Thunderbolt Patterson

Thunderbolt Patterson
Birth nameClaude Patterson
Born (1941-07-08) July 8, 1941 (age 83)
Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Claude Peters
K.O. Patterson
Sweet Daddy Brown
T-Bolt
Thunderbolt Patterson
Thunderbolt Peters
Billed height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Billed weight242 lb (110 kg)
Billed fromAtlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Trained byPat O'Connor
Steve Kovacs
Debut1964[1]
Retired1994

Claude Patterson (born July 8, 1941) is an American retired professional wrestler, known by his ring name Thunderbolt Patterson. He began his career in 1964 and wrestled primarily in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. During the early 1970s, he was blacklisted by the National Wrestling Alliance for repeated appearances with outlaw promotions, his complaints of institutional racism and attempts to form a wrestlers' labor union.[citation needed]

  1. ^ a b Johnson, Steven (August 14, 2008). "Thunderbolt Patterson still 'on top'". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 2010-05-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)