Cauliflower Alley Club

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Cauliflower Alley Club

CAC logo
Formation 1965
Type Professional wrestling
Location Rolla, Missouri, United States
President Nick Bockwinkel
Key people Executive Board of Directors:
Nick Bockwinkel, President
Karl Lauer, Executive Vice President
Tom Drake
Dean Silverstone
Morgan Dollar
Bishop Jason Sanderson
Bob Leonard
Staff Board of Directors:
Dick Beyer
Jason Deadrich
Scott Hosey
Bob Kelly (wrestler)
Charlie Smith (referee)
Brian Blair
David Buckler
Eric Chmiel
Gloria Lovell
Website http://www.caulifloweralleyclub.org/

The Cauliflower Alley Club is a non-profit fraternal organization, which includes a newsletter and website, comprising both retired and active professional wrestlers and boxers in North America.

Established in 1965 by Mike Mazurki and Art Abrams, the organization hosts an annual reunion dinner which has traditionally been attended by celebrities and other professional athletes. Several historical Hollywood locations have been home to the reunion banquets such as the Masquer's Club, the, the Roosevelt Hotel and the Old Spaghetti Factory as well as The Riviera and the RMS Queen Mary.

The 2014 CAC Reunion is scheduled for June 2-4, 2014 in Las Vegas, NV. It will be hosted by the Gold Coast Casino and Hotel.

Awards

2014[1]

  • The Iron Mike Award: Terry Taylor
  • The Lou Thesz Award: Michael P.S. Hayes
  • Cauliflower Alley Club Trainers Award: Ron Hutchison
  • Women's Wrestling (Active) Award: Melissa Anderson
  • Men's Wrestling (Active) Award: Adam Pearce
  • Men's Wrestling (Active) Award: Dan Sampson
  • Women's Wrestling (Retired) Award: Debbie Pelletier, a.k.a. the Killer Tomato
  • Men's Wrestling (Retired) Award: Buddha Kahn
  • Jason Sanderson Humanitarian Award: Sean Dunster
  • The Red Bastien Friendship Award: John Arthur Lowe

2013

  • The Iron Mike Award: “Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff
  • The Lou Thesz Award: Bill Moody
  • Men's Wrestling (Retired) Award: Jake Roberts, Adam Copeland
  • Men's Wrestling (Active) Award: Matt Riviera
  • Women's Wrestling (Retired) Award: Molly Holly, Sandy Partlow
  • James C. Melby Historian Award: George Schire
  • Future Legend Award: Bobby Sharp
  • Jason Sanderson Humanitarian Award: Lord Zoltan
  • Golden Ear Award: David Cantu

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2012

  • The Iron Mike Award: "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
  • The Art Abrams Lifetime Achievement Award: Wendi Richter
  • The Lou Thesz Award: Ricky Steamboat
  • Men's Wrestling (Retired) Award: Michelle Starr, Mike Webster
  • Men's Wrestling (Active) Award: Bill DeMott
  • Women's Wrestling (Retired) Award: Judy Martin, Lisa Moretti
  • The Red Bastien Friendship Award: Brian Westcott
  • Future Legend Award: Kyle Matthews
  • Jason Sanderson Humanitarian Award: Al Burke
  • REEL Award: Dan Haggerty Grizzly Adams
  • Special Presentations: Announcers Award: Bill Kersten

2011

  • The Iron Mike Award: Sgt. Slaughter
  • The Art Abrams Lifetime Achievement Award: Mick Foley
  • The Lou Thesz Award: Rick Martel
  • Men's Wrestling (Retired) Award: Dan Kroffat, Alex Knight
  • Men's Wrestling (Active) Award: The Honky Tonk Man
  • Women's Wrestling (Retired) Award: Darling Dagmar, Rockin' Robin
  • Women's Wrestling (Active) Award: Awesome Kong
  • The Red Bastien Friendship Award: Darla Taylor Staggs
  • Posthumous Award: Michel Martel
  • Manager's Award: Bruno Lauer
  • International Award: Pat Barrett
  • Family Award: Tommy, Doug, and Eddie Gilbert
  • The James C. Melby Historian Award: Tom Burke
  • Future Legend Award: Kyle Sebastian

2010

  • Art Abrams Award: Jim Ross
  • Lou Thesz Award: Dan Severn
  • Iron Mike Award: Ted DiBiase
  • Womens Wrestling Award: Joyce Grable
  • Mens Wrestling Award: Dean Higuchi, Rip Hawk, Roger Kirby
  • REEL Award: Magic Schwarz
  • International Award: Pat Barrett
  • Red Bastien Friendship Award: Vince Fahey
  • Posthumous Award: Lee Fields, George “Scrap Iron” Gadaski
  • James C. Melby Award: Vance Nevada
  • Future Legend Award: Oliver John
  • Jason Sanderson Award: Yvonne Melcher
  • Golden Ear Award: Tom Andrew
  • Master of Ceremony: J.J. Dillon, Terry Funk

2009

Note that Bill Bowman and Princess Jasmine were honored in absentia due to severe health issues

2008

2007

  • Iron Mike Mazurki Award: Don Leo Jonathan
  • Lou Thesz Award: Danny Hodge
  • Art Abrams Lifetime Achievement Award: Bob Geigel
  • Posthumous Award: Yukon Eric and Betty Joe Hawkins
  • Future Legend Award: Takeshi Morishima
  • Scholarship Award Winners: Frankie Buenafuente
  • Reel Member Inductees: Rock Riddle

Other honorees included J.J. Dillon, Tito Carreon, Duke Myers, Bob Leonard, Cowboy Bob Kelly and Laura Martinez.

2006

Other honorees included Killer Tim Brooks, Scott Casey, Mil Máscaras, Pepper Martin and Bill White.

2005

Other honorees included Ernie Ladd, Kenny Jay, Danielle Colley, Paul Christy & Miss Bunny Love and Sir Oliver Humperdink.

2004

Other honorees included Bill Melby, Billy Darnell, Sandy Parker, "Playboy" Buddy Rose, Ed Wiskoski, Margaret Garcia, George Steele, Baron Von Raschke, Ann Casey, Percival Friend, Moondog Ed Moretti, Paul Jones, Lester Welch, Charlie Smith and Omar Atlas.

2003

Other honorees included Verne Bottoms, Bill Moody, Percival Pringle III, Tom Andrews, Buddy Colt, Buddy Roberts, Tito Montez, Bruce Swayze, Moose Morowski and Don Leo Jonathan.

2002

  • Iron Mike Mazurki Award: Walter "Killer" Kowalski
  • Art Abrams Lifetime Achievement Award: Mike Chapman
  • Posthumous Award: Nell Stewart and Hercules Cortez
  • Future Legend Award: Chris Benoit
  • Scholarship Award Winners: Nick Ackerman
  • Gulf Coast/CAC Honorees: The Fields Brothers
  • Reel Member Inductees: Alan Koss
  • Martial Arts Honorees: Juan Hernandez

Other honorees included Ox Baker, B. Brian Blair, Judy Grable, Maria DeLeon, Mr. Wrestling, Jimmy Valiant and Fray Tormenta.

2001

Other honorees included Rita Cortez, George Scott, Reggie Parks, Norman Fredrick Charles III, Kay Noble, Marie & Ann LaVerne, Pampero Firpo, Bill Watts and Jack Laskin.

2000

Other honorees included Gene Stanlee, The Crusher, Titi Paris, Ethel Brown, Billy Andersen, Natasha the Hatchet Lady, Beverly Shade, Stan Kowalski, Stan Pulaski and Fritz Von Goering.

1999

Other honorees included Ken Patera, Jack Donovan and Bob Geigel.

1998

  • Iron Mike Mazurki Award: Lou Thesz
  • Art Abrams Lifetime Achievement Award: William Papas
  • Scholarship Award Winners: Billy Pappas

Other honorees included Danny Hodge, Fred Blassie, Dory Funk, Jr. and Dan Severn

1997

Other honorees included:

1996

Other honorees included:

1995

Other honorees included:

1994

Other honorees included:

1993

Other honorees included Verne Gagne, "Cowboy" Bob Ellis, Kinji Shibuya, Wendi Richter, Barbi Dahl and Peggy Patterson.

1992

Other honorees included Maurice Vachon, Hard Boiled Haggerty, Rey Urbano, Johnny James, Gene Kiniski, Pepper Gomez, Penny Banner, Debbie Combs, Belle Starr, Donna Christantello and Diamond Lil.

References

  1. ↑ "The 2014 CAC Honorees… And A Word About The Ear". caulifloweralleyclub.org. 2014-01-22. Retrieved 23 January 2014. 
  2. ↑ http://www.caulifloweralleyclub.org/reunion-news/2013-reunion/

Further reading

  • Blassie, Fred and Keith Elliot Greenberg. "Classy" Freddie Blassie: Listen, You Pencil Neck Geeks. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2003. ISBN 0-7434-6316-1
  • Funk, Terry and Scott E. Williams. Terry Funk: The Hardcore Legend. Champaigne, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC, 2005. ISBN 1-58261-991-3
  • LeBelle, Gene. Gene Lebell's Grappling World: The Encyclopedia of Finishing Holds. Champaigne, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC, 2005. ISBN 0-9676543-1-9
  • Loeffler, Carl E. and Darlene Tong. Performance Anthology: Source Book of California Performance Art. San Francisco: Last Gasp Press, 1989. ISBN 0-86719-366-2
  • Meltzer, Dave. Tributes II: Remembering the World's Greatest Wrestlers. Champaigne, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC, 2004. ISBN 1-58261-817-8

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