Dean Detton Explained

Dean Detton
Birth Name:	Dean Henry Detton
Names:	Dean Detton
Height:	5 ft 10 in
Weight:	202 lb
Birth Date:	1908 6, df=yes
Birth Place:	Richmond, Utah, United States
Retired:	1951

Dean Henry Detton (June 27, 1908 – February 23, 1958) was an American professional wrestler and World Heavyweight Champion who was active in the early portion of the twentieth century.^[1] Previously he was a proficient University of Utah football player. Detton was born in Richmond, Utah and raised Mormon.^{[2] [3] [4]} He retired from wrestling in 1951 and then ran a bar, The Turf Club, where he eventually hanged himself to death.^[5] For his last 14 years he had lived in Hayward, California.^[6]

Championships and accomplishments

• 50th State Big Time Wrestling
  • NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship
• California State Athletic Commission
  • World Heavyweight Championship (Los Angeles version) (1 time)^[7]
• New York State Athletic Commission
  • New York State Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[8]
• NWA New Zealand
  • NWA New Zealand Heavyweight Championship
• Other titles
  • World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[9]
  • NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time(Recognition later withdrawn))

See also

• List of premature professional wrestling deaths

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dean Detton in Australia - NZ Wrestling . 2015-03-24 . 2015-04-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100600/http://nzwrestling.com/clipping/287/Dean+Detton+in+Australia.htm . dead .
2. Web site: Dean Detton.
3. Web site: Dean Detton - Boxer . 2015-03-24 . 2015-04-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133618/http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=424725&cat=boxer . dead .
4. News: DETTON PINS DEAN WITH a BODY PRESS; Title Claimant Conquers Giant Rival in 8:37 Before 4,000 at the Hippodrome. The New York Times. 15 December 1936.
5. Web site: Lives of the Dead: Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland: Dean Henry Detton (1908-1958) – Football Star & Professional Wrestler. 17 January 2011.
6. Web site: General Information . Wrestlingdata.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120548/http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=8008&bild=1 . 2015-04-02 . live.
7. Web site: Title Lineages: CASAC World Heavyweight Championship - the Home of Historical Wrestling . 2017-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170511033112/http://www.prowrestlinghistoricalsociety.com/casac-world-heavyweight-championship.html . 2017-05-11 . dead .
8. Web site: World Heavyweight Title [NYSAC].
9. Web site: World Heavyweight Title.