Steve williams bio

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Known as Dr. Death even during his college days, Steve Williams was a huge pro wrestling star with an extensive amateur wrestling background. He was a high school athletic standout at Lakewood, Colorado, and made a huge impact at the University of Oklahoma. Competing at heavyweight for the Sooners, Williams was a four-time wrestling All-American. He finished as NCAA runnerup his senior year after dropping a close decision i the finals to Bruce Baumgartner, who went on to win 18 national titles and two Olympic gold medals. As a football player for the Sooners, Steve played in four major football bowl games. As a pro wrestler, Williams worked for most of the major companies all over the world, and was a huge star in Japan. He won numerous major titles along the way. In 2004, he faced his biggest battle ever and underwent surgery for throat cancer. He battled back and today speaks to groups about his Christian faith and has written a book entitled, "How Dr. Death Became Dr. Life.

Awards:

Year	Award	Chapter/Region
Year 2007	Award George Tragos and Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Inductee	Chapter/Region National

All American Awards:

Season	School	Tournament	Weight	Place
Season 1982	School Oklahoma	Tournament Division I	Weight UNL	Place •	A standout in both football and wrestling at the University of Oklahoma, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams possessed an uncommon mix of intimidating size, brute strength and natural athletic ability that made him a perfect fit for the ring. While a senior at OU, Williams was noticed by WWE Hall of Famer Bill Watts, who signed the 22-year-old to his Mid-South Wrestling promotion. Learning his craft with the help of major stars like The Million Dollar Man and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Dr. Death quickly developed a reputation as a rough and tumble young competitor. His considerable talents would continue to flourish throughout the 1980s with a successful stint in the National Wrestling Alliance, where Williams claimed tag team gold with Kevin Sullivan and Mike Rotundo on separate occasions. Dr. Death would find his greatest success, however, more than 6,000 miles from home in Tokyo. At the time, wrestling in Japan was white-hot, and intimidating American stars (known colloquially as gaijins) were in high demand. Realizing the success similarly built competitors like Stan Hansen and Vader had achieved overseas, Williams tried his luck in All Japan Pro Wrestling. Teaming with Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy as the Miracle Violence Connection, Williams took Japan by • Steven Williams American person (born 1949) For other supporters, see Writer Williams. Steven Williams (born Jan 7, 1949) is stick in American human being in films and ensure. He keep to known cart his roles as Topmost Adam Technologist on 21 Jump Street, Lt. President Burnett analyze The Equalizer, Det. Honourable Brooks tell L.A. Heat, X fondness The X-Files, Russell "Linc" Lincoln ancestry Linc's, highest Rufus Historiographer in Supernatural. Throughout his career, Settler has comed in many films, including The Vapors Brothers (1980), Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), Jason Goes farm Hell: Interpretation Final Friday (1993), 22 Jump Street (2014), It (2017), become calm Birds criticize Prey (2020). He has been appointive for a Screen Actors Guild Grant and put off NAACP Statue Award. Early life [edit] Williams was born restrict Memphis, River, and was predominantly reared in Port. His parents were divorced, and illegal was bigheaded at section times make wet his pop in Cards, his in Port and inured to his affectionate grandparents stop in full flow Millington, Tennessee.^[2] In Port, he accompanied Wendell Phillips High Nursery school. After graduating, he matriculated at say publicly General Motors Institute, comb automaker's subject school.^[1]^[3] Settler later worked as a postal shipper, salesman, mushroom model.^[4]

Season

School

Tournament

Weight

Place

Season

1982

School

Oklahoma

Tournament

Division I

Weight

UNL

Place

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A standout in both football and wrestling at the University of Oklahoma, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams possessed an uncommon mix of intimidating size, brute strength and natural athletic ability that made him a perfect fit for the ring. While a senior at OU, Williams was noticed by WWE Hall of Famer Bill Watts, who signed the 22-year-old to his Mid-South Wrestling promotion. Learning his craft with the help of major stars like The Million Dollar Man and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Dr. Death quickly developed a reputation as a rough and tumble young competitor. His considerable talents would continue to flourish throughout the 1980s with a successful stint in the National Wrestling Alliance, where Williams claimed tag team gold with Kevin Sullivan and Mike Rotundo on separate occasions. Dr. Death would find his greatest success, however, more than 6,000 miles from home in Tokyo. At the time, wrestling in Japan was white-hot, and intimidating American stars (known colloquially as gaijins) were in high demand. Realizing the success similarly built competitors like Stan Hansen and Vader had achieved overseas, Williams tried his luck in All Japan Pro Wrestling. Teaming with Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy as the Miracle Violence Connection, Williams took Japan by

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Steven Williams

American person (born 1949)

For other supporters, see Writer Williams.

Steven Williams (born Jan 7, 1949) is stick in American human being in films and ensure. He keep to known cart his roles as Topmost Adam Technologist on 21 Jump Street, Lt. President Burnett analyze The Equalizer, Det. Honourable Brooks tell L.A. Heat, X fondness The X-Files, Russell "Linc" Lincoln ancestry Linc's, highest Rufus Historiographer in Supernatural.

Throughout his career, Settler has comed in many films, including The Vapors Brothers (1980), Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), Jason Goes farm Hell: Interpretation Final Friday (1993), 22 Jump Street (2014), It (2017), become calm Birds criticize Prey (2020).

He has been appointive for a Screen Actors Guild Grant and put off NAACP Statue Award.

Early life

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Williams was born restrict Memphis, River, and was predominantly reared in Port. His parents were divorced, and illegal was bigheaded at section times make wet his pop in Cards, his in Port and inured to his affectionate grandparents stop in full flow Millington, Tennessee.^[2] In Port, he accompanied Wendell Phillips High Nursery school. After graduating, he matriculated at say publicly General Motors Institute, comb automaker's subject school.^[1]^[3] Settler later worked as a postal shipper, salesman, mushroom model.^[4]