Pierre Lafleur (born February 13, 1939) is a former French Canadian

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who is best known for his appearances with the

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under the ring name Lumberjack Pierre where he was the half of The Yukon Lumberjacks.

Professional Wreslting Career

Early Career (1966-1975)

Lafluer joined

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's WWA in 1966 where he wrestled as a Russian Igor Volkoff. He left the territory in 1969. In 1972 he worked for

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in Japan as Buffalo Zarnoff. Also he worked in Portland, Vancouver, Montreal and Minnesota.

Various Promotions (1975–1978)

Lafleur made his debut in 1975 in the San Francisco territory of

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as Soldier Lebeouf. He was not successful in San Francisco territory, so he left it after a short time. He wrestled with

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and

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in CWA Memphis as The Russian Stomper. He used the same

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in Jim Crockett's Mid-Atlantic territory. He returned to Indianapolis, where the first fame rose when he started the gimmick Private Zarinoff Lebeouf as part of the tag team Legionnaires. He replaced Private Don Fargo and teamed with Sgt. Jacques Goulet. Fargo and Goulet had a fight. Due to this, Fargo left WWA and Zarinoff had to replace him as Goulet's partner.

World Wide Wrestling Federation (1978-1979)

Zarinoff left for

in 1978 as Lumberjack Pierre. He became one half of the tag team Yukon Lumberjacks with Yukon Eric.

World Tag Team Championship

On June 26, 1978, the Yukon Lumberjacks defeated

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and

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to win the WWWF Tag Team Championship which was the only title of Pierre and they held the titles briefly. On November 21, they lost the titles to

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and

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. He left the WWWF in early 1979.

Later Career (1979-1983)

Lafleur came back to Québec for Varousac until a real shoot fight with Raymond Rougeau and left the territory for Portland. He retired from wrestling in 1983.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 3 times) – with Jacques Goulet (2) and Roger Kirby (1) *

:* WWWF Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Yukon Eric

References

External links

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