Earl Maynard

Earl Maynard (born 1935) is a bodybuilder, professional wrestler, film actor, producer and director from Barbados. As a bodybuilder he won the 1964 Universe Pro title of NABBA, the 1965 IFBB Universe, which is now the World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships, and the 1978 AAU Masters Mr. America, and early in his career he won Mr. Europe in 1959 and Mr. England in 1960. He started wrestling while in the Royal Air Force on Cyprus, where a visiting British promoter spotted him, became a professional wrestler in 1960 and was brought to the United States by the promoter Gus Karras. In the late 1960s he worked for promotions in Minnesota, Portland, New York, Pittsburgh, Kansas City and Canada and was twice the NWA America's Tag Team Champion, with Rocky Johnson in 1970 and Dory Dixon in 1972.