Bobby Duncum
| Bobby Duncum Sr. | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Bobby Edward Duncum |
| Born | August 14, 1944 Austin, Texas |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Bobby Duncum Big Bad Boddy The Mummy Spoiler #2[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)[2] |
| Billed weight | 285 lb (129 kg)[2] |
| Billed from | Austin, Texas[2] |
| Debut | 1967[2] |
| Retired | 1986 |
Bobby Edward Duncum Sr. (born August 14, 1944) is an American former professional wrestler from the late 1960s to late 1980s, performing for the World Wide Wrestling Federation, National Wrestling Alliance and American Wrestling Association. He is the father of the late wrestler Bobby Duncum Jr.. His son died of an accidental overdose in January 2000.
Professional wrestling career
His wrestling persona was that of a heel cowboy and he wrestled some of the top babyface stars of the era such as Bob Backlund and Bruno Sammartino. In the AWA, along with Nick Bockwinkel, Ray Stevens and Blackjack Lanza, he was a member of famous wrestling stable, managed by Bobby Heenan, known as The Heenan Family.[3] His famous catch phrase during interviews (and written phonetically) was "You unnastan?" ("you understand?").
In wrestling
Championships and accomplishments
- American Wrestling Association
- Championship Wrestling from Florida
- NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Florida version) (2 times)
- NWA Florida Global Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Angelo Mosca
- NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Dick Murdoch (1), Don Jardine (1) and Killer Karl Kox
- NWA Florida Television Championship (1 time)
- NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) (1 time)
- NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (1 time) - with Killer Karl Kox
- Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
- Mid-South Sports / Georgia Championship Wrestling
- NWA Columbus Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Stan Vachon
- NWA Macon Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version) (1 time)
- NWA Big Time Wrestling
- NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Chris Colt
- NWA Western States Sports
- NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Amarillo version) (1 time)
- NWA Western States Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Woody Farmer (1) and Dick Murdoch (1)
References
- ^ "Wrestler Profiles: Bobby Duncum Sr". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ a b c d e Shields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. DK. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
- ^ a b Shields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. DK. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
- ^ "Gary Hart profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-11-23.