Jackie Fargo

Infobox Wrestler
name=Henry Faggart

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names="Southern Legend" Jackie Fargo
The Fabulous One
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birth_place = Concord, North Carolina, United States
resides=China Grove, North Carolina
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retired=June 18, 1980|

Henry Faggart, known by his ringname Jackie Fargo, is a retired American professional wrestler who competed in Southeastern regional promotions and the National Wrestling Alliance during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. A mainstay of the Mid-South Wrestling, he served as a mentor to Jerry "The King" Lawler and The Fabulous Ones among other wrestlers in the Memphis area.

Although teaming with numerous wrestlers during his career, Faggart was most successful with Don Fargo who together won the Chicago and Georgia versions of the NWA World Tag Team titles in 1958cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=4th Edition 2006 | id=ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 ] and dominated the National Wrestling Alliance during late 1950s; their match against Argentina Rocca and Miguel Perez was witnessed by a record breaking 20,125 people at Madison Square Garden on March 30, 1957. [ cite web |url=http://www.1wrestlinglegends.com/crowbarpress/shoots/shoot1.htm |title=Shooting with the Legends: Don Fargo |accessdate=2007-04-18 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2006 |month= |format= |work= |publisher=1wrestlinglegends.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

During the 1960s, Faggart would go on to win the NWA Georgia Tag Team titles with Joe Fargo and Mario Milano as well as enjoying numerous title reigns capturing the NWA Southern Tag Team titles with Don Fargo, Lester Welch, Tex Riley, Mario Milano, Sonny Fargo, Len Rossi, Dennis Hall, Jerry Jarrett, Mr. Wrestling and Lou Thesz.

Faggart later teamed with George Gulas and Tojo Yamamoto to capture the NWA Mid-America Tag Team titles several times during the early 1970s most notably becoming the first NWA Six-Man Tag Team Championship along with Gulas and Dennis Hall in November 1973.

A longtime mentor to many younger wrestlers in the Memphis area, he later became involved in a feud with former protege Jerry Lawler who defeated Fargo in a handicap match with Jim White for the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship on March 28, 1973.

Although retiring in 1980, he joined Jerry Jarrett's Memphis promotion to help The Fabulous Ones, Stan Lane and Steve Keirn, in their feud against The Moondogs before their departure in 1984 and retired shortly thereafter.

Although presently in retirement, he has appeared on several shows for Jerry Jarrett's NWA-TNA promotion during the early 2000s.

Personal life

Henry married high school sweethart Janice Ozzy on October 20,1971, together they have four childrenand two grandchildren. They enjoy life in the small town of China Grove, NC.

Championships and accomplishments

*Georgia Championship Wrestling:*NWA World Tag Team Championship "(Georgia version)" (1 time) with Don Fargo

*Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling:*NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Gulf Coast Version) (2 times) - with Joey Fargo (1) and Jack Donovan (1)

*NWA Chicago:*NWA World Tag Team Championship "(Chicago version)" (1 time) with Don Fargo

*NWA Mid-America | Continental Wrestling Association:*AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Randy Fargo:*NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship (3 times):*NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship (5 times) with Tojo Yamamoto (2) and George Gulas (3):*NWA Six-Man Tag Team Championship (2 times) with George Gulas and Dennis Hall:*NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship (5 times) :*NWA Southern Tag Team Championship "(Mid-America version)" (22 times) with Don Fargo (2), Lester Welch (3), Tex Riley (1), Mario Milano (2), Sonny Fargo (3), Len Rossi (2), Lou Thez (1), Dennis Hall (1), Jerry Jarrett (4), Don Greene (2), and Randy Fargo (1):*NWA World Tag Team Championship "(Mid-America version)" (10 times) with Don Fargo (6), Joe Fargo (1), Mario Milano (1), Len Rossi (1) and Jerry Jarrett (1)

*Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
**Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)

References

External links

* [http://www.memphiswrestlinghistory.com/ Memphis Wrestling History]
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/j/jackie-fargo.html Profile at OWW]