WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Hercules Cortez Real Name: Alfonso Carlos Chicharro Birthday: July 7, 1932 (Spain) Hometown: Marital Status: Married (Valeri) Height & Weight: 6'3" - 320 lbs Trained by: Debut: 1950s Previous Names: Pepe Chicharro Pepe Cortes Claude Dassary Finishing Move: Favorite Moves: Notable Feuds: [Hercules Cortez Gallery]
Champion of Spain World Wrestling title defeating Lou Thesz (1962 / Madison Square Garden); European Heavyweight title defeating ???? (1964); IWA (International Wrestling Association) World Heavyweight title defeating ???? (1965); AWA (American Wrestling Association) World Heavyweight Tag Team titles w/Red Bastien (1971);
1950s: Alfonso Carlos Chicharro began his professional career as Pepe Chicharro/Pepe Cortes in Spain.. 1958: Alfonso Carlos Chicharro competed in Canada & the United States using the name Claude Dassary.. 1960: Alfonso finally settled on the name "Hercules Cortez", as suggested by his wife, Valeri.. ~~~A trademark of Hercules Cortez was a giant boulder he brought from Spain which he would place in the ring and dare others to lift.. ~~~Hercules Cortez travelled all over the world wrestling in may different venues and territories.. July 24, 1971: Hercules Cortez died of injuries suffered in a one-car accident near St. Cloud, Minnesota early in the morning.. ~~~Hercules and partner Red Bastien were returning to Minneapolis-St. Paul after a tag team match in Winnipeg just hours earlier.. ~~~Hercules, who was reported to have been the driver of the car, had been scheduled to wrestle Nick Bockwinkel later that day. .