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Robert Marella

MattHh — 2009-03-22T01:56:52Z

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- In college, he set school records in both the shot and the discus for Ithaca College. He still holds the school record for fastest pin, at 18 seconds. He came in second place in the NCAA heavyweight tournament in 1959, but was beat out for the 1960 Olympic team.	+ In college, he set school records in both the shot and the discus for [wiki:Ithaca:Ithaca_College]. He still holds the school record for fastest pin, at 18 seconds. He came in second place in the NCAA heavyweight tournament in 1959, but was beat out for the 1960 Olympic team.

alexandergartley — 2008-12-03T16:52:19Z

added wiki link to Football

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- '''Robert Marella''', a.k.a. "Gorilla Monsoon", was a professional wrestler born in Rochester on June 4, ["1937"]. He played 3 sports (["wrestling"], track and field, and football) for ["Thomas Jefferson High School"].	+ '''Robert Marella''', a.k.a. "Gorilla Monsoon", was a professional wrestler born in Rochester on June 4, ["1937"]. He played 3 sports (["wrestling"], track and field, and ["football"]) for ["Thomas Jefferson High School"].

alexandergartley — 2008-09-29T16:04:10Z

bolded his name in the description

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- Robert Marella, a.k.a. "Gorilla Monsoon", was a professional wrestler born in Rochester on June 4, ["1937"]. He played 3 sports (["wrestling"], track and field, and football) for ["Thomas Jefferson High School"].	+ '''Robert Marella''', a.k.a. "Gorilla Monsoon", was a professional wrestler born in Rochester on June 4, ["1937"]. He played 3 sports (["wrestling"], track and field, and football) for ["Thomas Jefferson High School"].

alexandergartley — 2008-04-28T21:13:49Z

capitalized "Olympic"

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- In college, he set school records in both the shot and the discus for Ithaca College. He still holds the school record for fastest pin, at 18 seconds. He came in second place in the NCAA heavyweight tournament in 1959, but was beat out for the 1960 olympic team.	+ In college, he set school records in both the shot and the discus for Ithaca College. He still holds the school record for fastest pin, at 18 seconds. He came in second place in the NCAA heavyweight tournament in 1959, but was beat out for the 1960 Olympic team.

alexandergartley — 2008-04-28T21:12:17Z

added wiki link to 1999

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- After retiring, Gorilla became an announcer for the WWF (now [http://www.wwe.com WWE]). He died in 1999.	+ After retiring, Gorilla became an announcer for the WWF (now [http://www.wwe.com WWE]). He died in ["1999"].

alexandergartley — 2008-04-28T21:09:48Z

changed wording in description to refer to Robert as Robert instead of Gorilla

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- Gorilla Monsoon was a professional wrestler born in Rochester on June 4, ["1937"]. His real name was Robert Marella and played 3 sports (["wrestling"], track and field, and football) for ["Thomas Jefferson High School"].	+ Robert Marella, a.k.a. "Gorilla Monsoon", was a professional wrestler born in Rochester on June 4, ["1937"]. He played 3 sports (["wrestling"], track and field, and football) for ["Thomas Jefferson High School"].
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- Monsoon made his professional wrestling debut in 1959 at the ["Rochester War Memorial"]. He spent most of his career with the WWF, and held the tag titles twice, once with [wiki:wikipedia:Bill_Watts Bill Watts], and once with [wiki:wikipedia:Killer_Kowalski Killer Kowalski]. His most famous moment in the WWF was an angle that was shot with Muhammed Ali in the mid 70's.	+ Marella made his professional wrestling debut in 1959 at the ["Rochester War Memorial"]. He spent most of his career with the WWF, and held the tag titles twice, once with [wiki:wikipedia:Bill_Watts Bill Watts], and once with [wiki:wikipedia:Killer_Kowalski Killer Kowalski]. His most famous moment in the WWF was an angle that was shot with Muhammed Ali in the mid 70's.

alexandergartley — 2008-04-28T21:08:24Z

Renamed from "Gorilla Monsoon" (renamed to his real name (his wrestling name will redirect to this page))

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	+ Gorilla Monsoon was a professional wrestler born in Rochester on June 4, ["1937"]. His real name was Robert Marella and played 3 sports (["wrestling"], track and field, and football) for ["Thomas Jefferson High School"]. + + In college, he set school records in both the shot and the discus for Ithaca College. He still holds the school record for fastest pin, at 18 seconds. He came in second place in the NCAA heavyweight tournament in 1959, but was beat out for the 1960 olympic team. + + Monsoon made his professional wrestling debut in 1959 at the ["Rochester War Memorial"]. He spent most of his career with the WWF, and held the tag titles twice, once with [wiki:wikipedia:Bill_Watts Bill Watts], and once with [wiki:wikipedia:Killer_Kowalski Killer Kowalski]. His most famous moment in the WWF was an angle that was shot with Muhammed Ali in the mid 70's. + + As one of the few educated men in wrestling back then, he held a variety of backstage jobs, including becoming part owner of the WWF until he sold his share of the company to Vince McMahon. + + After retiring, Gorilla became an announcer for the WWF (now [http://www.wwe.com WWE]). He died in 1999. + + [wiki:wikipedia:Gorilla_Monsoon Monsoon's Wikipedia page]