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February 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. George “The Animal” Steele

George “The Animal” Steele. He had a green tongue and made Robin Williams look like someone with Alopecia. He grunted and said only the word “mine”. But in The Truth and TV Guide you’d read, via the weekly updates, that he was actually a university lecturer. He was one of my childhood heroes. A pro-wrestler so […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Actor, Ed Wood, Eulogy, George "The Animal" Steele, MINE, Pro-Wrestling, R.I.P., R.I.P. George “The Animal” Steele, Superstars of Wrestling, Tor Johnson, TV, Wrestler, WWE, WWF ·

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July 4, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

George “The Animal” Steele: Animal

  Animal George “The Animal” Steele w/ Jim Evans Triumph Books As a kid I was the biggest George “The Animal” Steele fan. Oh, I loved pro-wrestling, but George “The Animal” Steele went beyond that, or my love of him – as a character – went beyond wrestling anyway. To me he was the greatest […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Book Review, Ed Wood, George "The Animal" Steele, Jim Myers, Pro-Wrestling, Tim Burton, Tor Johnson, WWE, WWF ·

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