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| Rated at | Heavyweight | |||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||
| Born | August 25, 1925 Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada |
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| Died | March 17, 1966 (aged 40) Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada |
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| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Wins | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Losses | 4 | |||||||||||||
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Carl Donald Bell (August 25, 1925 – March 17, 1966), better known by his ring name Chief Don Eagle, was a Mohawk boxer and professional wrestler during the 1950s and 1960s. Originally from Kahnawake, Quebec, he became Boston's AWA World Heavyweight Champion in 1950.
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Professional wrestling career
Eagle began a boxing career in 1945, after a brief time working in the steel and construction industry. He was trained solely by his father, Chief Joseph War Eagle, a former Junior Heavyweight Champion. In his first year, Eagle competed in 22 contests and won 17. He beat an already established Red Dawson using a pinfall in just under 16 minutes. During the peak of his career in the early 1950s, Eagle became the first person to throw World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Primo Carnera off his feet. He fought Antonino Rocca in a 60-minute draw on May 19, 1951, at the Chicago Stadium.
Later career
During a 1953 match with the faux-Nazi Hans Schmidt, Eagle was thrown over the top rope and into the ringside chairs, damaging several spinal discs and breaking two ribs. Eagle took a year off to recover from his injuries, during which time he began training a teenage Billy Two Rivers. Eagle gave Two Rivers a further year's training after he himself had returned to wrestling, occasionally tagging with the young wrestler. He would wrestle for American Wrestling Association (Minnesota) in 1960 when the promotion first started. Due to continuing back problems, Eagle became semi-retired and wrestled infrequently in various regions over the next three years. Eagle decided to retire permanently in 1965 at the age of 39.
Personal life
Wrestling Revue reported Eagle's death on March 17, 1966. Contemporaneous newspaper reports indicated he had been despondent over some construction project setbacks: namely, a Logan County (Ohio) Indian village, an expansion program in the Zane Shawnee Caverns, and a $12 million Indian Center near Montreal. Skeptics noted it could have been a murder, connected to the death of his wife, Jean Eagle.
Championships and accomplishments
Boxing
- Cleveland Golden Gloves Heavyweight Championship (1945)
Professional wrestling
- American Wrestling Association (Boston)
- AWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame
- Class of 2016
- Fred Kohler Enterprises
- World Heavyweight Championship (Illinois version)
- Midwest Wrestling Association (Ohio)
- MWA World Heavyweight Championship (Ohio version) (1 time)
Professional boxing record
| 20 fights | 16 wins | 4 losses |
| By knockout | 10 | 1 |
| By decision | 6 | 2 |
| By disqualification | 0 | 1 |
| Draws | 0 | |
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| 20 | Loss | 16–4 |  Richard Hagan |
KO | 4 (8) | 9 Aug 1948 | Marigold Gardens, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| 19 | Win | 16–3 | Henry Jones |
PTS | 6 | 13 Jul 1948 | Marigold Gardens Outdoor Arena, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| 18 | Win | 15–3 | Johnny Flanagan |
KO | 2 (6) | 10 May 1948 | Marigold Gardens, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| 17 | Win | 14–3 | Al Hunter |
TKO | 3 (6) | 16 Apr 1948 | Marigold Gardens, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| 16 | Win | 13–3 | Lenny Johnson |
TKO | 2 (6) | 19 Apr 1948 | Marigold Gardens, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| 15 | Loss | 12–3 | Ocie Talbert |
PTS | 6 | 29 Jan 1948 | Coliseum Annex, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| 14 | Win | 12–2 | Al Timmons |
PTS | 6 | 13 Jan 1948 | Coliseum Annex, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| 13 | Win | 11–2 | Lonnie Morris |
PTS | 4 | 6 Jan 1948 | Coliseum Annex, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| 12 | Win | 10–2 | James Turner |
PTS | 6 | 30 Dec 1947 | Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S. |
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| 11 | Win | 9–2 | George Brown |
KO | 2 (4), 1:18 | 25 Nov 1947 | Coliseum Annex, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| 10 | Loss | 8–2 | Jackie Thompson |
DQ | 1 | 21 Nov 1947 | Minneapolis Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
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| 9 | Win | 8–1 | Bobby Marshall |
TKO | 2 (4) | 31 Oct 1947 | Minneapolis Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
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| 8 | Win | 7–1 | Chief War Cloud |
PTS | 4 | 28 Oct 1947 | Coliseum Annex, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| 7 | Win | 6–1 | Joe Connors |
KO | 2 (4) | 22 Oct 1947 | Coliseum Annex, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Jacques Carter |
KO | 2 (4) | 15 Oct 1947 | Coliseum Annex, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| 5 | Loss | 4–1 | Gibbs Pike |
TKO | 5 (6), 0:54 | 29 Aug 1947 | Jefferson County Armory, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
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| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Al Small |
PTS | 4 | 25 Aug 1947 | Marigold Gardens Outdoor Arena, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Larry Chatman |
KO | 2 (4) | 28 Jul 1947 | Marigold Gardens Outdoor Arena, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Len Billingsley |
KO | 1 (4) | 21 Jul 1947 | Marigold Gardens, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Herb Jones |
KO | 2 (4) | 27 Jan 1947 | Jefferson County Armory, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
See also
- List of premature professional wrestling deaths
