Dick Steinborn
| File:Dick Steinborn.jpeg | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Richard O'Neil Steinborn September 28, 1933 St.Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | April 18, 2020 (aged 86)[2] Columbus, Georgia, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Dick Steinborn[1] Dickie Gunkel Mr. High Gladitor Mr. Wrestling White Knight |
| Billed height | 5"9 |
| Billed weight | 242 lb (110 kg) |
| Debut | 1951 |
| Retired | 1984 |
Richard Steinborn (September 28, 1933 – April 18, 2020) was an American professional wrestler who was best known as Dick Steinborn in various territories including Georgia Championship Wrestling, and World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico.[3]
Professional wrestling career
[edit | edit source]The son of German-born wrestler turned Florida wrestling promoter Heinrich "Milo" Steinborn, Dick got into wrestling in 1951. In 1959, Steinborn won the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Georgia version) where he became a three-time champion.
In 1962, Steinborn teamed with Doug Gilbert in Minnesota for Verne Gagne's American Wrestling Association as High and Low. Steinborn was known as Mr. High.[3]
Steinborn made his debut in Puerto Rico in 1974 for the newly World Wrestling Council where he became a three-time WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship and a four-time WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship.
He retired from wrestling in 1984.
Death
[edit | edit source]Steinborn died on April 18, 2020, at 86 from years of declining health.[3][4][5]
Championships and accomplishments
[edit | edit source]- American Wrestling Association
- Mid-South Sports
- All-South Wrestling Alliance
- Championship Wrestling from Florida
- NWA Big Time Wrestling / World Class Championship Wrestling
- World Wrestling Council
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External links
[edit | edit source]- 1933 births
- 2020 deaths
- American male professional wrestlers
- Professional wrestlers from Missouri
- Professional wrestlers from Georgia (U.S. state)
- 20th-century male professional wrestlers
- 20th-century American professional wrestlers
- Sportspeople from St. Louis
- NWA Georgia Tag Team Champions
- Stampede Wrestling British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Champions
- NWA United States Tag Team Champions (Florida version)
- WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Champions
- WWC World Junior Heavyweight Champions
- NWA Texas Heavyweight Champions