Leon Stap (sometimes spelled Leon Stop) (September 24, 1928 – 1976) was an American

midget professional wrestler Midget wrestling is professional wrestling involving people of exceptionally short stature. Its heyday was in the 1950s and 1960s, when wrestlers such as Little Beaver, Lord Littlebrook, toured North America, and Sky Low Low was the first holder ...

better known by his

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Fuzzy Cupid. During his career, he was the frequent

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partner of fellow midget wrestler

Sky Low Low Marcel Gauthier (July 21, 1928 to November 6, 1998) was a Canadian professional midget wrestler who wrestler under the ring name Sky Low Low (a reference to Sky Hi Lee). Professional wrestling career Known by his midget wrestler persona "Sky Lo ...

Professional wrestling career

Stap first saw a midget professional wrestling match in Texas, and he decided to try the sport. He later went to Detroit to train at the advice of promoter Norman Brown. He debuted in 1952. In the 1950s, he toured Ontario with other midget wrestlers such as Little Beaver,

Lord Littlebrook Eric Henry Edward Tovey (3 January 1929 – 9 September 2016), known professionally as Lord Littlebrook, was an English midget wrestler. He enjoyed his greatest success during the 1970s, when he held the NWA World Midget's Championship. He was al ...

, and

. During the 1960s, he often teamed with Sky Low Low in matches. The duo competed in the

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against the midget tag team of Tiny Tim and Pancho López (wrestler). During his career, he often played the role of the

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and was on the receiving end of crowd violence. Because of this violence, Stap endured a fractured vertebra and a four-inch blade wound. Retired in 1969.

Personal life

The little information available about the personal life of Stap was originally from an article written by

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in the October 1959 edition of '' Man's Magazine''. His parents were of normal height. At the age of seven, Stap had infantile

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that caused him to be hospitalized for six years. He did not enter public school until the age of seventeen. Prior to entering the world of professional wrestling, he played the role of Grumpy in a traveling production of ''

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''. Stap died in 1976.

Championships and accomplishments

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**Midget Wrestler (2005)

References

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Professional wrestling career

Personal life

Championships and accomplishments

See also

References