Backlund: From All-American Boy to Professional Wrestling's World Champion
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Sports Publishing, 2015.
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9781613216965

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Bob Backlund., Bob Backlund|AUTHOR., & Robert H. Miller|AUTHOR. (2015). Backlund: From All-American Boy to Professional Wrestling's World Champion . Sports Publishing.

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Bob Backlund, Bob Backlund|AUTHOR and Robert H. Miller|AUTHOR. 2015. Backlund: From All-American Boy to Professional Wrestling's World Champion. Sports Publishing.

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Bob Backlund, Bob Backlund|AUTHOR and Robert H. Miller|AUTHOR. Backlund: From All-American Boy to Professional Wrestling's World Champion Sports Publishing, 2015.

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Bob Backlund, Bob Backlund|AUTHOR, and Robert H. Miller|AUTHOR. Backlund: From All-American Boy to Professional Wrestling's World Champion Sports Publishing, 2015.

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    [synopsis] => Bob Backlund began life as a poor farm boy in the little village of Princeton, Minnesota, with a population of just over 2,000 people. He was a below-average student with a lackluster work ethic and a bad attitude, who hung with the wrong crowd and made a lot of bad choices. He was a kid whose life was headed for disaster-until a local coach took interest in him, suggested that he take up amateur wrestling, and offered to work with him if he promised to stay out of trouble.

It was in North Dakota that Bob Backlund had the first of several chance encounters that would shape his destiny. While working out at the YMCA gymnasium in Fargo, North Dakota, where he wrestled for North Dakota State, Backlund met a well-known professional wrestler, "Superstar" Billy Graham. The men talked, and at Graham's suggestion, Backlund was inspired to pursue a career in professional wrestling.

Less than five years from that day, on February 20, 1978, Backlund would find himself halfway across the country, standing in the middle of the ring at Madison Square Garden with his hand raised in victory as the newly crowned World Wide Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Champion. The man Backlund pinned for the championship that night was none other than "Superstar" Billy Graham.

Featuring contributions from Bruno Sammartino, Harley Race, Terry Funk, Pat Patterson, Ken Patera, Sergeant Slaughter, The Magnificent Muraco, George "The Animal" Steele, "Mr. USA" Tony Atlas, The Iron Sheik, and many others, this book tells the incredible story of the life and nearly forty-year career of one of the most famous men to ever grace the squared circle.
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