From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ann Casey
Ann Casey
Lucile Ann Casey In 1972, Casey discovered that her son had gotten in-
volved in drug trafficking with a truck driver, and after
Ring name(s) Ann Casey she forced him to stop, the truck driver shot her five
Panther Girl
times.[1] Although the doctors told her that her profes-
Billed height 5’8" sional wrestling career was over, Casey was able to wres-
tle again within several months.[1] In 1974, Moolah of-
Billed weight 170 lbs
fered to let Casey win the USA Women’s Wrestling Cham-
Born September 29, 1938[1] pionship from her, and Casey was subsequently never de-
Saraland, Alabama[1] feated for the belt.[1] Later that year in December, Casey
Trained by The Fabulous Moolah[1] also won the vacated NWA United States Women’s Cham-
pionship by defeating Toni Rose in a match.[3] She held
Debut 1962[1]
the championship for approximately four years before
Retired 1990 losing it to Joyce Grable.[3] Meanwhile, wrestling maga-
zine Pro Wrestling Illustrated recognized Casey as the "Girl
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Wrestler of the Year" in 1975.
Casey’s last match occurred in 1990, when she defeat-
Lucille Ann Casey[1] (born September 29, 1938), better
ed Judy Grable to retain the USA Women’s Champion-
Casey,
known by her ring name Ann Casey is a retired American
ship.[1] In 2004, she was honored by the Cauliflower Alley
professional wrestler.
Club, an association for retired professional wrestlers. [4]
Professional wrestling career Personal life
In 1962, while working at the ticket counter for a pro-
Casey was born in Saraland, Alabama, one of nine chil-
fessional wrestling promotion, she met The Fabulous
dren to John and Viola Casey.[1] John was of Irish ances-
Moolah, who offered to train Casey to wrestle.[1] Casey
try; Viola was a Creek Indian.[1] After the family moved to
soon decided to take Moolah up on her offer and moved
a Mississippi cotton farm, Casey attended an Agricola In-
to South Carolina to train.[1] Her first match was a tag
dian school.[1] Once she graduated, she married and had
team match that pitted her and Judy Grable against Rita
a son, but soon divorced.[1]
Cortez and Brenda Scott that fall.[1] Casey also wrestled
Casey remarried and had a daughter in the 1970s.[1]
Miss Brenda in a two out of three falls match for the
She still occasionally wrestled, and from 1980 to 1985,
opening of a December 1962 card also featuring Fred
she worked for the Mississippi Forestry Commission.[1]
Blassie.[2] While working under Moolah, Casey traveled
Afterward, she received her paralegal license, as well as a
all around the United States; she was also one of the
bachelors degree in criminal justice with a minor in psy-
first women to ever compete in a tag team match in
chology from the University of South Alabama.[1] After
the state of Hawaii.[1] While in Hawaii, Casey fell in love
divorcing her second husband, she began working as a
with a local champion surfer and took a brief hiatus from
bail bondsman.[1] Subsequently, she opened a restaurant
wrestling.[1]
and drove trucks.[1]
Two years later, Casey returned to the continental
United States and professional wrestling.[1] She worked
for promoters Vince McMahon, Sr., Vince McMahon, Jr., In wrestling
and Leroy McGuirk.[1] During this time, she wrestled
• • Airplane spin[1]
Donna Christanello at Madison Square Garden in New
• • Dropkick[1]
York.[1] In 1964, she had a match that pitted her and Pen-
ny Banner against Cara Combs and Kathy O’Brien.[1] The
following year, she defeated Kay Noble in a match, but Championships and accom-
was defeated in another match by Bette Boucher.[1] She
was also defeated by Mae Young in a 1968 NWA United plishments
States Women’s Championship match.[1] • • Honoree (2004)[4]
With Vivian Vachon as her partner, Casey defeated • • NWA United States Women’s Championship (1
Donna Christanello and Cara Combs in a 1970 match.[1] time)[3]
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• • Girl Wrestler of the Year (1975) http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2004/04/
• • USA Women’s Wrestling Championship (1 18/pf-427754.html. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
time)[1]
• Southern States Ladies Championship[1]
• Mississippi State Ladies Championship[1]
Further reading
• Teal, Scott Winston (2009). The History of professional
wrestling, Volume 4. Scott Teal.
References
[1] ^ Kociaba, Bill. "Ann Casey: More than just a pretty
face". Cauliflower Alley Club.
External links
http://mrkurtnielsen.com/CAC/Interview- • Official Facebook Page
Anncasey01.html. Retrieved 2009-08-17. • Profile at Online World of Wrestling
[2] "Fred Blassie defends title Saturday night". Rome Persondata
News-Tribune. December 13, 1962. Name Casey, Ann
http://news.google.com/
Alternative names Casey, Lucile Ann
newspapers?id=idUIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XjEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6976,5002987&dq=ann-
casey+wrestler. Retrieved 2009-08-16. Short description
[3] ^ Duncan, Royal and Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Date of birth September 29, 1938
"NWA Women’s US Title". Wrestling Title Histories.
Place of birth Saraland, Alabama
Archeus Communications. p. 197.
ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. Date of death
[4] ^ Oliver, Greg (April 18, 2004). "Heenan given CAC’s Place of death
top honor". SLAM! Wrestling.
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