Frank Townsend
Born(1933-03-20)March 20, 1933
Camden, New Jersey, United States
DiedMay 15, 1965(1965-05-15) (aged 32)
Puget Sound, Washington
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Frank Townsend
Farmer Boy
Mr. X
Killer X[1]
Billed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight252 lb (114 kg)
Debut1956
RetiredMay 1963

Franklin Townsend (March 20, 1933-May 15, 1965), was an American professional wrestler and musician.[2][3] He was known as Farmer Boy[4] and was dubbed ‘The Singing Wrestler.'

Professional wrestling career

Townsend began his wrestling career in 1956 in Ohio.[5]

During his career he worked in Calgary, Minnesota, New York, Toronto, St. Louis, and Vancouver. Most of his career was spent in Toronto working for Maple Leaf Wrestling from 1957 to 1958, and again in 1961. He teamed with Pat O'Connor and Billy Watson. In 1961 he toured England working for Joint Promotions until 1962. That year he returned to North America working in St. Louis, American Wrestling Association and made his debut in Vancouver as Mr. X. In Vancouver he teamed with Gene Kiniski to win the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) defeating Sandor Kovacs and Dan Miller on February 11, 1963. They dropped the belts to Mitsu Arakawa and Kinji Shibuya a month later.[6]

In May 1963, Townsend went to Japan as Killer X for Japan Wrestling Association. After the tour in Japan, Townsend retired from wrestling and continued his music career.

Death

On May 15, 1965, Townsend and his yacht crew were preparing to race the yacht, the Dorade, in Puget Sound, Washington. During the race, Townsend fell overboard and is believed to have drowned.[7] His body was never found. He was 32 years old at the time of his disappearance.

Championships and accomplishments

Discography

Singles and EPs

  • 1957: If You Believe / Baby, I've Got A Crush On You
  • 1957: If You Fall For Me / Find A Love For Me" with the Denny Vaughan Orchestra

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Frank Townsend « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". cagematch.net. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "New Oldies – If You Fall For Me by Frank (Farmer Boy) Townsend | MusicMaster Oldies". Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  3. ↑ "Frank Townsend". Discogs. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  4. ↑ Saalbach, Axel. "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database". wrestlingdata.com (in German). Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Matches « Frank Townsend « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". cagematch.net. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  6. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Matches « Frank Townsend « Wrestlers Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". cagematch.net. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  7. ↑ Douglas D. Adkins (2012). Dorade: The History of an Ocean Racing Yacht. Black Sparrow Books. pp. 155–. ISBN 978-1-56792-447-3. OCLC 1013470531.
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