| Mildred Burke | |
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 Burke in 1950 | |
| Birth name | Mildred Bliss |
| Born | August 5, 1915[1] Coffeyville, Kansas, US[1] |
| Died | February 18, 1989 (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Spouse(s) | Billy Wolfe (−1952) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Mildred Burke |
| Billed height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm)[2] |
| Billed weight | 138 lb (63 kg)[2] |
| Trained by | Billy Wolfe Cora Livingston |
| Debut | 1935[2] |
| Retired | 1956 |
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Mildred Burke (August 5, 1915 – February 18, 1989) was an American professional wrestler. She is overall a three-time women's world champion under different incarnations and recognitions.
Burke's heyday lasted from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s, when she held the NWA World Women's Champion for almost twenty years. Burke started out in 1935, wrestling men at carnivals. She was managed by her second husband, promoter Billy Wolfe.[3] She is a charter member of WWE Hall of Fame's Legacy Wing, Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame, and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.[1][4]
- ^ a b c "Mildred Burke Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum Entry". PWHF.org. Archived from the original on February 1, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2007.
- ^ a b c Greenberg, Alan. "MILDRED BURKE... She Never Met Her Match". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 5, 2007 – via Wrestling-Titles.com.
- ^ "Mildred Burke Online World of Wrestling Profile". onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved May 5, 2007.
- ^ "Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame Inductees". Wrestling Information Archive. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2007.