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Ernie Ladd
Rayville, Louisiana, USA
Ernest Ladd, nicknamed "The Big Cat", was an American professional football player and professional wrestler. A standout athlete in high school, Ladd attended Grambling State Univ…
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Ernest Ladd, nicknamed "The Big Cat", was an American professional football player and professional wrestler. A standout athlete in high school, Ladd attended Grambling State University on a basketball scholarship before being drafted in 1961 by the San Diego Chargers of the American Football League (AFL). Ladd found success in the AFL as one of the largest players in professional football history at 6′9″ and 290 pounds. He helped the Chargers to four AFL championship games in five years, winning the championship with the team in 1963. He also had stints with the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Oilers. Ladd took up professional wrestling during the AFL offseason, and after a knee injury ended his football career turned to it full-time in 1969. As a professional wrestler, Ladd became one of the top heels in the business. For the majority of his career, he played a villainous character who would arrogantly taunt both opponents and crowds. Ladd feuded with many popular wrestlers of the time, including Wahoo McDaniel, André the Giant, Bobo Brazil, Dusty Rhodes, and Mr. Wrestling, before retiring from the ring in 1986. Ladd was inducted into the San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame in 1981, the Grambling State University Hall of Fame in 1989, and the WWE Hall of Fame in 1995. Ladd was diagnosed with colon cancer in the winter of 2003–2004, and died from the disease on March 10, 2007 at the age of 68.
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2014
WWE: True Giants
Movie
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2013
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
Movie Himself
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2008
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
Movie "The Big Cat" Ernie Ladd
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2007
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
Movie "The Big Cat" Earnie Ladd
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1998
That '70s Show
TV show Manager
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1995
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
Movie Self
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1994
WWE Hall Of Fame 1994
Movie Self
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1993
Raw
TV show Ernie Ladd
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1992
WrestleMania: The Greatest Hits
Movie Ernie Ladd
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1987
WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show
Movie Ernie Ladd (Ringside)
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1986
WWF Wrestling Challenge
TV show Ernie Ladd
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1986
Villains of the Squared Circle
Movie "The Big Cat" Ernie Ladd
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1985
Wrestling's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest!
Movie Ernie Ladd
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1984
Tuesday Night Titans
TV show Ernie Ladd
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1984
NWA Boogie Jam
Movie "The Big Cat" Ernie Ladd
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1983
WCW Arena Shows
TV show Ernie Ladd
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1981
WCCW Christmas Star Wars '81
Movie "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd
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1981
Mid-South Wrestling
TV show Ernie Ladd (Commentator)
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1981
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
TV show Ernie Ladd
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1981
WCCW Star Wars
TV show Ernie Ladd
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1980
WWF Championship Wrestling
TV show Ernie "The Cat" Ladd
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1975
WWF All-Star Wrestling
TV show Ernie Ladd
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1973
WWE Old School
TV show Ernie Ladd
