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.

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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

Origin

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Height

180 cm

Occupation

professional wrestler

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Goat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred%20Curry
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5494938

Tags

• Connecticut
• professional wrestler

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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