Image of Ernie Ladd

Ernie Ladd

Ernest Ladd, nicknamed "The Big Cat", was an American professional football player and professional wrestler. A standout athlete in high school, Ladd attended Grambling State University on a basketball scholarship before being drafted in 1961 by the San Diego Chargers of the American Football League (AFL). Ladd found success in the AFL as one of the largest players in professional football history at 6′9″ and 290 pounds. He helped the Chargers to four AFL championship games in five years, winning the championship with the team in 1963. He also had stints with the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Oilers. Ladd took up professional wrestling during the AFL offseason, and after a knee injury ended his football career turned to it full-time in 1969. As a professional wrestler, Ladd became one of the top heels in the business. For the majority of his career, he played a villainous character who would arrogantly taunt both opponents and crowds. Ladd feuded with many popular wrestlers of the time, including Wahoo McDaniel, André the Giant, Bobo Brazil, Dusty Rhodes, and Mr. Wrestling, before retiring from the ring in 1986. Ladd was inducted into the San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame in 1981, the Grambling State University Hall of Fame in 1989, and the WWE Hall of Fame in 1995. Ladd was diagnosed with colon cancer in the winter of 2003–2004, and died from the disease on March 10, 2007 at the age of 68.


Read bio at tmdb | Read bio at Wikipedia
Born:
Nov 28, 1938 In Rayville, Louisiana, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
12
First Appeared:
In the movie WCCW Christmas Star Wars '81 1981-12-25
Latest Project:
Movie WWE: Presents True Giants 2014-12-09
Known For
Poster of Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
Poster of WWE Villains of The Squared Circle
Poster of WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest
Poster of WCCW Christmas Star Wars '81
Filmography
Movie WWE: Presents True Giants 2014-12-09
Movie Legends of Mid-South Wrestling Himself 2013-09-10
Movie Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II "The Big Cat" Ernie Ladd 2008-01-22
Movie Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1 "The Big Cat" Earnie Ladd 2007-07-31
Series That '70s Show Manager 1998-08-23
Series WWE Raw Ernie Ladd 1993-01-11
Movie WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show Ernie Ladd (Ringside) 1987-08-28
Movie WWE Villains of The Squared Circle "The Big Cat" Ernie Ladd 1986-06-06
Series WWF Wrestling Challenge Ernie Ladd 1986-09-07
Movie WWF's Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest Ernie Ladd 1985-01-01
Movie NWA Boogie Jam "The Big Cat" Ernie Ladd 1984-03-17
Movie WCCW Christmas Star Wars '81 "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd 1981-12-25