Harley Race
Race in 2007 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | Harley Leland Race April 11, 1943 Quitman, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | August 1, 2019 (aged 76) St. Charles, Missouri, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Lung cancer |
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| Children | 2 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | The Great Mortimer Harley Race Jack Long The King Handsome Harley Race King Harley Race |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Billed weight | 253 lb (115 kg) |
| Billed from | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Trained by | Buddy Austin Ray Hrstich Stanislaus Zbyszko Władek Zbyszko |
| Debut | 1959 |
| Retired | December 1990 |
Harley Leland Race (April 11, 1943 – August 1, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, professional wrestling promoter, and trainer.
Race wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He was a nine-time world champion, having won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship once and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship eight times, and was the first NWA United States Heavyweight Champion.
Race is one of six men to have been inducted into each of the WWE Hall of Fame, the NWA Hall of Fame, the WCW Hall of Fame, the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.