![]() Gerald Brisco - a talent scout for WWE and retired professional wrestler - inducted Danny into the Hall of Heroes at the Mid-Atlantic Legends Fanfest in 2013. ![]() Danny, always a fan favorite, was well respected in the business. The fans, like they do now, make the wrestling business profitable, Isabelle said. "I remember coming out of an arena where fans were throwing stuff at us because they hated him. Bill was always the bad guy in the ring," Isabelle said. "He (Danny) was always the good guy in the ring. Isabelle said Danny and Bill wrestled when wrestling involved taking hard hits and engaging in aggressive roughhousing, unlike today's era in which carefully planned moves and theatrics take center stage. Stampede Wrestling was founded in 1948 by Stu Hart, father of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) hall of fame wrestlet Bret "The Hitman" Hart, and boasted several popular alumni whose names are synonymous with the wrestling industry, including Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Harley Race and the "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith. The Millers wrestled several shows in Ohio, which Isabelle attended, before they were called by Stampede Wrestling Promotion in Calgary in 1957 where the Miller brothers battled George and Sandy Scott. ![]() "Bill had a chance to play for the Buffalo Bills, but declined because there was more money in pro wrestling at the time," said Isabelle. TAMPA, FLORIDA - A Fremont man who served in the military before enjoying three decades in the professional wrestling business passed away while in hospice care in Florida on Monday, according to his family.ĭanny Miller, 84, was "a Fremont boy through-and-through," sister Mary Ann Miller-Isabelle said Wednesday as the family mourned the loss of their brother who grew up on a farm on Cole Road in the 1930s.Īfter graduating from Ross High School in 1952, Miller's path to wrestling would be a unique one, beginning by attending the Ohio State University for one year before enlisting in the military, where he spent four years serving both in the Army and Navy.Īfter serving at Fort Jackson in South Carolina, Miller was encouraged by his younger brother Bill - a 6-foot-5, nearly 300-pound athlete - to join him as a professional wrestler and become a family tag team.
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