Fred Curry

Flying Fred Curry is the kind of figure I find quietly heroic. Born into wrestling as the son of Wild Bull Curry, he could have coasted on the name, yet he became one of the Midwest's biggest draws in the 1960s and 70s and carried his fame worldwide in an era without streaming or social media. His blood feud with The Sheik is the stuff territory-wrestling legend is made of. There's an honesty to that old-school grind that modern entertainment rarely matches. He passed in 2026, but I respect performers like him who built reputations one packed arena at a time.

Name (English)

Fred Curry

Name (Japanese)

フレッド・カリー

Reading

ふれっど・かりー

Born

June 12, 1943 (age 83)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Goat

Origin

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Height

2 cm

Occupation

professional wrestler

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Connecticut
• professional wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.