WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Magyar Hercules Real Name: Bert Ruby Birthday: 1910 Hometown: Detroit, Michigan Marital Status: Married with 2 Sons Height & Weight: Trained by: Debut: Previous Gimmicks: Finishing Move: Favorite Moves: Notable Feuds:
Michigan Junior Heavyweight title defeating ????? (April ??, 1950); Michigan Junior Heavyweight title defeating Jan Gotch (January 8, 1951);
Bert Ruby was active from about 1933 to 1953 in New York but primairly in the Detroit and the Midwest.. Bert Ruby wrestled barefoot and he was known as the "Magyar Hercules" and "the man with the educated toes".. Bert Ruby was well known as a match maker (booker) after he retired from wrestling.. Bert Ruby also was known as an excellent trainer of such great wrestlers as Killer Kowalski & George Steele.. Bert Ruby was good friends with Lou Klein, Martino Angelo, and Buddy Rogers as well as Larry Chene.. ~~~Larry Chene wrestled for Bert, as did Ricky Cortez, Crybaby McArthur, Edward Farhat, Ivan Kalmikoff, & Dick Garza.. Bert Ruby is rumored to have discovered and trained Ed Farhat (The Sheik) and was very influencial in his early career.. Bert Ruby will be unducted into the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in November of 2006. Bert Ruby was married with two sons, Allen and Rob Ruby..