WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Earl McCready Real Name: Earl McCready Birthday: June 15, 1908 Hometown: Born in Landsdowne, Ontario Lived in Amulet, Saskatchewan Retired in Edmonds, Washington Marital Status: Married Height & Weight: - 238 lbs Trained by: Debut: Previous Gimmicks: The Moose Mr. X Finishing Move: Rolling Leg Cradle (Submission) Favorite Moves: Notable Feuds: Dick Shikat Ed "Strangler" Lewis
(New Zealand) British Empire title (2:1935-53); (Toronto) British Empire title (2:1941-42); (San Francisco) Pacific Coast title (1945);
Earl McCready was born in Lansdowne, Ontario, but grew up in Amulet, Saskatchewan.. Earl McCready was a 3-time U.S. national intercollegiate heavyweight champion (1928-30) while attending Oklahoma A&M.. Earl McCready won a gold medel at the 1930 Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games).. Earl McCready allegedly learned to wrestle after purchasing a book called "How to Handle Big Men With Ease".. Earl McCready became the first-ever winner of three-straight NCAA wrestling championships, from 1928 to 1930.. 1928: Earl McCready was the Canadian flag bearer at the Olympic Games in Amsterdam.. 1930: Earl McCready captured a Gold Medel in Freestyle (Heavyweight) at the first British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario.. 1933: Earl McCready defeated Jack Taylor (10 year reign!) to win the British Empire championship.. 1938: Earl McCready is said to have been in the first televised wrestling match in Britain, defeating Rube Wright at the Crystal Palace.. January 27, 1949: Earl McCready (wrestling under a mask as Mr. X) was unmasked in Toronto Canada.. Early 1950s: Earl McCready became a HUGE star in Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling promotion in Calgary.. 1958: Earl McCready wrestled his final match at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens.. Earl McCready retired after a 28 year career and moved to Edmonds, Washington where he ran a massage parlour.. September 4, 1967: Earl McCready was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame.. March 31, 1973: Earl McCready was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame.. Earl McCready is also inducted into the Stampede Wrestling HOF, Oklahoma HOF, Wrestling Observer HOF & US Wrestling HOF.. December 9, 1983: Earl McCready died in Seattle, Washington as a result of a heart attack..