Earl Maynard

Earl Maynard (born November 28, 1935) is a bodybuilder and professional wrestler as well as a film actor, producer and director from Barbados.

Career

Bodybuilding Maynard won the 1964 Universe - Pro - NABBA bodybuilding competition - part of the Universe Championships, the 1965 Universe - IFBB - now the World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships and the 1978 Masters Mr. America - AAU contest. He was also the winner of Mr. Europe 1959 and Mr. England 1960 early in his career.

Professional wrestling Maynard started wrestling while he was in the Royal Air Force stationed on Cyprus. The sports facilities were very limited, so the implements for his weightlifting and conditioning had to be improvised with what materials he could find. While He was on Cyprus, a British wrestling promoter, who was there on vacation, spotted him and liked what he saw. Maynard became a professional wrestler in 1960. It was wrestling promoter Gus Karras who eventually brought Earl to the United States to continue his wrestling career there.

By the late, 1960s, he was working in Minnesota's American Wrestling Association (1967), Portland's Pacific Northwest Wrestling (1969), New York's WWWF (1967-69), Pittsburgh's Studio Wrestling (1968), Kansas City's Central States Wrestling (1967-69), and Canada's Stampede Wrestling (1969). Circle of Iron (1978), The Nude Bomb (1980), The Big Brawl (1980) and The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982).

Personal life At the age of 17, Earl was 5’ 10” tall and weighed only 130 pounds. Maynard left the island when he was 18 and moved to England where he completed his education. He earned a degree of M.S.F. in Physiotherapy in London.

After retiring, Maynard returned to Barbados. NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Rocky Johnson (1), Frankie Laine (1) and Dory Dixon (1)

Bodybuilding contest history 1958 Mr. Universe - NABBA, Tall, 1st 1959 Universe - IFBB, Most Muscular, 1st Mr Universe - NABBA, Tall, 1st 1961 Universe - Pro - NABBA, Tall, 2nd 1963 Universe - Pro - NABBA, Tall, 3rd 1964 Universe - Pro - NABBA, Tall, 1st Universe - Pro - NABBA, Overall Winner 1965 Mr. Olympia - IFBB, 3rd Universe - IFBB, Tall, 1st Universe - IFBB, Overall Winner 1977 Masters Mr America - AAU, Tall, 1st World Cup Pro Universe - PBBA, Masters, 3rd 1978 Masters Mr America - AAU, Tall, 1st Masters Mr America - AAU, Overall Winner