Originally Posted by mustachepete
Bruno was a huge figure in Pittsburgh. Sports in the 1960s was dominated by dynasties, and he fit right in with them.


I also remember crusher Lisowski, Johnny Valentine, The Mongol, Apollo, Baba the Giant, and Fritz Von Erich. More than a couple of decades later I got to meet Fritz Von Erich when I became the City Administrator of a small Texas city that we lived near. We arranged a wrestling match to raise funds for a local library.


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