Larry O'Dea
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Larry Davies was a professional wrestler best known as Larry O'Dea. He was one half of the tag team known as "The Australians".
Larry made his professional wrestling debut in the 1960s. In 1971, Davies started teaming up with Ron Miller as one-half of the tag team "The Australians". In 1975, Davies became a co-owner of Australian wrestling company WCW Australia
along with Jim Barnett
.
Larry died of cancer on 30 June 1997.
Larry made his professional wrestling debut in the 1960s. In 1971, Davies started teaming up with Ron Miller as one-half of the tag team "The Australians". In 1975, Davies became a co-owner of Australian wrestling company WCW Australia
WCW Australia
World Championship Wrestling was an Australian professional wrestling promotion that ran from 1964 until 1978.-History:The promotion gained valuable publicity through televising programs through the Nine Network which was presented at noon on Saturdays and Sundays.An average of 6,500 people...
along with Jim Barnett
Jim Barnett (wrestling)
James E. Barnett was an American professional wrestling promoter, and owner of Georgia Championship Wrestling and Australia's World Championship Wrestling.-Professional wrestling career:...
.
Larry died of cancer on 30 June 1997.
Championships and accomplishments
- All Star Pro WrestlingNational Wrestling AllianceThe National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
- NWA Australasian Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ripper Collins
- NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship (New Zealand version)NWA British Empire/Commonwealth Championship (New Zealand version)The New Zealand version of the NWA British Empire/Commonwealth Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship defended in the National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated Dominion Wrestling Union from 1929 to 1953 and in All Star Pro Wrestling from 1968 to 1990...
(2 times)
- Championship Wrestling from Florida
- NWA Florida Tag Team ChampionshipNWA Florida Tag Team ChampionshipThe NWA Florida Tag Team Championship is the primary tag team title in Pro Wrestling Fusion. It started out in 1968 as the main tag team title in Championship Wrestling from Florida and lasted until 1990 when it was abandoned. It was picked back up in 1997 by NWA Florida, where it was the primary...
(4 times) - with Ron Miller
- Gulf Coast Championship WrestlingContinental Championship WrestlingContinental Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion based out of Knoxville, Tennessee from 1974 until 1988 and Dothan, Alabama from 1978 to 1990, managed by Ron Fuller. When Fuller sold the promotion to David Woods, it changed name to the Continental Wrestling Federation...
- NWA Tennessee Tag Team ChampionshipNWA Tennessee Tag Team ChampionshipThe NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship was a secondary tag team title promoted as the name indeicates mainly in the Tennessee region from 1967 until 1977, first by Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling from 1967 to 1974 then by its successor Southeast Championship Wrestling from 1974 to 1977 when it...
(1 time) - with Ron Miller
- World Championship Wrestling (Australia)
- NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team ChampionshipNWA Austra-Asian Tag Team ChampionshipThe NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship was the top tag team professional wrestling title in the Australian World Championship Wrestling promotion from 1972 through the promotion's 1978 closure....
(9 times) - with Ron Miller (5), Bobby Hart (2), Ed WiskoskiEdward WiskoskiEdward Wiskoski is a former American professional wrestler best known as Colonel DeBeers in the AWA . He also wrestled as Derek "The Mongoose" Draper and Mega Maharishi...
(1) and Rick MartelRick MartelRichard Vigneault is a retired Canadian professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation between 1980 and 1995 under the ring name Rick Martel...
(1)