WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Leo Nomellini Real Name: Leo Joseph Nomellini Birthday: June 19, 1924 Hometown: Born in Italy Lived in Minnesota Moved to Chicago, Illinois Marital Status: Height & Weight: Trained by: Verne Gagne Tony Stecher Debut: 1950 (Minnesota) Previous Names: Leo the Lion Finishing Move: Flying tackle Favorite Moves: Notable Feuds: Lou Thesz
NWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team titles w/Hombre Montana defeating Mike & Ben Sharpe (March 14, 1952); NWA (San Francisco) Pacific Coast Tag Team titles w/Gino Garibaldi defeating ??????? (July ??, 1952); NWA (San Francisco) Pacific Coast Tag Team titles w/Enrique Torres defeating Fred & Ray Atkins (April ??, 1953): NWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team titles w/Enrique Torres defeating Mike & Ben Sharpe (May 6, 1953); NWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team titles w/Rocky Brown defeating Mike & Ben Sharpe (May 11, 1954); NWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team titles w/Enrique Torres defeating James Blears & Ben Sharpe (????, 1957); NWA (Minneapolis) World Tag Team titles w/Vern Gagne defeating Mike & Doc Gallagher (May 15, 1958); NWA (Minneapolis) World Tag Team titles w/Butch Levy defeating Karol & Ivan Kalmikoff (July 14, 1959); NWA (Minneapolis) World Tag Team titles w/Vern Gagne defeating Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills (July 19, 1960); AWA World Tag Team titles w/Wilbur Snyder defeating Gene Kiniski & Hard Boiled Haggerty (May 23, 1961);
June 19, 1924: Leo Nomellini was born in Italy and moved to Chicago at a very young age.. Late 1940s: Leo Nomellini was an All-American on the Minnesota football team.. 1950-63: Leo Nomellini was a Hall of Fame offensive tackle for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers.. 1969: Leo Nomellini was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.. Leo Nomellini scored a 2/3 Falls victory over Lou Thesz but was denied the NWA title because the first fall was a DQ.. Leo Nomellini won the World Tag Team title with different partners in both the NWA and AWA.. October 17, 2000: Leo Nomellini passed away after suffering a stroke..