Harley Race

Harley Leland Race (April 11, 1943 – August 1, 2019) was an American retired professional wrestler. He was best known for wrestling for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), American Wrestling Association (AWA), World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and World Championship Wrestling (WCW).

He was one of only six people to be inducted into each of the WWE Hall of Fame, the WCW Hall of Fame, the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.

On March 1, 2019, Race's close friend Ric Flair announced that Race was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. He died five months later on August 1 from the disease in St. Charles, Missouri, aged 76.

Championships
All Japan Pro Wrestling
NWA United National Championship (one time)
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (two times)
PWF World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
All Star Pro-Wrestling (New Zealand)
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
American Wrestling Association
AWA World Tag Team Championship (three times) (with Larry Hennig) (replaced by Chris Markoff in their final reign)
Cauliflower Alley Club
Iron Mike Mazurki Award (2006)
Central States Wrestling
NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (nine times)
NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Central States version) (one time) (with Roger Kirby)
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
Championship Wrestling from Florida
NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (three times) (with Roger Kirby (two), Bob Roop (one))
NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) (one time)
NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (one time)1
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
Continental Wrestling Association
NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship (two times)
Eastern Sports Association
IW North American Heavyweight Championship (one time)
Georgia Championship Wrestling
NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship (one time)
NWA Macon Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Buddy Colt)
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
Maple Leaf Wrestling
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
Missouri Sports Hall of Fame
Class of 2013
National Wrestling Alliance
NWA Hall of Fame (Class of 2005)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Match of the Year (1973) (vs. Dory Funk, Jr. on May 24)
PWI Match of the Year (1979) (vs. Dusty Rhodes on August 21)
PWI Match of the Year (1983) (vs. Ric Flair on June 10)
PWI Stanley Weston Award (2006)
PWI Wrestler of the Year (1979)
PWI Wrestler of the Year (1983)
He was ranked #8 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
Class of 2004
St. Louis Wrestling Club
NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship (seven times)
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
Stampede Wrestling
Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (one time)
Stampede Wrestling Hall of Fame
St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame 
(Class of 2007)
Tokyo Sports
Match of the Year Award (1978) (vs. Jumbo Tsuruta on January 20)
World Championship Wrestling (Australia)
IWA World Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Larry Hennig)
World Championship Wrestling
WCW Hall of Fame (Class of 1994)
World Wrestling Association
WWA World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
World Wrestling Council
WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship (one time)
World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment
King of the Ring (1986)
Sam Muchnick Memorial Tournament (1986) (in St. Louis, MO on August 29)
Slammy Award for Best Ring Apparel (1987)
Slammy Award for Bobby "The Brain" Heenan Scholarship Award (1987) with Haku, Tama, André the Giant, Hercules, and King Kong Bundy
WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2004)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Wrestler of the Year (1980, 1981)
Match of the Year (1983) (vs. Ric Flair at Starrcade)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)

1Even though the championship was almost always used and defended in the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling promotion, there were some times where it was won and defended through agreements with other wrestling promotions. Race was awarded the title with the explanation that he defeated Johnny Weaver in a tournament final while wrestling on a card for Championship Wrestling from Florida

References

Other websites
Official website
WWE profile

Category:1943 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:American professional wrestlers
Category:Deaths from lung cancer
Category:Former WWE wrestlers
Category:Professional wrestling executives
Category:Professional wrestling managers and valets
Category:Sportspeople from Missouri
Category:WWE Hall of Fame