Camille Tourville

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Camille Tourville
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Tarzan Tyler The Boot La Botinne Tarzan Tourville
Billed height	6 ft 3 in
Billed weight	245 lb
Born	1927 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	December 24, 1985
Trained by	Jacques Rougeau, Sr. Édouard Carpentier Yvon Robert Jr
Debut	1950s

Camille Tourville (1927-December 24, 1985) was a professional wrestler and manager better known as Tarzan Tyler. He was one-half of the first WWF Tag Team Champions, along with Luke Graham. He died December 24, 1985 at the age of 58.

Contents 1 Career 2 Finishing move 3 Championships and accomplishments 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career

Tarzan Tyler died, along with fellow wrestler Pierre 'Mad Dog' Lefebvre and referee Adrien Desbois, in Laurentides Provincial Park upon returning from a wrestling event in Chicoutimi, Québec on December 24, 1985, in a car crash.

He was a 3-time heavyweight champion for Grand Prix Wrestling in Montreal in the 1970s.

[edit] Finishing move

• The Boot

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• Central States Wrestling

• NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Championship Wrestling from Florida

• NWA Florida Brass Knuckles Championship (2 times)
• NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
• NWA Florida Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Louie Tillet
• NWA Florida Television Championship (2 times) (First)
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (2 times) - with Tim Tyler (1) and Freddie Blassie (1)

• Georgia Championship Wrestling

• NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Georgia version) (1 time) - with Lenny Montana

• Japan Wrestling Association

• NWA International Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Bill Watts

• World Wide Wrestling Federation

• WWWF International Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Mike Graham
• WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - Luke Graham (First)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Profile at Online World Of Wrestling