Billy Two Rivers | |
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Born | Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, Quebec, Canada | May 5, 1935
Died | February 12, 2023 Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, Quebec, Canada | (aged 87)
Children | Wayne Hemingway |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Billy Two Rivers |
Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] |
Billed weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)[1] |
Trained by | Don Eagle[2] |
Debut | February 1953[2] |
Retired | 1977[1] |
Billy Two Rivers (Mohawk name Kaientaronkwen,[3] May 5, 1935 – February 12, 2023) was a Canadian Mohawk professional wrestler, actor, and a leader of the Mohawks of Kahnawà:ke.
He began wrestling professionally in 1953 and retired in 1977, having worked in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan and Canada. In 1978, he become leader of the Kahnawake First Nations reserve, played a major role in blockading the Honoré Mercier Bridge during the 1990 Oka Crisis.
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