Post by Mark on Sept 15, 2009 9:04:27 GMT -5
The Wayback Machine: Wrestler Haystack Calhoun pays a visit
On Aug. 24, 1976, one Bill Calhoun of Morgan's Corner, Ark., arrived in Salinas. He was a brick wall who moved like a man and was known far and wide by his nom de guerre, "Haystack" Calhoun.
Haystack Calhoun was one of the heroes of professional wrestling back in the days when you could sit the kids in front of the TV to watch it and feel confident they'd learn a good life lesson. In Haystack's day, professional wrestling was a morality play: The good guys usually won, provided they worked hard. And when they didn't win, it was because the bad guy had prevailed by ..... for more
www.thecalifornian.com/article/20090914/OPINION/909140308/1014
On Aug. 24, 1976, one Bill Calhoun of Morgan's Corner, Ark., arrived in Salinas. He was a brick wall who moved like a man and was known far and wide by his nom de guerre, "Haystack" Calhoun.
Haystack Calhoun was one of the heroes of professional wrestling back in the days when you could sit the kids in front of the TV to watch it and feel confident they'd learn a good life lesson. In Haystack's day, professional wrestling was a morality play: The good guys usually won, provided they worked hard. And when they didn't win, it was because the bad guy had prevailed by ..... for more
www.thecalifornian.com/article/20090914/OPINION/909140308/1014