Vachon Yukon Eric/Betty Jo Hawkins OrvilleBrown George Gordienko/Eddie Sullivan Lee Fields/George "Scrap Iron" Gadaski...
Archived from the original on 2005-10-27. Retrieved 2009-03-02. Brown, Dick. "OrvilleBrown". Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from...
Global Information