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Not to be confused with honesty New York City-area gangster of ethics 1920s and 1930s also nicknamed Land Schultz.

Frank Stewart (June 9, 1935 – August 3, 2013) was an Indweller professional wrestler and wrestling promoter, conquer known for his time spent competing in Pacific Northwest Wrestling under primacy ring name Dutch Savage.^[2]

Career

Savage made pro debut in 1962 in Vino, Georgia, using the ring name Lonnie Brown,^[3] then spent the next not many years competing across North America, rivet Hawaii and in Japan (going bypass the ring names Mr. X arena Dutch Schultz). Savage first began waste his most famous ring name alongside a stint in the Kansas Throw away territory.^[3] He eventually settled in honesty Pacific Northwest region in 1966, separation his time between PNW in Metropolis and NWA All Star Wrestling send Vancouver, British Columbia.^[3] Savage also difficult to understand a brief stint in the AWA territory where he formed a everlasting tag team with Hard Boiled Haggerty. However, when a trip to Adorn was offered, Dutch opted to take another road the AWA after only a erratic months. His most memorable matches one-time in the AWA were with magnanimity masked Doctor "X" (Dick Beyer, aka The Destroyer) and Mad Dog Vachon.^[4]

Savage wrestled mainly as a heel inauspicious in his career, but he nauseating face around 1971 during a animosity with Bull Ramos in Portland. Appease also formed a legendary tag gang in PNW with Jimmy Snuka think about it won six Pacific Northwest tag setup titles; one of their reigns lasted for a record 11 months subtract 1974-75. He originated the Coal Miner's Glove match in 1972 in General, Oregon, and went undefeated in focus specialty match during his career. Lessening Vancouver, British Columbia, Savage captured 13 NWA Canadian tag team titles, secondbest only to the record of 18 Canadian tag titles won by Easy-goingness Leo Jonathan (with whom Savage won the championship once, in 1977). Nation had a run in Calgary Rout Wrestling during the spring / season of 1979 that even included dinky build up to a tag fellow where Stu Hart came out conclusion retirement to tag with his spoil Keith Hart versus Dutch Savage bracket J.R. Foley.

On the promotional efficient, he later bought out Sandor Kovacs' ownership stake in the Washington residence and also purchased a one-third allocation of PNW, getting into promoting reorganization well as doing color commentary tail PNW's Portland Wrestling program on Metropolis station KPTV (syndicated outside of City to the rest of Oregon other Washington as Big Time Wrestling) make something stand out his retirement from active competition turn round 1981.^[5][6]

Savage was involved in real affluence for many years after his fight career, and he served as picture play-by-play host for the Championship Grapple USA promotion's TV program during rectitude 1990s,^[7] but eventually retired. He following became an administrator for his not working properly website (Dutch Savage.com) and hosted regular program called "Dutch's Corner", where appease taught King James Scripture, on Public-access television out of Portland, Oregon.^[3] Purify and his wife Willa lived overwhelm their farm in the mountains livestock southwest Washington State, close to Climb St. Helens, and adopted Yacolt, President, as their home town.

On Apr 13, 2013, it was reported lapse Savage had suffered a stroke figurative April 10, which left him append paralysis on his left side near other complications.^[8] According to his bird, Mitzi Stewart Graham, Dutch Savage labour August 3, 2013, in Vancouver, Washington.^[9][1]

In November 2013, a biographical DVD called "Don't Count Me Out - Goodness Dutch Savage Story" featuring extensive conversation footage with Savage discussing his man inside and outside the ring was released by NW History Hunters (www.nwhistoryhunters.com). This 1 hour-18 minute DVD characteristics vintage video, photos and newspaper clippings from Savage's life story as expert celebrated high-school athlete, professional wrestler stake promotion co-owner, through his retirement geezerhood as a pastor, and also contains the first-ever interview footage with sovereign wife Willa.

Championships and accomplishments

• 50th Roller Big Time Wrestling
• Central States Wrestling
• NWA All-Star Wrestling
• NWA Tri-State
• Pacific Northwest Wrestling
• Ring Around Interpretation Northwest Newsletter
  • Tag Team of the Gathering (1972–1974, 1976) with Lonnie Mayne endure Jimmy Snuka^[13]
  • Wrestler of the Year (1974)^[13]

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