Carey Lloyd

Infobox Wrestler
name=Carey Lloyd

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names=Rufus R. "Freight Train" Jones
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birth_date = July 4, 1933
death_date = November 13, 1993
birth_place = Dillon, South Carolina, United States
death_place = Kansas City, Missouri
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billed= St. Louis, Missouri
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debut=1969
retired=1987|

Carey Lloyd (July 4, 1933-November 13, 1993), also known by his ringname Rufus R. "Freight Train" Jones, was an American professional wrestler who competed in the Central States and Mid-Atlantic regional promotions as well as the American Wrestling Association and the National Wrestling Alliance during the 1970s and 1980s.

Championships and accomplishments

*Central States Wrestling:*NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (2 times) :*NWA Central States Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Bob Brown (1), Dewey Robertson (1), Mike George (1):*NWA Central States Television Championship (1 time) :*NWA North American Tag Team Championship "(Central States version)" (4 times) with (1) Steve Bolus, (1) The Stomper, (2) Bob Geigel, (2)

*Georgia Championship Wrestling:*NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Norvell Austin

*Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling:*NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (1 time) :*NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Bugsy McGraw :*NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Championship (2 times) (Last):*NWA World Tag Team Championship "(Mid-Atlantic version)" (1 time) with Wahoo McDaniel

*Southeastern Championship Wrestling:*NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

*Pro Wrestling Illustrated:*PWI ranked him # 477 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003

References

Further reading

*Flair, Ric. "Ric Flair: To Be the Man". New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004. ISBN 0-7434-5691-2
*Race, Harley and Gerry Tritz. "King Of The Ring: The Harley Race Story". Champaigne, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC, 2004. ISBN 1-58261-818-6
* Shoot with Slick. Perf. Ken Johnson. DVD. Highspots.com, 2006.

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/percivalafriend/friend120902.htm The Way It Was: Rufus R. Jones] by Percival A. Friend
* [http://www.mikemooneyham.com/pages/viewfull.cfm?ObjectID=B5BF374A-88C0-41ED-A732FB5B91606D73 Rufus R. Jones: The 'R' Stood For 'Guts'] by Mike Mooneyham
* [http://www.oowrestling.com/columns/circa/200202bhm3.shtml Black History Month: Pro Wrestling's Black Stars, Part 3] by Denny Burkholder
* [http://www.cwfarchives.com/Wrestler.php?id=117 Championship Wrestling from Florida: Rufus R. Jones]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8314234 Rufus R. Jones] at Find-A-Grave
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/r/rufus-r-jones.html Profile at OWW]