On a fight Harley Race had in the 1960s with Kenny McElrory better known as the "Skidmore Bully" of northwest Missouri. McElroy was killed in the town square of Skidmore in 1981, and no one was ever arrested. the story became national news and was featured on "60 minutes."

"Kenny used to go to bars on the days the old-timers would get their Social Security checks and scare them into buying him beers. If they didn't, he'd slap them around. I was in town visiting and was drinking in one of those bars. Kenny started his crap, and I said 'Not today, Kenny. Today, it's you and me.' So we went outside, and I laid him out."

On the wild nights and life of a pro wrestler:

"There's a lot of stories I could tell you, but you couldn't put them in the paper. Let's just say that back in 1966, when I was wrestling out of Minneapolis, Mickey Mantle and I dated the same stripper."



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