WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Butch Malone Real Name: Bill Crouch Birthday: July 28, 1950 Hometown: Two Rivers, Wisconsin Omaha, Nebraska Marital Status: Height & Weight: 6'1" - Trained by: Verne Gagne Billy Robinson Debut: Previous Names: Bill Malone Finishing Move: Favorite Moves: Notable Feuds: Norvell Austin
NWA (Gulf Coast) Alabama Heavyweight title (as Bill Malone) defeating Dick Dunn (September 25, 1975); NWA Tennessee Tag Team titles w/Norvell Austin defeating ???????? (December ??, 1975); NWA Mid America Tag Team titles w/Jim Dalton won a tournament (December 1, 1979);
Butch Malone, Chris Taylor, Sgt. Slaughter &Buddy Rose were trained by Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson of the AWA.. Butch Malone was in the movie "The Wrestler" (see IMDB.com) but was cut out the final theater release. 1976: Butch Malone formed a heel tag team with Norvell Austin and they were managed by Homer O'Dell .. Spring 1976: Butch Malone & Norvell Austin broke up and began feuding (Malone turned face and O'Dell stayed with Austin).. Summer 1976: Butch Malone went to Tennessee & Alabama as a heel and formed tag teams with David Schultz and Bill Ash.. 1977: Butch Malone formed a masked tag team with Jim Dalton known as "The Exterminaters" in the Memphis area... Late 1978: Butch Malone & Jim Dalton worked as heels in the Knoxville Southeastern region with Ron Wright as their manager.. Promotions most working for: AWA, NWA (Charlotte, Atlanta, Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis).. Bill Crouch retired after his son was born and went into heavy equipment mechanics and computer information technology.. Bill Crouch is currently working for the Federal Government and is a Microsoft System Engineer in Windows NT and 2000.. 2010: Bill Crouch appeared in a movie from the Western-genre called "The Gundown" at http://thegundown.com