Gino Brito

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Gino Brito
Statistics
Ring name(s) Louis Cerdan[1]
Gino Brito
Billed height 5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m)[1]
Billed weight 240 lb (110 kg)[1]
Born May 18, 1941[1]
Montreal Quebec[1]


Gino Brito is a Canadian professional wrestler. He was a popular wrestler in Montreal, and was one of the promoters in the city in the 1980s. As Louis Cerdan, he was a WWWF Tag Team Champion, teaming with fellow Canadian-Italian wrestler Tony Parisi.

[edit] Career

Born Gino Acocella, Brito was the son of wrestler Jack Britton and father of Gino Brito Jr. Jack Britton was probably more famous for organizing a central booking office for midget wrestlers in the 1950s. He worked with Detroit promoters Bert Ruby and Harry Light and had a near-monopoly on the top wrestling midgets for many years.

Brito continued to wrestle through the mid-80s. He also promoted shows in Toronto, Ontario under the International Wrestling banner, until 1987 , but the promotion had a very difficult time after Dino Bravo and Rick Martel left. Brito appeared in the WWF old-timers battle royal in November 1987 (the first eliminated in a match won by Lou Thesz that featured several former world champions).

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

  • Lutte Internationale (Montreal)
  • Other Titles
  • Grand Prix Tag Team Championship (Montreal) (1 time) - with Dino Bravo

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e Gino Brito. SLAM! Wrestling Canadian Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.