Bob Brown was like a bulldog in many ways, a gruff
fireplug of a man that rarely backed down from a fight. Brown always came
to the ring in black tights and sporting a military brush cut. His name
was a standby in the Midwest and in Western Canada for years.
Brown is best known in Kansas City, where he held
many titles. He has wrestled all across Canada as well. He occassionally
wrestled with his nephew Kerry Brown.
Brown retired from the ring in 1996 after a heart
attack. Brown died on February 5, 1997 in Kansas City.
Vital Statistics:
Real Name: Robert Brown
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 227 lbs.
Hometown: Kansas City, MO
AKA: Bulldog Bob Brown
PWI Rankings:
Best PWI Ranking: 340 (1991)
Titles Won:
Stampede Tag Team Champion
18 Time Central States Heavyweight Champion.
8 Time Central States Tag Team Champion.
8 Time NWA Canadian Tag Team Champion.
Chronology:
1968:
June: Brown beats Thor Hagen in a tournament final
for his first reign as Central States Heavyweight Champion.
October: Brown loses the Central States title to
Tommy Martin.
1969:
June: Brown and Dutch Savage beat Dean Higuchi and
Earl Maynard for the Canadian Tag Team Titles.
August: Brown and Savage lose the Canadian Titles
to Don Leo Jonathan and John Tolos.
September: Brown and Savage regain the Canadian
Titles from Jonathan and Tolos.
1970:
February: Brown and John Quinn beat Dean Higuchi
and Steve Bolus for the Canadian Tag Team Titles.
September: Brown and Quinn lose the Canadian Titles
to Don Leo Jonathan and Duncan McTavish.
1971:
October: Brown and Gene Kiniski beat Steven Little
Bear and Dean Higuchi for the Canadian Tag Team Titles.
November: Brown and Kiniski lose the Canadian Titles
to Steven Little Bear and Mark Lewin.
1972:
January: Brown and Kiniski regain the Canadian Titles
from Little Bear and Lewin.
April: Brown and Kiniski lose the Canadian Titles
to Little Bear and Lewin.
August: Brown and John Quinn beat Little Bear and
Lewin for the Canadian Titles, but lose them to Dutch Savage and Steven
Little Bear later in the month.
September: Brown and Quinn regain the Titles, but
loses the back to Savage and Little Bear later in the month.
1973:
June: Brown beats Danny Little Bear for the Central
States Title.
September: Brown loses the Central States title
to Harley Race.
October: Brown regains the title from Race.
1974:
July: Brown beats Don Fargo for the Central States
Title, but loses it to Harley Race a week later.
August: Brown regains the title from Race.
1976:
April: Brown beats Mike George for the Central States
Title, but loses it back to George a week later.
May: Brown regains the title from George.
July: Brown loses the Central States title to Harley
Race.
September: Brown regains the title from Race.
October: Brown loses the title to Rick Gibson.
1977:
Spring: Brown beats Bob Slaughter for the Central
States title, then loses it back to Slaughter
October: Brown beats Bob Sweetan for the Central
States title.
1978:
January: Brown loses the Central States Title to
Ted DiBiase.
1979:
July: Brown and the Great Gama lose in the finals
of the Central States Tag Title tournament to Jerry Brown and The Turk.
1980:
February: Brown beats the Assassin for the Central
States Title.
March: Brown and Dick Murdoch beat Bruiser Brody
and Ernie "Big Cat" Ladd for the Central States Tag Team Titles
April: Brown loses the Central States Title to Bruiser
Brody.
Brown and Murdoch loses the Tag Titles to Takachiko and Pak Song.
June: Brown and Pat O'Connor beat Takachiko and
Pak Song for the Tag Titles, but lose them to Takachiko and Karl Kox three
days later.
August: Brown beats Karl Kox for the Central States
title.
Brown and Rufus R. Jones beat Takachiko and Kox for the Tag Team Titles.
September: Brown loses the title to Mike George
October: Brown regains the title from George.
1981:
April: Brown loses the Central States Title to Buzz
Tyler.
Brown and Terry Taylor beat the Kelly Twins for the Central States
Tag Team Titles, they vacate them later in the month.
1982:
November: Brown and Buzz Tyler beat Dewey Robertson
and Hercules Hernandez for the Central States Tag Team Titles.
1983:
March: Brown and Tyler loses the Tag Titles to Yasu
Fuji and Kim Duk.
May: Brown wins the Central States title from Dewey
Robertson, but loses it back to Robertson a week later.
Brown and Tyler lose in a tournament final to the Sheiks to crown new
Central States Tag Team Champions.
July: Brown and Al Tomko beat Timothy Flowers and
Rick Patterson for the Canadian Tag Team Titles, they vacate the titles
later in the year.
September: Brown and Tyler regain the Tag Titles
from the Sheiks.
December: Brown and Tyler vacate the Tag Titles.
1984:
December: Brown and Marty Jannetty beat Mr. Pogo
and Gypsy Joe for the Central States Tag Team Titles.
1985:
August: Brown and Jannetty vacate the Tag Titles
after they split as a team.
December: Brown wins the Central States title from
Brett Sawyer
1986:
May: Brown vacates the Central States Title due
to an ankle injury.
June: Brown beats Marty Jannetty for the Central
States Title.
September: Brown vacates the Central States title
when Jim Crockett buys the Central States territory.
1987:
February: Brown beats Bill Dundee for the Central
States Title.
May: Brown loses the title to Rufus R. Jones.
October: Brown wins the Central States title from
Earthquake Farris.
December: Brown loses the Central States title to
Dave Peterson.
1988:
February: Brown and the Cuban Assassin beat the
Montana Cowboys for the Central States Tag Team Titles.
March: Brown and the Assassin loses the Tag Titles
to Rick Patterson and Steve Ray.
1989:
May: Bob Brown and Kerry Brown win the Stampede
Tag Team Titles from Chris Benoit and Biff Wellington.
August: Bob and Kerry Brown lose the Stampede Tag
Titles to Kensuke Sasake and Sumo Hara.