Back Bobo Brazil Afrikaans بوبو برازيل (مصارع) Arabic بوبو برازيل ARZ بۆبۆ بەڕازیل CKB Bobo Brazil German Μπόμπο Μπραζίλ Greek Bobo Brazil Spanish Bobo Brazil French בובו ברזיל HE Bobo Brazil Italian
| Bobo Brazil | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Brazil in 1972 | |
| Birth name | Houston Harris[1] |
| Born | July 10, 1924[1] Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.[1] |
| Died | January 20, 1998 (aged 73)[1] St. Joseph, Michigan, U.S. |
| Children | 6 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Bobo Brazil[2] Boo-Boo Brazil[3] BuBu Brasil[1] Houston Harris[4][1] Leroy Lincolnlog[4] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)[3] |
| Billed weight | 270 lb (122 kg)[3] |
| Billed from | Benton Harbor, Michigan[3] |
| Trained by | Joe Savoldi[1] |
| Debut | 1951[2] |
| Retired | 1993[4] |
Houston Harris[1] (July 10, 1924 – January 20, 1998)[1] was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Bobo Brazil. Credited with breaking down barriers of racial segregation in professional wrestling, Harris is considered one of the first black professional wrestlers.[3][5]
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pwhfwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Bobo Brazil Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved February 6, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e "Bobo Brazil bio". WWE. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
- ^ a b c Hornbaker, Tim (2007). National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling. ECW Press. pp. 240–242. ISBN 978-1-55022-741-3.
- ^ Google Books Jackie Robinson reference