| Sandy Parker | |
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| Born | November 1, 1944 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[1] |
| Died | June 2022 (aged 77) Las Vegas, Nevada[2] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Sandy Parker |
| Billed height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)[3] |
| Trained by | Lou Klein[3] Mary Jane Mull[3] Lucille Dupree[3] The Fabulous Moolah[3] |
| Debut | 1969 |
| Retired | 1986[3] |
Sandy Parker (November 1, 1944 – June 2022) was a Canadian professional wrestler. She debuted in 1969, wrestling in Canada, the United States, and Japan. In Japan, she worked for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, holding numerous titles, and she was the first Black woman to win the WWWA World Single Championship in 1973.[4][2] She also had an unofficial NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship reign with partner Sue Green. Wrestling journalist and historian Dave Meltzer has categorised Parker as "one of the best women professional wrestlers of the early 1970s".[2]
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