Dean Henry Detton (June 27, 1908 – February 23, 1958) was an American
professional wrestler
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and
World Heavyweight Champion who was active in the early portion of the twentieth century. Previously he was a proficient University of Utah football player. Detton was born in
Richmond, Utah
Richmond is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. The population was 2,733 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Logan metropolitan area.
History
Agrippa Cooper was the first settler in Richmond in the mid-1850s. In 1859, surveyors vi ...
and raised
Mormon
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. He retired from wrestling in 1951 and then ran a bar, ''The Turf Club'', where he eventually hanged himself to death. For his last 14 years he had lived in
Hayward, California.
Championships and accomplishments
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50th State Big Time Wrestling
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NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship
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1935. From February ...
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California State Athletic Commission
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World Heavyweight Championship ''(Los Angeles version)'' (1 time)
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New York State Athletic Commission
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(1 time)
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NWA
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* N.W.A ("Niggaz Wit Attitudes"), a hip hop group from Compton, California, US
* National Wrestling Alliance, a professional wrestling organization
NWA or Nwa may refer to:
Music
* New Weird America, a subgenr ...
New Zealand
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NWA New Zealand Heavyweight Championship
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* Other titles
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World Heavyweight Championship (
1 time)
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NWA World Heavyweight Championship
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(
1 time(Recognition later withdrawn))
See also
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List of premature professional wrestling deaths
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References
External links
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1908 births
1958 deaths
American male professional wrestlers
People from Richmond, Utah
Professional wrestlers from Utah
University of Utah alumni
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