Thomas Edward Gilbert Sr. (January 15, 1940 – November 26, 2015) was an American professional wrestler. He wrestled for

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and throughout the South as Tommy Gilbert. He was the father of wrestlers Doug Gilbert and Eddie Gilbert.

Professional wrestling career

Tommy Gilbert made his debut in 1969, wrestling for promoter Nick Gulas. In March 1975, after wrestling primarily throughout Tennessee for nearly six years, he began going to other territories like

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, Amarillo, the Canadian Maritimes,

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, the Mid-South, Memphis,

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, and the Mid-Atlantic areas.

Retirement

After retiring from active competition in 1984, he became a referee for Mid-South/UWF, until its buyout by

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in 1987. Tommy Gilbert was inducted into the Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame at a USWA show in the Mid-South Coliseum on March 7, 1994, alongside Al Greene, Don Greene, Jerry Jarrett, Lance Russell and Sputnik Monroe.Online World of Wrestlin
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/ref> Tommy later wrestled in Memphis as Freddy Krueger in the late 1980s.

Personal life

Gilbert was the father of two sons: Thomas Jr. and Doug Gilbert and a daughter Kim Gilbert Peters. The sons would become professional wrestlers as "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert and "Dangerous" Doug Gilbert. Gilbert died on November 26, 2015, at the age of 75.

Championships and accomplishments

* Cauliflower Alley Club **Family Award (2011) – with Eddie Gilbert and Doug Gilbert *

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** NWA Florida Television Championship ( 1 time) * Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame **Class of 2017 *

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** NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) **

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( 4 times) ** NWA Southern Tag Team Championship ( 7 times) – with Eddie Marlin (2), Bearcat Brown (2), Ricky Gibson (1), Eddie Gilbert (2) **

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( 2 times) - with Eddie Marlin and Ricky Gibson (1), Gorgeus George, Jr. and

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(1) ** NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship ( 2 times) - with Eddie Marlin (1) and Tojo Yamamoto (1) * Eastern Sports Association ** North American Heavyweight Championship ( 2 times) * Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling/Southeastern Championship Wrestling ** NWA Southeastern United States Junior Heavyweight Championship ( 2 times) ** NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship ( 4 times) - with Sputnik Monroe (2), Bearcat Brown (1) and Ron Wright (1) * United States Wrestling Association ** Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame (Class of 1994) * Western States Sports ** NWA Western States Tag Team Championship ( 1 times) - with Scott Casey * World Wrestling Council/Capitol Sports Promotions ** WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) ** NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Puerto Rico/WWC version) ( 1 time) - with Eddie Gilbert (1)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilbert, Tommy American male professional wrestlers 1940 births 2015 deaths 20th-century male professional wrestlers 20th-century American professional wrestlers Professional wrestlers from Tennessee People from Lexington, Tennessee American professional wrestling referees NWA Florida Television Champions WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Champions