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Laverne Clarence Gagne [2] (February 26, 1926 – April 27, 2015) [3] was an American amateur and professional wrestler, football player, wrestling trainer and wrestling promoter. He was the owner and promoter of the Minneapolis -based American Wrestling Association (AWA), the predominant promotion throughout the Midwest and Manitoba for many ...
May 1, 2015 · A native of Minnesota, a state perhaps second only to Iowa in its ardor for wrestling, Verne Gagne had been determined to be a wrestler from the time he was a boy.
Laverne Clarence " Verne " Gagne (February 26, 1926 – April 27, 2015) was an American professional wrestler, football player, wrestling trainer, and wrestling promoter. He was the owner and promoter of the Minneapolis, Minnesota -based American Wrestling Association (AWA).
Apr 28, 2015 · Verne Gagne died Monday at age 89. He was a Marine, a two-time NCAA wrestling champion and played football for the Gophers. In 1949, Gagne turned to professional wrestling.
Apr 28, 2015 · A High School wrestling and NCAA star, Gagne broke into the business in 1949, one year after competing in the Olympics as a member of the 1948 wrestling team, trained by Tony Stecher and Joe Pazandak.
Apr 28, 2015 · Verne Gagne, the founder and promoter of the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and one of the most important figures in professional wrestling history, passed away on Monday night at the age...
For more than four decades, Verne Gagne was a legendary wrestler and promoter in Minnesota and was an instrumental figure in the expansion of sports-entertainment in the early 1980s.
Verne Gagne was a standout athlete at Robbinsdale High School, where he was a two-time state high school wrestling champion in 1942 and 1943. Verne's football and wrestling career was interrupted by a tour of duty with the United States Marine Corps in 1943.
Apr 28, 2015 · Professional wrestling icon and Minnesota native Verne Gagne died Monday, according to friends and industry officials. Gagne, 89, had suffered from Alzheimer's disease for a number of years.
Apr 28, 2015 · MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Verne Gagne, one of professional wrestling’s most celebrated performers and promoters, has died. He was 89. Gagne died Monday at his daughter’s home in the Twin Cities area, according to longtime friend Gene Okerlund, a pro wrestling announcer who was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame with ...
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