Angelo Mosca passes away at age 84

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Source: f4wonline.com

Former WWF star and CFL Hall of Famer Angelo Mosca has passed away.

John Pollock of Post Wrestling originally reported his death this afternoon. Mosca’s family confirmed his passing via a statement that was obtained from Slam Wrestling.

“It is with great sadness that the family of Angelo Mosca announce his passing on November 6, 2021, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s,” the statement read.

Before entering professional wrestling, Mosca was a football player. Despite being drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1959, Mosca instead chose to play for the Canadian Football League, playing for the Hamilton Tiger Cats and later the Ottawa Rough Riders. He would win five Grey Cup games through 1972, when he retired from football. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1987.

Mosca began wrestling in Montreal, wrestling during the football off-season, and would later wrestle across Toronto and all of North America, including Stampede Wrestling. In the World Wrestling Federation, he was known as a heel that would be one of the top challengers to Bob Backlund during Backlund’s first reign as WWF Champion, and also feuded with Pat Patterson. He would eventually become a commentator for the WWF, doing color commentary for tapings in Ontario in 1984 and 1985. He left the WWF and later retired from wrestling in 1986.

 

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[Kiffy Lube]

Damn, another legend passin' on. RIP