Blackjack Mulligan

Blackjack Mulligan was the ring name of Robert Deroy Windham, an American professional wrestler and former American football player who lived from 1942 to 2016. He played football at Texas Western College, now the University of Texas at El Paso, served in the United States Marine Corps on Guam, and appeared in the New York Jets preseason camp in 1966 with tryouts for the Saints and Broncos. Trained by Joe Blanchard and Verne Gagne, he began in the American Wrestling Association, won the IWA World Tag Team Championship in Japan with Larry Hennig in 1970, and joined the World Wide Wrestling Federation in 1971 as Blackjack Mulligan, using the iron claw hold. He later booked and promoted shows across the South, and with partner Jack Lanza as The Blackjacks entered the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006. He was the father of wrestlers Barry and Kendall Windham and the grandfather of Bo Dallas and Bray Wyatt.