Jeff Van Kamp

Early life Van Camp attended the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, studying criminal justice. He played American football for the Louisville Cardinals as a defensive end in 1980 and 1981. His football career ended after he suffered a knee injury.

During his football career, Van Camp worked part-time as a security guard at the Louisville Gardens. During a show by the professional wrestling promotion Continental Championship Wrestling, his large frame impressed several of the wrestlers, and promoter Jerry Lawler invited him to come to the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee, to train as a professional wrestler. NWA Southeast Continental Heavyweight Championship (1 time) World Wrestling Association WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dick the Bruiser Wiregrass Wrestling Alliance Hall of Fame