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Gilberts Inducted Into Hall of Fame

 

The Gilbert family was recently inducted into the Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame. Featured on the plaque is a vintage photo of Doug, Tommy, and Eddie.
Photo by W. Clay Crook / The Lexington Progress.

 

Doug Gilbert, of Lexington, received a plaque commemorating the Wrestling Gilberts into the 2017 Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame, on Monday night, May 15th.    Gilbert carries on the wrestling tradition of the family.  His father, Tommy Gilbert, was an early wrestling legend, and many of us grew up with Doug’s brother, Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert, who left us much too early in life, on February 18, 1995.    Tommy Gilbert left…

For the complete story, see the May 24th edition of The Lexington Progress.

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