names death_date death_place weight birth_place height debut birth_date article_title name retired
george scott the great scott benny becker 20 january 2014 indian rocks beach , florida , u.s. 235 lb dalmeny , scotland 6 1 1948 27 august 1929 george scott -lrb- wrestler -rrb-
 george scott 1985
george scott -lrb- wrestler -rrb-

george scott -lrb- august 27 , 1929 -- january 20 , 2014 -rrb- was a canadian professional wrestler , booker and promoter .
from the 1950s until the 1970s , he and his younger brother sandy competed as the flying scotts in north american regional promotions including the national wrestling alliance , particularly the midwest and mid-atlantic territories , as well as successful stints in the american wrestling association , maple leaf wrestling and stampede wrestling .
scott was also the longtime head booker for the jim crockett promotions working under promoter jim crockett , jr. during the 1970s and with vince mcmahon during the world wrestling federation 's national expansion during the early 1980s .
he helped organize many of the early ppv events such as wrestlemania i and wrestlemania 2 as well as the early cards for the wwf 's weekly television shows `` saturday night 's main event '' , `` prime time wrestling '' and `` superstars of wrestling '' .
