HAPPY 79TH BIRTHDAY TO WWE HOF'ER GEORGE "THE ANIMAL" STEELE!!!

TODAY MARKS THE 79TH BIRTHDAY TO 1995 WWE HALL OF FAMER: GEORGE "THE ANIMAL" STEELE.  GEORGE MADE HIS DEBUT IN 1967 AND FINISHED WRESTLING FULL TIME IN 1988.  HE HAS MADE VARIOUS APPEARANCE IN INDY WRESTLING SHOWS IN THE UNITED STATES.  I REMEMBER SEEING "THE ANIMAL" WRESTLE THEN WWF HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPION, BOB BACKLUND IN YORK, PA.  THE HOUSE SHOW WAS HELD IN A PACKED YORK SUBURBAN HIGH SCHOOL GYM!  ONE OF MY 1ST SHOW I REMEMBER ATTENDING LIVE AND SEARED IN MEMORY.  THANKS FOR THESE MOMENTS, GEORGE HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH GEORGE.  THIS WAS TAKEN AFTER A LOCAL INDY SHOW IN THE AREA.  AS YOU CAN TELL BY THE LOOK ON MY FACE, GEORGE GRABBED A HOLD OF MY NECK AND LAID IT ON!  GREAT TALKING TO HIM AFTER THE SHOW AT A RESTAURANT IN THE AREA.

A SIGNED 1985 WWF TOPPS CARD BY GEORGE "THE ANIMAL" STEELE.  THIS SET OF CARDS I BELIEVE ARE THE 1ST PRODUCED BY THE WWF!