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class="infobox-label">Birth name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">James Ranicar Blears<sup id="cite_ref-Grasso2014_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grasso2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1923-08-13</span>)</span>13 August 1923<br /><a href="/wiki/Tyldesley" title="Tyldesley">Tyldesley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>, England, United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">3 March 2016<span style="display:none">(2016-03-03)</span> (aged 92)<br /><a href="/wiki/Honolulu" title="Honolulu">Honolulu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Lenora Adelaina</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(died 2007)<wbr /></div><sup id="cite_ref-Advertiser_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Advertiser-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Family</th><td class="infobox-data">4; including <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Blears" title="Jimmy Blears">Jimmy Blears</a> and <a href="/wiki/Laura_Lee_Ching" title="Laura Lee Ching">Laura Lee Ching</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em"><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">Professional wrestling career</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ring_name" title="Ring name">Ring name(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">Jan Blears<sup id="cite_ref-Oliver_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Lord James Blears<sup id="cite_ref-Oliver_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Billed height</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 0 in (183 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-Kreikenbohm_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kreikenbohm-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Billed weight</th><td class="infobox-data">233 lb (106 kg)<sup id="cite_ref-Kreikenbohm_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kreikenbohm-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Trained by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/YMCA" title="YMCA">YMCA</a><sup id="cite_ref-Oliver_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Debut</th><td class="infobox-data">1940<sup id="cite_ref-Oliver_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lord James "Tally-Ho" Blears</b> (born <b>James Ranicar Blears</b>, 13 August 1923 – 3 March 2016) was a British-American <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling">professional wrestler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ring_announcer" title="Ring announcer">ring announcer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_promotion" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional wrestling promotion">promoter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sailor" title="Sailor">mariner</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Surfing" title="Surfing">surfing</a> personality.<sup id="cite_ref-Grasso2014_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grasso2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Oliver_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lentz2003_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentz2003-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dell2006_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dell2006-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McCoy2007_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCoy2007-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Times_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_James_Blears&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blears was born in <a href="/wiki/Tyldesley" title="Tyldesley">Tyldesley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>, England in the United Kingdom on 13 August 1923.<sup id="cite_ref-Oliver_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-George_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-George-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An accomplished swimmer in school, he was selected for the British swimming team for the <a href="/wiki/1940_Summer_Olympics" title="1940 Summer Olympics">1940 Summer Olympics</a> but was unable to compete due to <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Berger_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Berger-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Edwards1997_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edwards1997-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Merchant_navy_career">Merchant navy career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_James_Blears&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Merchant navy career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blears enlisted in the <a href="/wiki/Merchant_Navy_(United_Kingdom)" title="Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)">Merchant Navy</a> in 1940 during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> at the age of 17. With his knowledge of <a href="/wiki/Morse_code" title="Morse code">Morse code</a> he became a radio officer.<sup id="cite_ref-Berger_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Berger-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whilst serving as second wireless operator on board the <a href="/wiki/SS_Tjisalak" title="SS Tjisalak">SS <i>Tjisalak</i></a>, a Dutch merchant ship, his ship was <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedoed</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-8" title="Japanese submarine I-8">Japanese submarine <i>I-8</i></a> on 26 March 1944 during a voyage from <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, Australia to <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">Ceylon</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>). The survivors were taken prisoner by the Japanese and the majority were <a href="/wiki/Summary_execution" title="Summary execution">summarily executed</a> by <a href="/wiki/Decapitation" title="Decapitation">beheading</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blears managed to escape by leaping into the water and found his way into a <a href="/wiki/Lifeboat_(shipboard)" title="Lifeboat (shipboard)">lifeboat</a>, where he and four other survivors began attempting to sail to Ceylon until the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Liberty_ship" title="Liberty ship">liberty ship</a> SS <i>James O. Wilder</i> retrieved them three days later. Blears was given a can of <a href="/wiki/Peach" title="Peach">peaches</a> by his rescuers and celebrated every year thereafter on March 29 by eating a can of peaches.<sup id="cite_ref-Oliver_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Edwards1997_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edwards1997-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lamont-Brown2013_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lamont-Brown2013-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_wrestling_career">Professional wrestling career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_James_Blears&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Professional wrestling career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blears learned to wrestle at the <a href="/wiki/YMCA" title="YMCA">YMCA</a>, debuting in 1940 at the age of 17. He wrestled sporadically around the world during his wartime service in the merchant navy.<sup id="cite_ref-Oliver_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1946, he relocated to <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> in the United States, where he shared an apartment on <a href="/wiki/Tenth_Avenue_(Manhattan)" title="Tenth Avenue (Manhattan)">Amsterdam Avenue</a> with fellow wrestlers <a href="/wiki/Stu_Hart" title="Stu Hart">Stu Hart</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sandor_Kovacs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sandor Kovacs (page does not exist)">Sandor Kovacs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McCoy2007_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCoy2007-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early in his United States career, Blears wrestled as "Jan Blears".<sup id="cite_ref-Oliver_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the early 1950s, Blears developed the <a href="/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling)" title="Heel (professional wrestling)">villainous</a> character of "Lord Blears", a snooty British aristocrat who wore a cape and <a href="/wiki/Monocle" title="Monocle">monocle</a> and carried a cane.<sup id="cite_ref-Lentz2003_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentz2003-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-George_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-George-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Schire2010_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schire2010-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was <a href="/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling)" title="Manager (professional wrestling)">managed</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Tuxedo" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuxedo">tuxedo</a>-wearing Captain Leslie Holmes, a friend of Blears' from his schooldays who had also traveled to the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Ostler_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ostler-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the early 1950s, Blears relocated to California. In 1952, he formed a tag team with <a href="/wiki/Lord_Athol_Layton" title="Lord Athol Layton">Lord Athol Layton</a>. Managed by Holmes, in 1953, they won the <a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship_(Chicago_version)" title="NWA World Tag Team Championship (Chicago version)">NWA World Tag Team Championship (Chicago version)</a> in the Chicago-based <a href="/wiki/Fred_Kohler_Enterprises" title="Fred Kohler Enterprises">Fred Kohler Enterprises</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lentz2003_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentz2003-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blears also wrestled for <a href="/wiki/Worldwide_Wrestling_Associates" class="mw-redirect" title="Worldwide Wrestling Associates">Worldwide Wrestling Associates</a>, where he held the <a href="/wiki/WWA_International_Television_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WWA International Television Tag Team Championship">WWA International Television Tag Team Championship</a> eight times between 1954 and 1957, and for <a href="/wiki/NWA_San_Francisco" title="NWA San Francisco">NWA San Francisco</a>, where he held the NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) on two occasions in 1953 and 1954 with Layton<sup id="cite_ref-SolieSanFranTag_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SolieSanFranTag-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship_(San_Francisco_version)" title="NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version)">NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version)</a> four times between 1955 and 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-Lentz2003_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentz2003-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OliverJohnson2007_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OliverJohnson2007-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1957, Blears wrestled in Australia, unsuccessfully challenging <a href="/wiki/Lou_Thesz" title="Lou Thesz">Lou Thesz</a> for the <a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NWA World Heavyweight Championship">NWA World Heavyweight Championship</a> on several occasions. </p><p>In the late 1950s, Blears relocated to Hawaii<sup id="cite_ref-Pope2005_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pope2005-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after developing a fondness for the state during a tour, where he built his career in the <a href="/wiki/Honolulu" title="Honolulu">Honolulu</a>-based promotion <a href="/wiki/50th_State_Big_Time_Wrestling" title="50th State Big Time Wrestling">50th State Big Time Wrestling</a>. Blears had a single reign as <a href="/wiki/NWA_Hawaii_Heavyweight_Championship" title="NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship">NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Champion</a>, defeating <a href="/wiki/King_Curtis_Iaukea" title="King Curtis Iaukea">King Curtis Iaukea</a> on 25 October 1961. He lost the <a href="/wiki/Championship_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Championship (professional wrestling)">championship</a> to the Masked Executioner on 13 December 1961. Blears also held the <a href="/wiki/NWA_Hawaii_Tag_Team_Championship" title="NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship">NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship</a> numerous times between 1955 and 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-Lentz2003_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentz2003-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the invitation of <a href="/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan" title="Rikidōzan">Rikidōzan</a>, Blears began wrestling in Japan in the 1950s. After the death of Rikidōzan in 1963, <a href="/wiki/Giant_Baba" title="Giant Baba">Giant Baba</a> – the owner of <a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="All Japan Pro Wrestling">All Japan Pro Wrestling</a> – asked him to identify foreign wrestlers to perform for AJPW. Blears arranged for wrestlers such as <a href="/wiki/Davey_Boy_Smith" title="Davey Boy Smith">Davey Boy Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Don_Leo_Jonathan" title="Don Leo Jonathan">Don Leo Jonathan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dynamite_Kid" title="Dynamite Kid">Dynamite Kid</a> to tour Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-Oliver_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1973 to 2001, Blears made appearances with AJPW as an on-screen authority figure under the title of chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Wrestling_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Wrestling Federation">Pacific Wrestling Federation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WON031416_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WON031416-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blears stopped wrestling full-time in 1965,<sup id="cite_ref-Oliver_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> transitioning to a commentator for the <i>Hawaiian Championship Wrestling</i> broadcast and the <a href="/wiki/Booker_(professional_wrestling)" class="mw-redirect" title="Booker (professional wrestling)">booker</a> for the promotion.<sup id="cite_ref-WattsWilliams2006_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WattsWilliams2006-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Solomon2015_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Solomon2015-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1980s, Blears provided commentary for the <a href="/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association" title="American Wrestling Association">American Wrestling Association</a>'s broadcasts on <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Oliver_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the AWA <a href="/wiki/Card_(sports)#Supercard" title="Card (sports)">supercard</a> "Super Sunday" on April 24, 1983, Blears served as guest referee for a high-profile title bout between <a href="/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a> and <a href="/wiki/AWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship" title="AWA World Heavyweight Championship">AWA World Heavyweight Champion</a> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Bockwinkel" title="Nick Bockwinkel">Nick Bockwinkel</a> that saw Bockwinkel retain via a <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms#Dusty_finish" title="Glossary of professional wrestling terms">Dusty finish</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Schire2010_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schire2010-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Acting_career">Acting career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_James_Blears&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Acting career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blears made his first acting appearance in 1950, playing a dramatized version of himself in an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Buster_Keaton_Show" title="The Buster Keaton Show">The Buster Keaton Show</a></i>. </p><p>In 1966, Blears appeared in the surfing documentary <i><a href="/wiki/The_Endless_Summer" title="The Endless Summer">The Endless Summer</a></i>, playing himself.<sup id="cite_ref-Rowan_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rowan-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played himself once more in the 1974 professional wrestling movie <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wrestler_(1974_film)" title="The Wrestler (1974 film)">The Wrestler</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bowker1983_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bowker1983-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1987, he appeared in the surfing movie <i><a href="/wiki/North_Shore_(1987_film)" title="North Shore (1987 film)">North Shore</a></i>. </p><p>Blears appeared in an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Five-O_(1968_TV_series)" title="Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)">Hawaii Five-O</a></i> in 1977 and in episodes of <i><a href="/wiki/Magnum,_P.I." title="Magnum, P.I.">Magnum, P.I.</a></i> filmed in Hawaii in 1982 and 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-Rhodes1997_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rhodes1997-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_James_Blears&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blears was born in <a href="/wiki/Tyldesley" title="Tyldesley">Tyldesley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a> in the United Kingdom, but moved to the United States in the mid-1940s and ultimately successfully applied for <a href="/wiki/Citizenship_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Citizenship in the United States">United States citizenship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dell2006_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dell2006-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hagen1996_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hagen1996-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While living in Chicago, Blears met Leonora "Lee" Adelaina (died 2007<sup id="cite_ref-Advertiser_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Advertiser-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), whom he would ultimately marry.<sup id="cite_ref-George_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-George-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BoalSurfersvillage2009_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BoalSurfersvillage2009-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple had four children: two sons, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Blears" title="Jimmy Blears">James Jr. ("Jimmy")</a> (1948–2011) and Clinton, and two daughters, <a href="/wiki/Laura_Lee_Ching" title="Laura Lee Ching">Laura</a> (born 1951) and Carol. All four rose to prominence as professional surfers.<sup id="cite_ref-Dell2006_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dell2006-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Coleman2009_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coleman2009-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Finnegan2015_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Finnegan2015-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Marcus2013_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marcus2013-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blears <a href="/wiki/Name_change" title="Name change">legally changed his name</a> to "Lord Blears".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (May 2023)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-Room1981_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Room1981-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blears was an avid fan of surfing.<sup id="cite_ref-Finnegan2015_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Finnegan2015-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Marcus2013_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marcus2013-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as commentator and <a href="/wiki/Master_of_ceremonies" title="Master of ceremonies">master of ceremonies</a> for many surfing events in Hawaii, earning him the title, "the voice of Hawaiian surfing".<sup id="cite_ref-George_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-George-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lopez2015_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lopez2015-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cisco1999_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cisco1999-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_James_Blears&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blears declined hip surgery and spent many years <a href="/wiki/Physical_disability" title="Physical disability">bedridden</a> in a private hospital in Honolulu until his death. His friends, including other wrestlers such as <a href="/wiki/Dick_Beyer" title="Dick Beyer">Dick Beyer</a>, visited him and encouraged Blears to have his hips operated on but Blears did not want the surgery.<sup id="cite_ref-Oliver_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Oliver2_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oliver2-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blears's wife Lenora predeceased him in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-Advertiser_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Advertiser-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His eldest child, Jimmy, died in 2011. Blears died on 3 March 2016 in the <a href="/wiki/Kuakini_Medical_Center" title="Kuakini Medical Center">Kuakini Medical Center</a> in Honolulu at the age of 92.<sup id="cite_ref-George_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-George-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WON031416_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WON031416-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HNN_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HNN-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_James_Blears&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_James_Blears&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Endless_Summer" title="The Endless Summer">The Endless Summer</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wrestler_(1974_film)" title="The Wrestler (1974 film)">The Wrestler</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/North_Shore_(1987_film)" title="North Shore (1987 film)">North Shore</a></i> </td> <td>Contest director </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_James_Blears&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1950 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Buster_Keaton_Show" title="The Buster Keaton Show">The Buster Keaton Show</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Episode: "Buster in Training" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Five-O_(1968_TV_series)" title="Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)">Hawaii Five-O</a></i> </td> <td>Arfie Loudermilk </td> <td>Episode: "You Don't See Many Pirates These Days" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Magnum,_P.I." title="Magnum, P.I.">Magnum, P.I.</a></i> </td> <td>Ring announcer </td> <td>Episode: "Mr. White Death" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Magnum,_P.I." title="Magnum, P.I.">Magnum, P.I.</a></i> </td> <td>Bartender </td> <td>Episode: "Squeeze Play" </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championships_and_accomplishments">Championships and accomplishments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_James_Blears&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Championships and accomplishments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/50th_State_Big_Time_Wrestling" title="50th State Big Time Wrestling">50th State Big Time Wrestling</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NWA_Hawaii_Heavyweight_Championship" title="NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship">NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship</a> (1 time)<sup id="cite_ref-Lentz2003_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentz2003-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWA_Hawaii_Tag_Team_Championship" title="NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship">NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship</a> (9 times) – with <a href="/wiki/Gene_Kiniski" title="Gene Kiniski">Gene Kiniski</a> (1 time), <a href="/wiki/Joe_Blanchard" title="Joe Blanchard">Joe Blanchard</a> (2 times), Jerry Gordet (1 time), Herb Freeman (1 time), and <a href="/wiki/Neff_Maiava" title="Neff Maiava">Neff Maiava</a> (4 times)<sup id="cite_ref-Lentz2003_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentz2003-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Fred_Kohler_Enterprises" title="Fred Kohler Enterprises">Fred Kohler Enterprises</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship_(Chicago_version)" title="NWA World Tag Team Championship (Chicago version)">NWA World Tag Team Championship (Chicago version)</a> (1 time) – with <a href="/wiki/Lord_Athol_Layton" title="Lord Athol Layton">Lord Athol Layton</a><sup id="cite_ref-Lentz2003_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentz2003-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/NWA_San_Francisco" title="NWA San Francisco">NWA San Francisco</a></b> <ul><li>NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) (2 times) – with Lord Athol Layton<sup id="cite_ref-Lentz2003_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentz2003-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SolieSanFranTag_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SolieSanFranTag-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship_(San_Francisco_version)" title="NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version)">NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version)</a> (4 times) – with Gene Kiniski (3 times)<sup id="cite_ref-Lentz2011_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lentz2011-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Ben Sharpe (1 time)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Professional_Wrestling_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum">Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame</a></b> <ul><li>Class of 2019</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Worldwide_Wrestling_Associates" class="mw-redirect" title="Worldwide Wrestling Associates">Worldwide Wrestling Associates</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WWA_International_Television_Tag_Team_Championship" title="WWA International Television Tag Team Championship">WWA International Television Tag Team Championship</a> (8 times) – with Lord Athol Layton (2 times), <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pazandak" title="Joe Pazandak">Joe Pazandak</a> (1 time), Sandor Kovacs (1 time), Lord Leslie Carlton (2 times), Henry Lenz (1 time), and <a href="/wiki/Nick_Bockwinkel" title="Nick Bockwinkel">Nick Bockwinkel</a> (1 time)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_James_Blears&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Scarecrow Press. p. 343. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8108-7926-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8108-7926-3"><bdi>978-0-8108-7926-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Historical+Dictionary+of+Wrestling&rft.pages=343&rft.pub=Scarecrow+Press&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-0-8108-7926-3&rft.aulast=Grasso&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DKUsJAwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA343&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Advertiser-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Advertiser_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Advertiser_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Advertiser_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Dec/02/ln/hawaii712020368.html">"Obituaries"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Honolulu_Advertiser" title="The Honolulu Advertiser">The Honolulu Advertiser</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Black_Press" title="Black Press">Black Press</a>. 2 December 2007. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160327083954/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Dec/02/ln/hawaii712020368.html">Archived</a> from the original on 27 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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McFarland. p. 41. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-1754-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-1754-4"><bdi>978-0-7864-1754-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Biographical+Dictionary+of+Professional+Wrestling%2C+2nd+ed.&rft.pages=41&rft.pub=McFarland&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-7864-1754-4&rft.aulast=Lentz+III&rft.aufirst=Harris+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJyiSCgAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA41&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Dell2006-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Dell2006_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dell2006_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dell2006_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDell2006" class="citation book cs1">Dell, Chad (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ml4HaM-c748C&pg=PA62"><i>The Revenge of Hatpin Mary: Women, Professional Wrestling and Fan Culture in the 1950s</i></a>. Peter Lang. p. 62. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8204-7270-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8204-7270-6"><bdi>978-0-8204-7270-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Revenge+of+Hatpin+Mary%3A+Women%2C+Professional+Wrestling+and+Fan+Culture+in+the+1950s&rft.pages=62&rft.pub=Peter+Lang&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-8204-7270-6&rft.aulast=Dell&rft.aufirst=Chad&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dml4HaM-c748C%26pg%3DPA62&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McCoy2007-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-McCoy2007_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-McCoy2007_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHeath_McCoy2007" class="citation book cs1">Heath McCoy (1 October 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=i_dGLlfvGJkC&pg=PT48"><i>Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling, Revised Edition</i></a>. ECW Press. p. 48. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-55490-299-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-55490-299-6"><bdi>978-1-55490-299-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pain+and+Passion%3A+The+History+of+Stampede+Wrestling%2C+Revised+Edition&rft.pages=48&rft.pub=ECW+Press&rft.date=2007-10-01&rft.isbn=978-1-55490-299-6&rft.au=Heath+McCoy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Di_dGLlfvGJkC%26pg%3DPT48&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Times-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Times_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Times_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lord-james-blears-tp8g0lt6j">"Lord James Blears"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i>, p. 54, 2 May 2016, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160505052453/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lord-james-blears-tp8g0lt6j">archived</a> from the original on 5 May 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 May</span> 2016</span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=Lord+James+Blears&rft.pages=54&rft.date=2016-05-02&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.co.uk%2Farticle%2Flord-james-blears-tp8g0lt6j&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-George-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-George_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-George_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-George_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-George_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-George_9-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGeorge,_Sam2016" class="citation web cs1">George, Sam (8 March 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.surfline.com/templates/article.cfm?id=136512&sef=true">"Lord James Blears: 1924–2016"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Surfline" title="Surfline">Surfline</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230708163639/https://www.surfline.com/templates/article.cfm?id=136512&sef=true">Archived</a> from the original on 8 July 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 March</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Honolulu+Star-Bulletin&rft.atitle=A+meal+of+peaches+serves+as+a+reminder+of+life%27s+sweetness&rft.date=2001-03-29&rft.aulast=Berger&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farchives.starbulletin.com%2F2001%2F03%2F29%2Ffeatures%2Fstory1.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Edwards1997-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Edwards1997_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Edwards1997_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBernard_Edwards1997" class="citation book cs1">Bernard Edwards (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YUGxAAAAIAAJ"><i>Blood and Bushido: Japanese Atrocities at Sea 1941–1945</i></a>. Brick Tower Press. p. 181. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-883283-18-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-883283-18-6"><bdi>978-1-883283-18-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Blood+and+Bushido%3A+Japanese+Atrocities+at+Sea+1941%E2%80%931945&rft.pages=181&rft.pub=Brick+Tower+Press&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-1-883283-18-6&rft.au=Bernard+Edwards&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DYUGxAAAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lamont-Brown2013-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Lamont-Brown2013_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRaymond_Lamont-Brown2013" class="citation book cs1">Raymond Lamont-Brown (31 March 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=u687AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT75"><i>Ships from Hell: Japanese War Crimes on the High Seas in World War II</i></a>. History Press. p. 75. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7524-9483-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7524-9483-8"><bdi>978-0-7524-9483-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ships+from+Hell%3A+Japanese+War+Crimes+on+the+High+Seas+in+World+War+II&rft.pages=75&rft.pub=History+Press&rft.date=2013-03-31&rft.isbn=978-0-7524-9483-8&rft.au=Raymond+Lamont-Brown&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Du687AwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT75&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Schire2010-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Schire2010_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Schire2010_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGeorge_Schire2010" class="citation book cs1">George Schire (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=r8PjMDAUwSAC&pg=PA96"><i>Minnesota's Golden Age of Wrestling: From Verne Gagne to the Road Warriors</i></a>. Minnesota Historical Society. pp. 96, 139. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87351-620-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87351-620-4"><bdi>978-0-87351-620-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Minnesota%27s+Golden+Age+of+Wrestling%3A+From+Verne+Gagne+to+the+Road+Warriors&rft.pages=96%2C+139&rft.pub=Minnesota+Historical+Society&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-0-87351-620-4&rft.au=George+Schire&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dr8PjMDAUwSAC%26pg%3DPA96&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ukc7AQAAIAAJ"><i>Fortnight: The Newsmagazine of California</i></a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 March</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=Only+in+this+group+could+Lord+Blears+be+a+guest+of+honor&rft.date=1985-08-22&rft.au=Ostler%2C+Scott&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Farchives%2Fla-xpm-1985-08-22-sp-2414-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SolieSanFranTag-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SolieSanFranTag_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SolieSanFranTag_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/n/nwa/sf-pc-t.html">"NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Title [San Francisco]"</a>. Solie.org. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075409/http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/n/nwa/sf-pc-t.html">Archived</a> from the original on 4 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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ECW Press. p. 73. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-55490-284-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-55490-284-2"><bdi>978-1-55490-284-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Pro+Wrestling+Hall+of+Fame%3A+The+Heels&rft.pages=73&rft.pub=ECW+Press&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-55490-284-2&rft.au=Greg+Oliver&rft.au=Steven+Johnson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DH-6DoPuiRkEC%26pg%3DPA73&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pope2005-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Pope2005_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKristian_Pope2005" class="citation book cs1">Kristian Pope (14 August 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jcRlZN7dIP0C&pg=PA46"><i>Tuff Stuff Professional Wrestling Field Guide: Legend and Lore</i></a>. Krause Publications. p. 46. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4402-2810-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-4402-2810-8"><bdi>1-4402-2810-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tuff+Stuff+Professional+Wrestling+Field+Guide%3A+Legend+and+Lore&rft.pages=46&rft.pub=Krause+Publications&rft.date=2005-08-14&rft.isbn=1-4402-2810-8&rft.au=Kristian+Pope&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DjcRlZN7dIP0C%26pg%3DPA46&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WON031416-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WON031416_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WON031416_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMeltzer2016" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Meltzer" title="Dave Meltzer">Meltzer, Dave</a> (14 March 2016). "March 14, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Diaz defeats McGregor, Hayabusa passes away". <i><a href="/wiki/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter" title="Wrestling Observer Newsletter">Wrestling Observer Newsletter</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Campbell,_California" title="Campbell, California">Campbell, California</a>: <span class="nowrap">20–</span>25. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1083-9593">1083-9593</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Wrestling+Observer+Newsletter&rft.atitle=March+14%2C+2016+Wrestling+Observer+Newsletter%3A+Diaz+defeats+McGregor%2C+Hayabusa+passes+away&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E20-%3C%2Fspan%3E25&rft.date=2016-03-14&rft.issn=1083-9593&rft.aulast=Meltzer&rft.aufirst=Dave&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WattsWilliams2006-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-WattsWilliams2006_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBill_WattsScott_Williams2006" class="citation book cs1">Bill Watts; Scott Williams (January 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=AOTLLXwEBXkC&pg=PA86"><i>The Cowboy and the Cross: The Bill Watts Story: Rebellion, Wrestling and Redemption</i></a>. ECW Press. p. 86. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-55022-708-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-55022-708-6"><bdi>978-1-55022-708-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Cowboy+and+the+Cross%3A+The+Bill+Watts+Story%3A+Rebellion%2C+Wrestling+and+Redemption&rft.pages=86&rft.pub=ECW+Press&rft.date=2006-01&rft.isbn=978-1-55022-708-6&rft.au=Bill+Watts&rft.au=Scott+Williams&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DAOTLLXwEBXkC%26pg%3DPA86&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Solomon2015-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Solomon2015_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrian_Solomon2015" class="citation book cs1">Brian Solomon (1 April 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=A5DqCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT92"><i>Pro Wrestling FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the World's Most Entertaining Spectacle</i></a>. Backbeat Books. p. 92. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-61713-627-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-61713-627-6"><bdi>978-1-61713-627-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pro+Wrestling+FAQ%3A+All+That%27s+Left+to+Know+About+the+World%27s+Most+Entertaining+Spectacle&rft.pages=92&rft.pub=Backbeat+Books&rft.date=2015-04-01&rft.isbn=978-1-61713-627-6&rft.au=Brian+Solomon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DA5DqCgAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT92&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rowan-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Rowan_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTerry_Rowan2014" class="citation book cs1">Terry Rowan (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=uTqyCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA36"><i>Bikini, Surfing & Beach Party Movies</i></a>. Lulu.com. p. 36. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-312-12047-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-312-12047-1"><bdi>978-1-312-12047-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Bikini%2C+Surfing+%26+Beach+Party+Movies&rft.pages=36&rft.pub=Lulu.com&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-1-312-12047-1&rft.au=Terry+Rowan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DuTqyCQAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA36&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bowker1983-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Bowker1983_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBowker1983" class="citation book cs1">Bowker (1983). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=62xZAAAAMAAJ"><i>Variety's Film Reviews: 1971-1974</i></a>. Rr Bowker Llc. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8352-2793-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8352-2793-3"><bdi>978-0-8352-2793-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Variety%27s+Film+Reviews%3A+1971-1974&rft.pub=Rr+Bowker+Llc&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=978-0-8352-2793-3&rft.au=Bowker&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D62xZAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rhodes1997-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Rhodes1997_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKaren_Rhodes1997" class="citation book cs1">Karen Rhodes (1 January 1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wC4bAQAAIAAJ"><i>Booking Hawaii Five-O: An Episode Guide and Critical History of the 1968-1980 Television Detective Series</i></a>. McFarland. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-0171-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-0171-0"><bdi>978-0-7864-0171-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Booking+Hawaii+Five-O%3A+An+Episode+Guide+and+Critical+History+of+the+1968-1980+Television+Detective+Series&rft.pub=McFarland&rft.date=1997-01-01&rft.isbn=978-0-7864-0171-0&rft.au=Karen+Rhodes&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DwC4bAQAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hagen1996-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Hagen1996_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHagen1996" class="citation book cs1">Hagen, Jerome T. (1 January 1996). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/warinpacific0000hage_o9h7"><i>War in the Pacific</i></a></span>. Hawaii Pacific University. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/warinpacific0000hage_o9h7/page/120">120</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9653927-0-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9653927-0-9"><bdi>978-0-9653927-0-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=War+in+the+Pacific&rft.pages=120&rft.pub=Hawaii+Pacific+University&rft.date=1996-01-01&rft.isbn=978-0-9653927-0-9&rft.aulast=Hagen&rft.aufirst=Jerome+T.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fwarinpacific0000hage_o9h7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BoalSurfersvillage2009-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BoalSurfersvillage2009_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBoal2009" class="citation book cs1">Boal, Bruce (1 May 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=WPOF9Z51oGkC&pg=PA180"><i>The Surfing Yearbook</i></a>. Gibbs Smith. p. 180. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4236-0558-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4236-0558-4"><bdi>978-1-4236-0558-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Surfing+Yearbook&rft.pages=180&rft.pub=Gibbs+Smith&rft.date=2009-05-01&rft.isbn=978-1-4236-0558-4&rft.aulast=Boal&rft.aufirst=Bruce&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DWPOF9Z51oGkC%26pg%3DPA180&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Coleman2009-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Coleman2009_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHolmes_Coleman2009" class="citation book cs1">Holmes Coleman, Stuart (28 April 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=erkTSFYCnakC&pg=PT81"><i>Fierce Heart: The Story of Makaha and the Soul of Hawaiian Surfing</i></a>. St. Martin's Press. p. 81. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4299-3770-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4299-3770-2"><bdi>978-1-4299-3770-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fierce+Heart%3A+The+Story+of+Makaha+and+the+Soul+of+Hawaiian+Surfing&rft.pages=81&rft.pub=St.+Martin%27s+Press&rft.date=2009-04-28&rft.isbn=978-1-4299-3770-2&rft.aulast=Holmes+Coleman&rft.aufirst=Stuart&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DerkTSFYCnakC%26pg%3DPT81&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Finnegan2015-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Finnegan2015_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Finnegan2015_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFinnegan2015" class="citation book cs1">Finnegan, William (6 August 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=0fjWCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT31"><i>Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life</i></a>. Little, Brown Book Group. pp. <span class="nowrap">31–</span>32. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4721-5140-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4721-5140-7"><bdi>978-1-4721-5140-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Barbarian+Days%3A+A+Surfing+Life&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E31-%3C%2Fspan%3E32&rft.pub=Little%2C+Brown+Book+Group&rft.date=2015-08-06&rft.isbn=978-1-4721-5140-7&rft.aulast=Finnegan&rft.aufirst=William&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D0fjWCQAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT31&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Marcus2013-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Marcus2013_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Marcus2013_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMarcus2013" class="citation book cs1">Marcus, Ben (15 November 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=qFL0AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA88"><i>365 Surfboards: The Coolest, Raddest, Most Innovative Boards from Around the World</i></a>. MBI Publishing Company. p. 88. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-61058-855-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-61058-855-3"><bdi>978-1-61058-855-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=365+Surfboards%3A+The+Coolest%2C+Raddest%2C+Most+Innovative+Boards+from+Around+the+World&rft.pages=88&rft.pub=MBI+Publishing+Company&rft.date=2013-11-15&rft.isbn=978-1-61058-855-3&rft.aulast=Marcus&rft.aufirst=Ben&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DqFL0AwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA88&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Room1981-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Room1981_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoom1981" class="citation book cs1">Room, Adrian (1981). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=55IsAAAAYAAJ"><i>Naming Names: Stories of Pseudonyms and Name Changes, with a Who's Who</i></a>. Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 55. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7100-0920-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7100-0920-3"><bdi>978-0-7100-0920-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Naming+Names%3A+Stories+of+Pseudonyms+and+Name+Changes%2C+with+a+Who%27s+Who&rft.pages=55&rft.pub=Routledge+%26+Kegan+Paul&rft.date=1981&rft.isbn=978-0-7100-0920-3&rft.aulast=Room&rft.aufirst=Adrian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D55IsAAAAYAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lopez2015-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Lopez2015_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLopez2015" class="citation book cs1">Lopez, Gerry (17 April 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=D_tECQAAQBAJ&pg=PT68"><i>Surf Is Where You Find It</i></a>. Patagonia. p. 68. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-938340-25-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-938340-25-3"><bdi>978-1-938340-25-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Surf+Is+Where+You+Find+It&rft.pages=68&rft.pub=Patagonia&rft.date=2015-04-17&rft.isbn=978-1-938340-25-3&rft.aulast=Lopez&rft.aufirst=Gerry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DD_tECQAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT68&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALord+James+Blears" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Cisco1999-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Cisco1999_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCisco1999" class="citation book cs1">Cisco, Dan (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=s4QWvle-CR8C&pg=PA296"><i>Hawai'i Sports: History, Facts, and Statistics</i></a>. 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title="Hard Boiled Haggerty">Hard Boiled Haggerty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharpe_Brothers" title="Sharpe Brothers">Ben Sharpe and Mike Sharpe</a></li> <li>Ray Eckert and Frederick von Schacht</li> <li>Frederick von Schacht and Tom Rice</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A1ndor_Szab%C3%B3_(wrestler)" title="Sándor Szabó (wrestler)">Sándor Szabó</a> and <a href="/wiki/Primo_Carnera" title="Primo Carnera">Primo Carnera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A1ndor_Szab%C3%B3_(wrestler)" title="Sándor Szabó (wrestler)">Sándor Szabó</a> and Ron Etchison</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Nomellini" title="Leo Nomellini">Leo Nomellini</a> and Hombre Montana</li> <li>Ray Eckert and <a href="/wiki/Fred_Atkins" title="Fred Atkins">Fred Atkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Nomellini" title="Leo Nomellini">Leo Nomellini</a> and <a href="/wiki/Enrique_Torres" title="Enrique Torres">Enrique Torres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Nomellini" title="Leo Nomellini">Leo Nomellini</a> and Rocky Brown</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Kiniski" title="Gene Kiniski">Gene Kiniski</a> and <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lord James Blears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enrique_Torres" title="Enrique Torres">Enrique Torres</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Barend" title="Johnny Barend">Johnny Barend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Kiniski" title="Gene Kiniski">Gene Kiniski</a> and <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lord James Blears</a></li> <li>Ronnie Etchison and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Stern" title="Ray Stern">Ray Stern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Kiniski" title="Gene Kiniski">Gene Kiniski</a> and <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lord James Blears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan" title="Rikidōzan">Rikidōzan</a> and Koukichi Endo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enrique_Torres" title="Enrique Torres">Enrique Torres</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bobo_Brazil" title="Bobo Brazil">Bobo Brazil</a></li> <li>Bill Miller and Ed Miller</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enrique_Torres" title="Enrique Torres">Enrique Torres</a> and Ronnie 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title="Tiny Mills">Tiny Mills</a></li> <li>Ramon Torres and <a href="/wiki/Nick_Bockwinkel" title="Nick Bockwinkel">Dick Warren</a></li> <li>Gene Dubuque and <a href="/wiki/Mikel_Scicluna" title="Mikel Scicluna">Mike Valentino</a></li> <li>Ronnie Etchison and <a href="/wiki/%22Nature_Boy%22_Buddy_Rogers" class="mw-redirect" title=""Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers">"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers</a></li> <li>Gene Dubuque and Fritz von Goehring</li> <li>Ronnie Etchison and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Barend" title="Johnny Barend">Johnny Barend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sharpe_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sharpe Brothers">Ben Sharpe</a> and Red Hangman</li> <li>Ramon Torres and Great Lothario</li> <li>Enrique Torres and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Merrill_(wrestler)" title="Bob Merrill (wrestler)">Rip Miller</a></li> <li>Alberto Torres and Ron Etchison</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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