Cauliflower Alley Club

The CAC is sad to report that NWA Referee Ron West has passed away. We will have more information shortly. Please keep the West family and all his many friends in your thoughts at this time. Our condolences to Ron his family, the many friends and fans.

The CAC is sad to report that Mary ”Florence Fields” Hatfield passed away Tuesday night at approx. 9PM after a courageous battle with cancer. Florence was married to the famous Fields brother, Don. She was a staple of the Gulf Coast Wrestlers Reunion where she meet everyone with open arms at all the reunions. She had [...]

The wrestling world of the past 20-plus years knew him as Paul.  Those a decade  or so older knew him as Percy.  To old friends from around home in Mobile, Alabama, he was just Bill.  And now, one of the most readily recognizable figures in modern wrestling history has left the ring for the last [...]

CAC member Chris Chesselet passed away this past Dec. Chris was a regular at the CAC reunions the past several years. Chris was a disabled veteran of the United States Military. And at the time of his death resided in Eugene Oregon. Chris was a wrestling fan for many years. His all time favorite was [...]

He began his pro wrestling career at the tender age of 16, and by the time he retired some 30 years later, Tito Montez had solidly cemented the bond between himself and fans in western America. Tito passed away at age 78 on January 30, 2013, in Oregon.  He had suffered with Alzheimerâ??s disease for [...]

World Wrestling Champion Count Billy Varga passed away January 11, 2013 in Burbank. He was 94. Born in Cleveland, Ohio on January 10, 1919, he lived in Los Angeles for more than 70 years. His father, Count Joseph Varga was a prize Hungarian fighter who inspired his son to enter the ring. Both men went [...]

It is what it was, to employ a slight edit of Red Bastien’s favorite phrase, it is what it is.  And what it was, was a wonderful life lived by a unique man. Rolland Bastien to his legion of friends, and the uncounted masses who witnessed his ring exploits over the years  passed away in [...]

Chris Drake, the long-time treasurer and legal counsel of the Cauliflower Alley Club and beloved wife of vice-president Tom Drake, has passed away in hospice care in Cullman, Alabama. Her wonderful life came to a close on the morning of September 26, 2011, after a lengthy illness. “Chris was so much more than the treasurer [...]

(I received this email in a chain of emails about Jack Brisco. After trailing it back to the original owner, Mark Nulty, I contacted him and ask his permission to post this on the CAC site. I would like to thank Mark for allowing us to use his material that describes Jack Brisco to a [...]

IN MEMORY OF STEVE WILLIAMS May 14, 1960 – December 29, 2009 We always talk about the angels up in heaven, and how they are there watching and guiding us. We always look up into the sky when we talk about angels and their work.  The truth is the real angels are here on earth [...]