WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Orville Brown Real Name: Orville Brown Birthday: March 10, 1908 Hometown: John Knox Villiage, Missouri Marital Status: Grace Charlotte Springer Height & Weight: Trained by: Debut: Finishing Move: Favorite Moves: Notable Feuds: Ed Lewis Ray Steel John Pesek Lou Thesz
Kansas State Heavyweight title defeating Allen Eustance (January ??, 1933); MWA (Kansas) World Heavyweight title defeating Bobby Bruns (June 13, 1940); MWA (Ohio) World Heavyweight title defeating Dick Shikat (June 27, 1940); NWA World Heavyweight title Awarded (July ??, 1940); MWA (Kansas) World Heavyweight title defeating Lee Wyckoff (October 16, 1941); MWA (Kansas) World Heavyweight title defeating Tom Zaharias (June 25, 1942); MWA (Kansas) World Heavyweight title defeating Lee Wyckoff (February 18, 1943); MWA (Kansas) World Heavyweight title defeating Lee Wyckoff (June 17, 1943); MWA (Kansas) World Heavyweight title defeating Swedish Angel (December 9, 1943); MWA (Kansas) World Heavyweight title defeating Lee Wyckoff (August 16, 1944); MWA (Kansas) World Heavyweight title defeating Bobby Bruns (August 8, 1946); MWA (Kansas) World Heavyweight title defeating Roy Graham (April 10, 1947); MWA (Kansas) World Heavyweight title defeating Tug Carlson (December 26, 1947); NWA World Heavyweight title Awarded (January 5, 1948); MWA (Kansas) World Heavyweight title defeating Bobby Bruns (May 4, 1948);
Orville Brown, born March 10, 1908, at Sharon, Kansas, was the youngest of five children of Clarence and Ellen Brown.. Orville Brown attended grade school in a one room school called Hillside, which on Sundays was used as a church. Orville Brown's family raised large gardens and farmed wheat with horses and mules.. Orville Brown's job of hauling water to the engine which consumed large quantities in the production of power. Orville Brown was orphaned at the age of eleven years and lived with his eldest brother, Gaines.. Orville Brown (age 12) was breaking horses to work and ride and was soon riding in Rodeo contests throughout the area. 1927 At the Briggs Ranch near Protection, Kansas, Orville became the first person to bulldog a buffalo from a horse. October 13, 1927: Orville Brown married Grace Charlotte Springer. Orville Brown grew too heavy for bronco riding and became a blacksmith at Wallace, Kansas. A wrestling coach saw his powerful body and encouraged him to start training to become a wrestler. Orville worked his job plus 6 miles of running every day & trained in a little sod house where the coach had placed a wrestling mat. 1932 Orville Brown had defeated all opponents in the area and was well known throughout the midwest.. Orville Brown won the Kansas State Title from Allen Eustace.. Orville Brown began travelling the continent wrestling matches in Eastern USA & Canada in Madison Square Garden.. Orville Brown fought and defeated all the prominent wrestlers of his time including Ed Lewis, Ray Steel, John Pesek, and Lou Thesz.. May 19, 1942: Orville Brown defeated Dick Shikat in Louisville, Kentucky, for the World's Heavyweight Championship. Orville Brown was the reigning Midwest Wrestling Association's World Heavyweight Champion.. Orville Brown was awarded the NWA World Heavyweight title when the MWA was absorbed into the NWA. 1949: Orville Brown successfully defended his title until a near fatal auto accident forced his retirement.. Orville Brown retired undefeated.. Orville Brown later became a successful promoter of wrestling matches until his retirement in 1964. Orville Brown & Grace have one son, Richard, and two grandchildren, Douglas and Dorinda. Orville Brown and Grace lived in John Knox Villiage at Lee's Summit, Missouri. Orville Brown died on January 24, 1981 at the age of 71..