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Sonny Fargo

[“Roughhouse” Fargo was a wrestling original]

Title History

  • NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Jackie Fargo defeating Joe Scarpa and Lester Welch (1961);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Jackie Fargo defeating Alex Perez and Tojo Yamamoto (March 17, 1964);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Jackie Fargo defeating Alex Perez and Tojo Yamamoto (April 16, 1964);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Jackie Fargo defeating Interns (June 17, 1972);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Jackie Fargo defeating Interns (June 19, 1972);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Tojo Yamamoto defeating Jim White and Jerry Lawler (April 9, 1973);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Jackie Fargo defeating Jim White and Jerry Lawler (July 9, 1973);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Rufus R. Jones defeating Infernos (March 11, 1974);

Career Highlights

  • Due to diabetes, he has lost both legs and uses a hover-round type chair to get around.
  • Sonny Fargos (Real Name: Jack Faggart) is a widower and is very soft spoken and never mentions wrestling.
  • August 20, 2008: Sonny Fargo (aka Roughhouse Fargo) passed away at the age of 80 at his home in China Grove, NC.

 

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July 20, 1928

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Born in Rowan County, North Carolina
Resides in China Grove, North Carolina

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Luke Fields
Les Welch
Don Fields
Tex Riley
Charro Azteca
Joe Scarpa
Don Greene
Buddy Fuller
Pat O Conner
Al Greene
Pedro Morales
The the Bavarian Boys

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