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Shirley Crabtree (14 November 1930 – 2 December 1997) was an English professional wrestler, best known as '''Big Daddy'''. He is the best-remembered competitor from British wrestling's 1970s-1980s heyday, a time when it was regularly shown on ''Series/WorldOfSport''. [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen The Queen]] and [[UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher Mrs Thatcher]] were among his many fans.
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Shirley Crabtree (14 November 1930 – 2 December 1997) was an English professional wrestler, best known as '''Big Daddy'''. He A fan favourite, he is the best-remembered competitor from British wrestling's 1970s-1980s heyday, a time when it was regularly shown on ''Series/WorldOfSport''. [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen The Queen]] and [[UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher Mrs Thatcher]] were among his many fans.
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* WrestlingFamily: His brothers were also wrestlers - one went on to become a referee and an MC, the other a promoter - as were two of his nephews (both of whom worked in tag-teams with him).
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* WrestlingFamily: His brothers were also wrestlers - one went on to become a referee and an MC, the other a promoter - as were two of his nephews (both of whom worked in tag-teams with him).him in his later years).
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* HeelFaceTurn: After his 1972 comeback, Crabtree wrestled as a Heel under the name "The Battling Guardsman" (a reference to his National Service in the Coldstream Guards) but within two years he was known as "Big Daddy". His tag-team with Giant Haystacks became well-known for beating Face opponents, and crowds started to cheer him when he entered into a feud with masked villain Kendo Nagasaki, especially after he pulled Nagasaki's mask off during a televised bout in December 1975. By the middle of 1977, Big Daddy had completed his transformation into a Face, a change cemented by the breakdown of his tag-team with Haystacks (with whom he subsequently entered into a long-running feud).
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* HeelFaceTurn: After his 1972 comeback, Crabtree wrestled as a Heel under the name "The Battling Guardsman" (a reference to his National Service in the Coldstream Guards) but within two years he was known as "Big Daddy". His tag-team with Giant Haystacks became well-known for beating Face opponents, and crowds started to cheer him when he entered into a feud with masked villain Kendo Nagasaki, especially after he pulled Nagasaki's mask off during a televised bout in December 1975. By the middle of 1977, Big Daddy had completed his transformation into a Face, a change cemented by the breakdown of his tag-team with Haystacks (with whom he subsequently entered into a long-running feud).
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Shirley Crabtree (14 November 1930 – 2 December 1997) was an English professional wrestler, best known as '''Big Daddy'''. He is the best-remembered competitor from British wrestling's 1070s-1980s 1970s-1980s heyday, a time when it was regularly shown on ''Series/WorldOfSport''. [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen The Queen]] and [[UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher Mrs Thatcher]] were among his many fans.
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Shirley Crabtree (14 November 1930 – 2 December 1997) was an English professional wrestler, best known as '''Big Daddy'''. He initially appeared on television as a Heel, in a tag-team with Giant Haystacks. After splitting with Haystacks and [[HeelFaceTurn becoming a Face]], he became a fan favourite at a time when wrestling was regularly televised by ''Series/WorldOfSport''. In fact, he is by some distance the best-remembered wrestler from British wrestling's 1970s-1980s heyday; even [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen the Queen]] and [[UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher Mrs Thatcher]] were fans.
* TheBigGuy: So very much; 6'6" tall, weighing in at 26 stone 9 lbs (375 lbs) and with a 64"-chest, the latter of which actually got him in the ''[[Literature/GuinnessWorldRecords Guinness Book of Records]]'' for being the biggest chest in Britain.
* TheBigGuy: So very much; 6'6" tall, weighing in at 26 stone 9 lbs (375 lbs) and with a 64"-chest, the latter of which actually got him in the ''[[Literature/GuinnessWorldRecords Guinness Book of Records]]'' for being the biggest chest in Britain.
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Shirley Crabtree (14 November 1930 – 2 December 1997) was an English professional wrestler, best known as '''Big Daddy'''. He initially appeared on television as a Heel, in a tag-team with Giant Haystacks. After splitting with Haystacks and [[HeelFaceTurn becoming a Face]], he became a fan favourite at is the best-remembered competitor from British wrestling's 1070s-1980s heyday, a time when wrestling it was regularly televised by shown on ''Series/WorldOfSport''. In fact, he is by some distance the best-remembered wrestler from British wrestling's 1970s-1980s heyday; even [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen the The Queen]] and [[UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher Mrs Thatcher]] were among his many fans.
* TheBigGuy: So very much; 6'6" tall, weighing in at 26 stone 9 lbs (375 lbs) and with a64"-chest, the 64"-chest. The latter of which actually got him in the ''[[Literature/GuinnessWorldRecords Guinness Book of Records]]'' for being the biggest chest in Britain.
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* HeelFaceTurn: After his 1972 comeback, Crabtree wrestled as a Heel under the name "The Battling Guardsman" (a reference to his National Service in the Coldstream Guards) but within two years he was known as "Big Daddy". His tag-team with Giant Haystacks became well-known for beating Face opponents, and crowds started to cheer him when he entered into a feud with masked villain Kendo Nagasaki, especially when he pulled off Nagasaki's mask during a televised bout in December 1975. By the middle of 1977, Big Daddy had completed his transformation into a Face, a change cemented by the breakdown of his tag-team with Haystacks (with whom he subsequently entered into a long-running feud).
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* HeelFaceTurn: After his 1972 comeback, Crabtree wrestled as a Heel under the name "The Battling Guardsman" (a reference to his National Service in the Coldstream Guards) but within two years he was known as "Big Daddy". His tag-team with Giant Haystacks became well-known for beating Face opponents, and crowds started to cheer him when he entered into a feud with masked villain Kendo Nagasaki, especially when after he pulled off Nagasaki's mask off during a televised bout in December 1975. By the middle of 1977, Big Daddy had completed his transformation into a Face, a change cemented by the breakdown of his tag-team with Haystacks (with whom he subsequently entered into a long-running feud).
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Shirley Crabtree (14 November 1930 – 2 December 1997) was an English professional wrestler, best known as '''Big Daddy'''. He initially appearing appeared on television as a Heel, in a tag-team with Giant Haystacks. After splitting with Haystacks and [[HeelFaceTurn becoming a Face]], he became a fan favourite at a time when wrestling was regularly televised by ''Series/WorldOfSport''.
''Series/WorldOfSport''. In fact, he is by some distance the best-remembered wrestler from British wrestling's 1970s-1980s heyday; even [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen the Queen]] and [[UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher Mrs Thatcher]] were fans.
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* FaceHeelTurn: In the 1950s and 1960s, he was a Face wrestling as "The Blond Adonis". When he returned to the sport in 1972, he was a Heel.
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* TheBigGuy: So very much; 6'6" tall, weighing in at 26 stone 9 lbs (375 lbs) and with a 64"-chest, the latter of which actually got him in the ''[[Literature/GuinnessWorldRecords Guinness Book of Records]]'' for being the biggest chest in Britain.
* ClothesMakeTheLegend: When he renamed himself "Big Daddy", his leotard was decorated with a large letter "D" which his wife had cut from chintz sofa fabric and stitched onto it. He also made his way to the stage wearing a cape and a top hat with a Union Jack on it.
* ClothesMakeTheLegend: When he renamed himself "Big Daddy", his leotard was decorated with a large letter "D" which his wife had cut from chintz sofa fabric and stitched onto it. He also made his way to the stage wearing a cape and a top hat with a Union Jack on it.
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* HeelFaceTurn: After his 1972 comeback, Crabtree wrestled as a Heel under the name "The Battling Guardsman" (a reference to his National Service in the Coldstream Guards) but within two years he was known as "Big Daddy". His tag-team with Giant Haystacks became well-known for beating Face opponents, and crowds started to cheer him when he entered into a feud with masked villain Kendo Nagasaki, especially when he pulled off Nagasaki's mask during a televised bout in December 1975. By the middle of 1977, Big Daddy had completed his transformation into a Face, a change cemented by the breakdown of his tag-team with Haystacks (with whom he subsequently entered into a long-running feud).
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* HeelFaceTurn: After his 1972 comeback, Crabtree wrestled as a Heel under the name "The Battling Guardsman" (a reference to his National Service in the Coldstream Guards) but within two years he was known as "Big Daddy". His tag-team with Giant Haystacks became well-known for beating Face opponents, and crowds started to cheer him when he entered into a feud with masked villain Kendo Nagasaki, especially when he pulled off Nagasaki's mask during a televised bout in December 1975. By the middle of 1977, Big Daddy had completed his transformation into a Face, a change cemented by the breakdown of his tag-team with Haystacks (with whom he subsequently entered into a long-running feud).feud).
* SignatureMove: "The Splash", by which he used his enormous bulk to flatten an opponent. Went horribly wrong in a 1987 bout against Malcolm "King Kong" Kirk when the latter did not get up after being flattened, was taken to hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. It later transpired that Kirk had a serious heart condition and could have collapsed at any time.
* TenMinuteRetirement: He quit wrestling between 1966 and 1972.
* WrestlingFamily: His brothers were also wrestlers - one went on to become a referee and an MC, the other a promoter - as were two of his nephews (both of whom worked in tag-teams with him).
* SignatureMove: "The Splash", by which he used his enormous bulk to flatten an opponent. Went horribly wrong in a 1987 bout against Malcolm "King Kong" Kirk when the latter did not get up after being flattened, was taken to hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. It later transpired that Kirk had a serious heart condition and could have collapsed at any time.
* TenMinuteRetirement: He quit wrestling between 1966 and 1972.
* WrestlingFamily: His brothers were also wrestlers - one went on to become a referee and an MC, the other a promoter - as were two of his nephews (both of whom worked in tag-teams with him).
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Shirley Crabtree (14 November 1930 – 2 December 1997) was an English professional wrestler, best known as '''Big Daddy'''. He initially appearing on television as a Heel, in a tag-team with Giant Haystacks. After splitting with Haystacks and [[HeelFaceTurn becoming a Face]], he became a fan favourite at a time when wrestling was regularly televised by ''Series/WorldOfSport''.''Series/WorldOfSport''.
* GenderBlenderName: Shirley was traditionally a boys' name - although by the time Crabtree was born it was more widely regarded as a girls' name. Named after his father, he was mercilessly teased as a child, and quickly toughened up as a result.
* HeelFaceTurn: After his 1972 comeback, Crabtree wrestled as a Heel under the name "The Battling Guardsman" (a reference to his National Service in the Coldstream Guards) but within two years he was known as "Big Daddy". His tag-team with Giant Haystacks became well-known for beating Face opponents, and crowds started to cheer him when he entered into a feud with masked villain Kendo Nagasaki, especially when he pulled off Nagasaki's mask during a televised bout in December 1975. By the middle of 1977, Big Daddy had completed his transformation into a Face, a change cemented by the breakdown of his tag-team with Haystacks (with whom he subsequently entered into a long-running feud).
* GenderBlenderName: Shirley was traditionally a boys' name - although by the time Crabtree was born it was more widely regarded as a girls' name. Named after his father, he was mercilessly teased as a child, and quickly toughened up as a result.
* HeelFaceTurn: After his 1972 comeback, Crabtree wrestled as a Heel under the name "The Battling Guardsman" (a reference to his National Service in the Coldstream Guards) but within two years he was known as "Big Daddy". His tag-team with Giant Haystacks became well-known for beating Face opponents, and crowds started to cheer him when he entered into a feud with masked villain Kendo Nagasaki, especially when he pulled off Nagasaki's mask during a televised bout in December 1975. By the middle of 1977, Big Daddy had completed his transformation into a Face, a change cemented by the breakdown of his tag-team with Haystacks (with whom he subsequently entered into a long-running feud).
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Shirley Crabtree (14 November 1930 – 2 December 1997) was an English professional wrestler, best known as '''Big Daddy'''. He initially appearing on television as a Heel, in a tag-team with Giant Haystacks. After splitting with Haystacks, Haystacks and [[HeelFaceTurn becoming a Face]], he became a fan favourite at a time when wrestling was regularly televised by ''Series/WorldOfSport''.
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