He was before my time, as were some of the other wrestlers mentioned by people up the thread. I’ve heard of Haystack, but never saw him wrestle.
My earliest memories of Vern have him around 50 years old and still wrestling. Nick Bockwinkel was his arch-nemesis in those days.
Verne Gagne...”The World’s most scientific wrastler” ...
RIP. Could never forget the Gagne Sleeper hold.