Sputnik Monroe

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:professional_wrestler
gptkbp:billedFrom Outer Space
gptkbp:birthDate 1928-12-18
gptkbp:birthName Roscoe Monroe Brumbaugh
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Dodge_City,_Kansas,_United_States
gptkbp:championships gptkb:NWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship_(Mid-America_version)
gptkb:NWA_Southern_Heavyweight_Championship_(Memphis_version)
NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Championship
NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship
gptkbp:children Boogie Woogie Monroe
gptkbp:deathDate 2006-11-03
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Florida,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sputnik Monroe
gptkbp:inductedInto gptkb:Professional_Wrestling_Hall_of_Fame_(2018)
gptkbp:influenced desegregation of Memphis wrestling audiences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:nickname The Man with the Million Dollar Smile
The Sweet Man
gptkbp:notableFeud gptkb:Jackie_Fargo
gptkb:Norvell_Austin
gptkb:Tojo_Yamamoto
Billy Wicks
Don and Al Greene
Len Rossi
gptkbp:notableFor civil rights activism
desegregating wrestling audiences in Memphis
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professional_wrestler
gptkbp:retired 1970s
gptkbp:ringName gptkb:Sputnik_Monroe
Rock Monroe
gptkbp:spouse Nancy Monroe
gptkbp:tagTeamPartner gptkb:Norvell_Austin
Billy Wicks
Rocket Monroe
gptkbp:wrestlingDebut 1945
gptkbp:wrestlingPromotion gptkb:Georgia_Championship_Wrestling
gptkb:Gulf_Coast_Championship_Wrestling
gptkb:Championship_Wrestling_from_Florida
gptkb:NWA_Mid-America
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NWA_Georgia_Heavyweight_Championship
gptkb:WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(Legacy_Wing)_2018
gptkb:WWE_Hall_of_Fame_(Legacy)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7