Cowboy Bob Kelly was a true legend in the old Gulf Coast territory.
He and Paul Bearer were such good friends.
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Gulf Coast legend Cowboy Bob Kelly passes away
Cowboy Bob Kelly, who many would say was the most popular wrestler in the history of the Gulf Coast, passed away earlier today at the age of 78.
He had been in declining health in recent months due to lung cancer and other ailments.
A legitimate cowboy, Kelly competed as a wrestler in high school and the military, rodeo and stock car racing before becoming the top babyface star for Gulf Coast Wrestling from 1967 to 1976.
He and wife Chris were successful in real estate after leaving pro wrestling. Chris Kelly, who had an orphanage in Africa named after her, wife, passed away last October after 55 years of marriage and five children. They were regulars not only at the Cauliflower Alley banquets, where Kelly served on its board, but was president of the annual Gulf Coast wrestling reunions, which were instrumental in keeping the wrestlers from that territory in contact with each other long after the territory ended.
He was very close with Bill Moody (Percy Pringle/Paul Bearer) and in 2013 accepted Moody's Cauliflower Alley award.
A number of wrestlers, including Moody, Michael Hayes of The Freebirds and Robert Gibson of The Rock & Roll Express, would have grown up with Kelly as the biggest wrestling star they saw.