Gypsy Joe and his wife on p.4 of World's Light-HeavyWeight Champion 1940s magazine
Born
Paul Lloyd Georgeacopoulos[1]
(1905-01-22)January 22, 1905
Lowell, Massachusetts
Died
November 1, 1993(1993-11-01) (aged 88)[2]
Nationality
American
Occupation(s)
Professional wrestling promoter, boxer, sports promoter
Known for
Founder and first President of the National Wrestling Alliance
Paul "Pinkie" George (born Paul Lloyd Georgeacopoulos; January 22, 1905 – November 1, 1993) was an American professional wrestling promoter, boxer and businessman best known as the visionary behind, and first president of, the National Wrestling Alliance.[3] He operated the NWA's Iowa territory, one of the primary members of the NWA based in Des Moines. Described by Sam Muchnick as the father of the NWA[1] George was inducted into the NWA Hall of Fame in 2014.
^ abHornbaker, Tim (November 28, 2017). National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Professional Wrestling. ECW Press. ISBN 9781554902743 – via Google Books.
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^III, Harris M. Lentz (January 1, 2003). Biographical Dictionary of Professional Wrestling, 2d ed. McFarland. ISBN 9780786417544 – via Google Books.
Paul "Pinkie" George (born Paul Lloyd Georgeacopoulos; January 22, 1905 – November 1, 1993) was an American professional wrestling promoter, boxer and...
promotion sanctioned by the re-established governing body. In 1948, Paul "Pinkie" George, a professional wrestling promoter from the U.S. Midwest, founded the...
Champion was Ken Fenelon, who was awarded the title in May 1943 by Paul "Pinkie" George, the promoter of the local National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) promotion...
promoter. In 1948, Stecher was one of five promoters to back Paul "Pinkie" George in the formation of the National Wrestling Alliance. In boxing, he was...
Wrestling Alliance with two of the six "founding fathers" of the NWA (Paul "Pinkie" George and Orville Brown) promoting in it. Originally known as the "Midwest...
wrestling promoters (including PinkieGeorge to form the National Wrestling Alliance. In September of the same year, PinkieGeorge was the first NWA President...
National Wrestilng Alliance is founded in 48/07 in Waterloo, IA by PinkieGeorge with five other promoters." Duncan & Will (2000) p. 15 "Unifies following...
Zaharias, Swedish Angel, Roy Graham and Tug Carlson. In 1948, promoter PinkieGeorge, along with other promoters, recognized Brown as the World Heavyweight...
The Battle of Pinkie, also known as the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh (English: /klʌf/ KLUF, Scots pronunciation: [kl(j)ux]), took place on 10 September 1547...
Alphonse Bisigniano. He debuted in 1950 in Texas. Wrestling primarily in PinkieGeorge's Midwest Wrestling Association out of Kansas City, Missouri, and also...
founders Paul "Pinkie" George and Max Clayton introduced an Iowa-Nebraska version, with the champions splitting their time between George's Iowa territory...
but declined to go. Karbo had a brief spell in boxing for promoter PinkieGeorge, which caught the attention of fellow wrestling promoter Tony Stecher...
NWA Territory Promoter(s) NWA Iowa 1948–1959 Des Moines, Iowa Paul "Pinkie" George† Minneapolis Boxing and Wrestling Club 1948–1960 Minneapolis, Minnesota...
version), NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) PinkieGeorge † (Paul George) Promoting Was a founder of the NWA. Was the Original President...
around the CVE-2014-3153 vulnerability, which was discovered by hacker Pinkie Pie, and it involves an issue in the futex subsystem that in turn allows...
voice acting in various animated shows, such as voicing the characters of Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy in the Discovery Family series My Little Pony: Friendship...
and wrestling as a heavyweight. For the next three years he boxed for PinkieGeorge at the Electric park and other cites around Iowa. He was also working...
George Lucas (born 1944) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and entrepreneur. His most well known work includes both the Star...
generations wore the signet on top of their wedding bands, on their left pinkies. FDR's pinky signet was noted and admired by Sir Winston Churchill (who...
it and which he seldom removes). Secret's recurring archenemy is Yellow Pinkie (also voiced by Frees), a parody of both Auric Goldfinger from Goldfinger...
February 9, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2012. Mooneyham, Mike (April 11, 1997). "George South No Heel Outside The Ring". The Wrestling Gospel According to Mike...
been an advisor and flatterer of Regent Arran before the battle of Pinkie. George Buchanan wrote that Hugh was notable more for his large size and strength...
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