WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: "The French Angel" Maurice Tillet Real Name: Birthday: 1910 Hometown: Born in France Marital Status: Height & Weight: Trained by: Debut: Previous Names: Finishing Move: The Bearhug Favorite Moves: Palm Strikes Notable Feuds:
American Wrestling Association (Paul Bowser Boston promotion) World title defeating Steve Casey (August 1, 1944);
Maurice Tillet was a gifted, highly intelligent man who could speak 14 languages.. Maurice Tillet (in his 20s) developed Acromegaly, a rare and horrific disease which causes bones to grow wildly and uncontrollably.. ~~~Within months, Tillet was transformed from a regularly developed young man to a deformed shell of himself.. Maurice Tillet fled to the United States of America and became a professional wrestler... August 1, 1944: The French Angel defeated Steve "Crusher" Casey for the American Wrestling Association World championship.. August 4, 1954: The French Angel died in Chicago, Illinois at the age of 51 from heart disease.. The French Angel, Maurice Tillet was measured at Harvard U. by Prof. Earnest Albert Hooten in 1940. He was 5' 9" 3/4 and 276 lbs. Note he was very muscular at this weight ..