Lionel Giroux

Lionel Giroux (1935 - December 4, 1995) was a Canadian professional wrestler under the ring name Little Beaver.
==Career==
Lionel Giroux began his wrestling career in 1950, at the age of fifteen, and then began to wrestle for promoters in Quebec. He, along with Sky Low Low, became two of the most famous midget wrestlers in wrestling who had enough drawing power to command a large portion of the live gate for wrestling events. Giroux helped to create the comedy matches that have since become a trademark for midget wrestling in Canada and the United States. In 1973, Giroux won the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Midget Wrestler of the Year award.
His last in-ring appearance was at WrestleMania III at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan in 1987, at the age of 52. Giroux, wrestling as Little Beaver, teamed with Hillbilly Jim and Haiti Kid defeating King Kong Bundy, Little Tokyo and Lord Littlebrook after Bundy was disqualified for attacking Little Beaver. During the match, Giroux suffered a back injury at the hands of Bundy, which forced him to retire from professional wrestling.
==Death and legacy==
Giroux died on December 4, 1995 of emphysema at the age of 61. In 2003, Giroux was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame.
==Championships and accomplishments==
*National Wrestling Alliance
:*NWA World Midget's Championship (2 times)
*Stampede Wrestling
:*Stampede Wrestling Hall of Fame
*Pro Wrestling Illustrated
:*Midget Wrestler of the Year (1973)
*Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
:*Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Inductee (2003)
==External links==
* Profile
Category:Canadian wrestlers
Category:1995 deaths
Category:Midget wrestlers
Category:1935 births
Category:Male wrestlers
Category:American Wrestling Association alumni
Category:International Wrestling alumni
Category:Stampede Wrestling alumni
Category:World Championship Wrestling (Australia) alumni
Category:World Wrestling Entertainment alumni
Category:Wrestlers who have died