Description
American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer, son of Dory Funk and
brother of Terry Funk. Ran the Funking Conservatory wrestling school in
Amarillo, Texas, and trained Anton Geesink together with Terry Funk for about a
month in late 1973 before Geesink's professional wrestling debut.
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Anton Geesink
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Seminar (1973)
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English Wikipedia's Professional wrestling section states All Japan Pro
Wrestling recruited Geesink in October 1973 and he trained about a month in
Amarillo, Texas under Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk.
“In October 1973, All Japan Pro Wrestling owner Giant Baba recruited Anton
Geesink, sending him to Amarillo, TX, to train under Dory Funk Jr. and Terry
Funk for a month.”
— Anton Geesink - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Dory Funk Jr.. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KZW2JNB8HZM2V4KCRPSF9X6Z - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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title = {Dory Funk Jr.}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
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