The Destroyer Death – Undisclosed Causes 1930-2019 (Age 88) Perhaps wrestling’s greatest masked villain, “The Intelligent, Sensational” Destroyer worked in various promotions in North America, but achieved his greatest fame in Japan where he was not only a wrestling star, but an all-around celebrity. When he wasn’t wearing the mask, Dick Beyer was well-known and admired in Western New York for his work coaching youth sports as well as his various charitable works. From Buffalo, NY to Around the Globe Born in Buffalo, NY on July 11, 1930, Dick Beyer was a talented athlete and competed in college football for Syracuse University where he played as an offensive lineman and played in Syracuse’s first trip to the Orange Bowl. While the team lost to Alabama, Beyer was a stand-out and served as co-captain in 1952. College football wasn’t the only sport he excelled at as he wrestled an undefeated season
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