- Carey Lloyd
Infobox Wrestler
name=Carey Lloyd
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names=Rufus R. "Freight Train" Jones
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weight=
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 theAmerican Wrestling Association and theNational 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) withBugsy McGraw :*NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Championship (2 times) (Last):*NWA World Tag Team Championship "(Mid-Atlantic version)" (1 time) withWahoo 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 2003References
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] atFind-A-Grave
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/r/rufus-r-jones.html Profile at OWW]
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