Buddy "Jack" Roberts

Dale Hey was a professional wrestler better known as Buddy Roberts. Image File history File links Buddy_Roberts. ... Image File history File links Buddy_Roberts. ... ...

Career

Dale Hey started wrestling in 1965 as Dale Valentine, the "brother" of Johnny Valentine. By 1970, he had formed a tag team called the "Hollywood Blonds" with Jerry Brown and they won numerous regional tag team titles across the United States throughout the 1970's. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Johnny Valentine was born John Wisniski in 1928. ...

In the late 1970's, he split from Brown and changed his name to Buddy Roberts. He joined the Fabulous Freebirds with Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy and became famous as Buddy "Jack" Roberts. The Fabulous Freebirds The Fabulous Freebirds were a professional wrestling tag team that usually consisted of three wrestlers. ... Michael P.S. Hayes Michael P.S. Hayes (born Michael Seitz on March 29, 1959 in Marietta, Georgia), is a former professional wrestler famous for his group, The Fabulous Freebirds. ... Terry Bam Bam Gordy Terry Gordy was a professional wrestler who was most famous for being a member of the Fabulous Freebirds. ...

He was known for his partying and for his pranks.

In the ring, they won several titles and moved on to World Class Championship Wrestling in late 1982 and began a legendary feud with the Von Erich family. They wrestled David, Kerry and Kevin Von Erich numerous times through 1986. World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), also called the World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA), was a popular regional professional wrestling promotion run out of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. ... David Adkisson David Allen Adkisson was a professional wrestler famous under the name of David Von Erich. ... Kerry Gene Adkisson aka Kerry Von Erich a professional wrestling legend from the tragically famous Adkission (Von Erich) family. ... He was on WWE Homecoming last night, on USA Kevin Ross Adkisson was a professional wrestler. ...

In early 1986, The Freebirds went to the Universal Wrestling Federation where he won the Television Title. The name Universal Wrestling Federation may refer to: An American professional wrestling promotion, forerunner to the WCW. See Universal Wrestling Federation (United States). ...

In 1987, The Freebirds split up until reforming in WCCW late in the year. Buddy and Gordy turned on Hayes and teamed with Iceman Parsons to feud with Hayes and the Von Erichs. Gordy eventually left Roberts to rejoin Hayes. The feud ended in late 1989 when Hayes and Gordy left for the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions. Iceman King Parsons Iceman Parsons (born King Parsons) was a professional wrestler that sometimes went by Iceman King Parsons. ... The National Wrestling Alliance is a group of independent professional wrestling promotions, in operation since 1948. ... Crockett logo from 1973-1988 Jim Crockett Promotions was the name of a professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett, Jr. ...

Roberts made one appearance as the manager for Hayes and Jimmy Garvin in a match against Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers in the NWA and then retired in 1990. Jimmy Garvin & Precious Jimmy Garvin (born James Williams on September 25, 1957 in Tampa, Florida) was a professional wrestler. ... Steve & Brad Armstrong Steve Armstrong (Steve James) is a professional wrestler and is the son of the legendary Bullet Bob Armstrong. ... Tracy Smothers (born September 2, 1962 in Springfield, Tennessee) is an American professional wrestler. ...

Roberts had throat cancer after he retired but had surgery to beat it.

Profile

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• Birthday: 1945
• Hometown: Del City, Oklahoma
• Trainer: Ivan Koloff
• Managers: Sunshine, Oliver Humperdink
• Other Gimmicks: Dale Valentine, Buddy Roberts, Buddy "Jack" Roberts

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Championships/Accomplishments

National Wrestling Alliance

• 2-Time NWA North American Tag Team Champion (with Jerry Brown)
• 1-Time NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion (with Jerry Brown)
• 2-Time NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (with Jerry Brown)

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World Class Championship Wrestling

• 1-Time WCCW Texas Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time WCCW Television Champion
• 6-Time WCCW Six-Man Tag Team Champion (with Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy 5 times and Iceman Parsons & Terry Gordy once)with promoter Al Henderson

 Of Southern Pro Wrestling Texarkana. 

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UWF & Mid-South Wrestling

• 1-Time UWF Television Champion
• 1-Time Mid-South Tag Team Champion (with Terry Gordy)

The UWF Television Championship started out as the Mid-South Television Championship in 1984. ... The UWF Tag Team Championship was the tag team title in the Universal Wrestling Federation from 1986 until the promotion closed in 1987. ...

Other Titles

• 3-Time Tri-State Tag Team Champion (with Jerry Brown)
• 4-Time America's Tag Team Champion (with Jerry Brown)
• 1-Time Mid-Southern Tag Team Champion (with Jerry Brown)
• 2-Time Southwest Championship Wrestling Television Champion
• 1-Time Southwest Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Champion

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked him # 167 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.