Doug Furnas

Doug Furnas, born Dwight Douglas Furnas on 11 December 1959 and died on 2 March 2012, was an American professional wrestler and powerlifter. Before lifting he was a promising football player, helping Northeastern Oklahoma A&M win a junior college national football championship and then playing running back for the Tennessee Volunteers, and he signed with the Denver Broncos before training camp injuries ended that path. As a powerlifter he became an APF National and World Champion in the 275 pound weight class, set 29 world records, and was the first man to total 2,400 pounds twice, doing so at the 1986 APF World Championships in Maui and the 1987 APF National Championships in Bloomington, Minnesota, with a best squat of 986 pounds. He left lifting for professional wrestling in late 1986, beginning in Continental Championship Wrestling in Knoxville, Tennessee, and later worked for World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation. He is best known as one half of the tag team The Can-Am Express with Phil Lafon and as a longtime mainstay of All Japan Pro Wrestling.