Tennessee-Area Journeyman & Mainstay Passes Away
James Clyde Stevens Jr., 64, died at Memphis' Methodist North Hospital on Monday, from natural causes.
I'm not exactly sure for how long, but in the sixties, seventies, Stevens was a professional wrestler ("Jake Dalton"), probably best known to the majority of historians for being on the opposite end of a tag bout against a debuting Eddie Gilbert in 1979.
Stevens would later become a trainer and booker for Herman Sheffield, promoter of the match where, on June 15, 1979, Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee took on The Blonde Bombers (Larry Latham & Wayne Ferris), which is more commonly known as the original "Tupelo concession-stand brawl."
Stevens spent the majority of his wrestling career in and around Memphis, although I do have records indicating a minimum of one stint in Los Angeles, which would've been in the late sixties.
Condolences to Stevens' family and close friends.
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I'm not exactly sure for how long, but in the sixties, seventies, Stevens was a professional wrestler ("Jake Dalton"), probably best known to the majority of historians for being on the opposite end of a tag bout against a debuting Eddie Gilbert in 1979.
Stevens would later become a trainer and booker for Herman Sheffield, promoter of the match where, on June 15, 1979, Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee took on The Blonde Bombers (Larry Latham & Wayne Ferris), which is more commonly known as the original "Tupelo concession-stand brawl."
Stevens spent the majority of his wrestling career in and around Memphis, although I do have records indicating a minimum of one stint in Los Angeles, which would've been in the late sixties.
Condolences to Stevens' family and close friends.
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posted by Ric Gillespie at 4/18/2007 08:17:00 PM
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