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Wrestler Brief Bio

Name: Laverne Clarence Gagne

Gender: Male

Alias #1: Verne Gagne

Height: 5 foot 11 - 180.3 cm

Weight: 215 lbs. - 97.5 kg

Birth: February 26, 1926

Death: April 27, 2015 (aged 89)

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A.W.A. World Heavyweight 10
N.W.A. Chicago World Tag Team 5
Pro Wrestling A.W.A. World Heavyweight (Omaha) 5
N.W.A. SW TX Heavyweight 2
N.W.A. Chicago U.S. Heavyweight 2
L.I. I.W.A. International Heavyweight 1
N.W.A. World Junior Heavyweight 1
A.S.W. Omaha Nebraska Tag Team 1
Total Championships

27

N.W.A. SW TX Heavyweight	Dec 16, 1949	(28 days)
N.W.A. SW TX Heavyweight	Sep 8, 1950	(49 days)
N.W.A. World Junior Heavyweight	Nov 13, 1950	(371 days)	Tulsa, OK, USA	(Live Event)
L.I. I.W.A. International Heavyweight	Feb 25, 1953	(70 days)
N.W.A. Chicago U.S. Heavyweight	Sep 3, 1953	(947 days)
N.W.A. Chicago World Tag Team	May 25, 1957	(21 days)	Milwaukee, WI, USA	(Live Event)
N.W.A. Chicago U.S. Heavyweight	Apr 11, 1958	(218 days)	Chicago, IL, USA	(Live Event)
Pro Wrestling A.W.A. World Heavyweight (Omaha)	Aug 9, 1958	(98 days)
A.W.A. World Heavyweight	Aug 16, 1960	(329 days)
A.W.A. World Heavyweight	Aug 8, 1961	(154 days)	Bloomington, MN, USA	(Live Event)
Pro Wrestling A.W.A. World Heavyweight (Omaha)	Sep 16, 1961	(318 days)
A.W.A. World Heavyweight	Aug 21, 1962	(322 days)	Minneapolis, MN, USA	(Live Event)
Pro Wrestling A.W.A. World Heavyweight (Omaha)	Aug 25, 1962	(174 days)
Pro Wrestling A.W.A. World Heavyweight (Omaha)	Jul 20, 1963	(7 days)
A.W.A. World Heavyweight	Jul 20, 1963	(7 days)	Minneapolis, MN, USA	(Live Event)
A.W.A. World Heavyweight	Aug 8, 1963	(100 days)	Amarillo, TX, USA	(Live Event)
Pro Wrestling A.W.A. World Heavyweight (Omaha)	Sep 7, 1963	(0 days)
A.W.A. World Heavyweight	Dec 14, 1963	(140 days)	Minneapolis, MN, USA	(Live Event)
A.W.A. World Tag Team	Feb 9, 1964	(14 days)	Minneapolis, MN, USA	(Live Event)
A.W.A. World Heavyweight	May 16, 1964	(157 days)	Omaha, NE, USA	(Live Event)
A.W.A. World Tag Team	Jul 24, 1965	(14 days)	Minneapolis, MN, USA	(Live Event)
A.S.W. Omaha Nebraska Tag Team	Sep 4, 1965	(14 days)	Omaha, NE, USA	(Live Event)
A.W.A. World Heavyweight	Feb 26, 1967	(538 days)	St. Paul, MN, USA	(Live Event)
A.W.A. World Heavyweight	Aug 31, 1968	(2625 days)	Minneapolis, MN, USA	(Live Event)
A.W.A. World Tag Team	Dec 30, 1972	(7 days)	Minneapolis, MN, USA	(Live Event)
A.W.A. World Tag Team	Jun 6, 1979	(410 days)	Winnipeg, MB, Canada	(Live Event)
A.W.A. World Heavyweight	Jul 18, 1980	(305 days)	Chicago, IL, USA	(Live Event)

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