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Wahoo McDaniel. Edward Hugh McDaniel [3] (June 19, 1938 – April 18, 2002) was an American [4] professional football player and professional wrestler better known by his ring name Wahoo McDaniel. He is notable for having held the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship five times. McDaniel was a major star in the American Wrestling ...
May 5, 2014 · The Incredible Wahoo McDaniel. I have said it before, but one of the things that made the American Football League great was the interesting characters that would up in AFL uniforms. Rattlesnake charmer, Dennit Morris; Ernie “The Giant Cat” Ladd; Cookie Gilchrist; Larry “Wildman” Eisenhauer, and the list goes on and on.
Feb 16, 2020 · Upon graduation, McDaniel (who got the nickname “Wahoo” from his father) entered the American Football League in 1960, where he spent eight years playing linebacker and guard for the Houston Oilers (1960), the Denver Broncos (1961-1963), the New York Jets (1964-1965) and the Miami Dolphins (1966-1968).
Wahoo McDaniel How He Went From Football to Grappling. Wahoo McDaniel was born in Bernice, Oklahoma, a great football town. He grew up in Midland, Texas, where football was king. Oklahoma University collegiate football stats as a linebacker were more famous for Bud Wilkenson’s Sooners football program than those for his 1960-1969 AFL career.
Apr 22, 2002 · An American Indian, an expansion Dolphin, a legendary wrestler, an old-time carouser, a full-time personality, an Oiler, a Bronco, a Jet, a guard, a linebacker, a kicker — he was the kind of ...
Apr 25, 2002 · McDaniel started his pro football career with the Houston Oilers in the American Football League's debut season of 1960, and ended it, after stops in Denver and New York, with the Miami Dolphins ...
Apr 20, 2002 · McDaniel was born in Bernice, La., on June 19, 1938, and was a football star at Midland High School in Texas in the 1950s. He moved on to the University of Oklahoma, where he lettered at ...
