Corsica Joe

Francois Miquet (January 17, 1920 – March 14, 2010) was a French-American professional wrestler who worked primarily in the United States of America under the ring name Corsica Joe. As Corsica Joe he teamed up with Jean Louis Roy, who was billed as "Corsica Jean" to form a very successful tag team known as "The Corsicans". The Corsicans held a number of tag team championships, especially in the southern National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territories of NWA Mid-America, Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida and Georgia Championship Wrestling. He was the brother of Felix Miquet who was also a wrestler, but worked primarily in the United Kingdom. He was married to female pro wrestler Sarah Lee, sometimes billed as "Sara Corsica".

Professional wrestling career

Early career Miquet moved to the United States at some point before 1947 and made his professional wrestling debut in 1947, using his real name as his ring name. In 1948 he defeated Bob Lortie to win the NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship, a championship he was said to have held for two years. Miquet died on March 14, 2010, in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 90. Championship Wrestling from Florida NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (1 time) - with Corsica Jean Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Gulf Coast version) (2 times) - with Corsica Jean Georgia Championship Wrestling NWA International Tag Team Championship (Georgia version) (1 time) - with Corsica Jean NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Georgia version) (2 times) - with Corsica Jean NWA Mid-America NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (5 times) - with Corsica Jean NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (3 times) - with Corsica Jean (2), Chin Lee (1) NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship (Alabama version) (1 time) – with Masked Blitzer #2 Southwest Sports, Inc. NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Corsica Jean NWA World Tag Team Championship (Texas version) (1 time) - with Corsica Jean National Wrestling Alliance NWA Hall of Fame (Class of 2008)