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Buddy Roberts: photos
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) l3 ?: `" p# k. h( Z% ^5 @- _5 m% EBuddy Roberts first made an impact in the 1970s as one-half of a tag team called The Hollywood Blondes with Jerry Brown.
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. W, V; L/ a* j8 s! t1 L; ERoberts joined forces with the charismatic Michael “P.S.” Hayes and Terry “Bam Bam” Gordy as The Fabulous Freebirds.' c: l7 A! O$ Y. A
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( G% @) n. t( I0 R& P' GThe trio ran roughshod over the south before landing in Dallas and World Class Championship Wrestling. A( T4 @. v7 F' W
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The battles between The Freebirds and The Von Erich family are legendary for the passion they inspired in Texans.4 U. U5 y0 p1 ?
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After stints in WWE and AWA, Roberts returned to WCCW, this time as the manager for the animalistic Samoan Swat Team.' B' h0 M% x) {0 {1 H. O6 `
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Buddy Roberts left the industry shortly after WCCW’s closing in the late 1980s.) K6 U' u3 Z, \
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