page_title: Ski Hi Lee
section_title: Professional wrestling persona
hierarchical_section_title: Ski Hi Lee / Professional wrestling persona
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Bill Parks dans un magazine de catch du 8 mai 1953
context_page_description: Robert E. Leedy was a Canadian professional wrestler, boxer and actor, better known by his ring name, Ski Hi Lee. Known for his great height and strength, he was described as the tallest professional wrestler of his era and as "among the roughest in the business".
context_section_description: Early in his career Lee wrestled as a face and was billed from his hometown of Toronto. He used various ring names before settling on "Ski Hi Lee". Later in his career, Lee wrestled as a heel and was billed as being a cowboy from El Paso, Texas (or, less commonly, Houston, Texas) in the United States, with his character described as a "country bumpkin version of Jaws" and a "roughneck" and supposedly being the son of the Texas Ranger "Hi Lee". Lee was described by Pat Barrett as "one of the most hated men in wrestling, on a par with Roddy Piper"; on one occasion he was attacked by multiple audience members while leaving the ring.
  Lee had a distinctive appearance, with Bob Leonard describing him as "this great big, raw-boned guy who had the look of a corpse that had been left hanging around for a couple of days [who had] long, shaggy hair [and was] always unshaven". His hair was described as a "lion-like mane". One writer described his "large head, long curly locks, sideburns, walrus moustache and 'mutton-chop' whiskers". Lee was referred to by one audience member as "the first person I ever saw who was a lean 292 pounds". He was known to wear a stetson.
  Lee wrestled in a brawling style that emphasised his height and strength, with frequent choking and gouging. His finishers included a backbreaker, a knee drop, and a right-handed punch.
caption: Lee in 1953 wearing his signature stetson.
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