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Bob Kelly

Title History

  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Louisiana Heavyweight title defeating Don Carson (December 29, 1967);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Tag Team titles w/Bobby Fields defeating The Interns (September 1968);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Mississippi Heavyweight title defeating Bobby Fields (September 4, 1968);
  • NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team titles w/ Bobby Fields defeating The Interns for vacant titles (October 1968);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Mississippi Heavyweight title defeating Rocket Monroe (December 21, 1968);
  • NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team titles w/Ramon Perez defeating Sugi Sito and Mitsu Sito (Febuary 26, 1969);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Mississippi Heavyweight title defeating Blue Yankee (September 4, 1969);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Mississippi Heavyweight title defeating Blue Yankee (January 26, 1970);
  • NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight title defeating Mysterious Medic (July 8, 1970);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Mississippi Heavyweight title defeating The Avenger (September 21, 1970);
  • NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight title defeating Wrestling Pro (December 16, 1970);
  • City of Mobile Heavyweight title defeating Mike Boyette (December 23, 1970);
  • NWA Gulf Coast Brass Knuckles title defeating Don Fargo (January 1971);
  • NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight title defeating Mike Boyette (January 13, 1971);
  • City of Mobile Heavyweight title defeating Bobby Shane (March 17, 1971);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Mississippi Heavyweight title defeating Terry Garvin (March 18, 1971);
  • NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight title defeating Wrestling Pro (March 28, 1971);
  • NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight title defeating Jackie Fargo (sub for Don Fargo) (April 1971);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Mississippi Heavyweight title defeating Eddie Sullivan (June 10, 1971);
  • NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight title defeating Rip Tyler (June 16, 1971);
  • NWA Mississippi Tag Team titles w/Frank Dalton defeating Eduardo Perez and Rip Tyler (September 16, 1971);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) United States Tag Team titles w/ Mike Boyette defeating Bobby Shane and Calvin Pullins (December 15, 1971);
  • NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight title defeating Don Fargo (January 19, 1972);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Mississippi Heavyweight title defeating Eddie Sullivan (January 24, 1972);
  • NWA Mississippi Tag Team titles w/ Bobby Fields (February 3, 1972);
  • NWA Mississippi Tag Team titles w/ Bobby Fields (March 1972);
  • NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight title Awarded (April 12, 1972);
  • City of Mobile Heavyweight title defeating Gorgeous George Jr. (May 24, 1972);
  • NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight title defeating Gorgeous George Jr. (July 12, 1972);
  • NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight title defeating Wrestling Pro (October 10, 1972);
  • NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight title defeating Wrestling Pro (November 22, 1972);
  • City of Mobile Heavyweight title defeating The Spoiler (December 13, 1972);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Mississippi Heavyweight title defeating Mysterious Medic (December 14, 1972);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Mississippi Heavyweight title defeating Mysterious Medic (February 8, 1973);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) United States Tag Team titles w/ Ken Lucas defeating Wrestling Pro and Mysterious Medic (February 13, 1973);
  • NWA Mississippi Tag Team titles w/Frank Dalton (March 1973);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Mississippi Heavyweight title defeating Duke Miller (January 17, 1974);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) United States Tag Team titles w/Rocket Monroe defeating Gunga Din and Kubla Khan (February 21, 1974);
  • NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team titles w/Bobby Fields defeating Hell’s Angels (February 4, 1975);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Mississippi Heavyweight title (February 20, 1975);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Mississippi Heavyweight title defeating Chris Colt (March 13, 1975);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Mississippi Heavyweight title defeating Bounty Hunter (August 28, 1975);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Mississippi Heavyweight title defeating Melvin Kimball (September 25, 1975);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Mississippi Heavyweight title defeating Duke Miller (May 6, 1976);
  • NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team titles w/ Rip Tyler defeating Dutch and Ron Bass (May 18, 1976);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Mississippi Heavyweight title defeating Sweet Daddy Banks (July 15, 1976);
  • NWA (Gulf Coast) Alabama Heavyweight title defeating Wrestling Pro (November 19, 1976);

Career Highlights

  •  1963: Bob Kelly wrestled Wee Willie Davis.
  • Bob Kelly then wrestled Doug Kinslow in Louisville in front of 5 or 6 thousand people.
  • 1965: Bob Kelly’s first road trip to North Bay, Canada.
  • October 1965: Bob Kelly met Lee Fields and his family and became excepted as part of his family, his booker and champion.
  • ~~~Until Fields bought the Mobile International Speedway and sold the territory known Gulf Coast Wrestling to the Fullers in 1977.
  • Bob Kelly held Tag Team titles with Bobby Fields, Ken Lucas, Mike (THE HIPPIE) Boyette, Rocket Monroe and Ramon Perz.
  • I want to thank “Cowboy” Bob Kelly himself, for supplying information for this profile-THANKS COWBOY!
  • Bob Kelly served as the President of the Gulf Coast Wrestlers Reunion and a Board Member of the Cauliflower Alley Club.
  • Bob Kelly passed away on October 12, 2014.

 

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Trained By

Wee Willie Davis
Doug Kinslow
Charlie Carr
Lee Fields

Debut

1959 as a ring announcer for Willie Davis

Birthday

June 28, 1936

Hometown

Louisville, Kentucky

Gender

Height

5'11"

Weight

215lbs

Finishing Move(s)

The Bulldog

Favorite Move(s)

Notable Feuds

Don Fargo
Bobby Shane
Rocket Monroe
Eddie Sullivan
Big Blue Yankee

Status