Larry Davies (1944 – 30 June 1997) was an Australian

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best known as Larry O'Dea. He was one half of the tag team known as "The Australians" with Ron Miller. Larry made his professional wrestling debut in the 1960s for George Gardiner Promotions in Australia then soon left for New Zealand before joining

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in 1964. In 1971 Davies started teaming up with Ron Miller as one-half of the tag team "The Australians" touring the United States and in 1973 he went on a tour of Japan with

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Davies became a co-owner of Australian wrestling company

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along with Ron Miller in 1974 up until 1978. In 1980, he went back to New Zealand. Davies had a match with his son, Jeff O'Day, at

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as participants in a tag team tournament for the then vacant

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. They were eliminated in the first round by

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( Steve Williams and

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). In December 1993, he wrestled a tour of India for Indo-Asian Wrestling. Larry remained involved in the wrestling industry until his death from liver cancer on 30 June 1997.

Championships and accomplishments

* All Star Pro Wrestling :* NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship ''(New Zealand version)'' (2 times) :*

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(1 time) - with Ripper Collins *

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( 4 times) - with Ron Miller *

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( 1 time) - with Ron Miller *

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( 9 times) - with Ron Miller (4), Bobby Hart (2),

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(1),

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(1) and

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(1) :*NWA Austra-Asian Television Championship (1 time)https://www.cagematch.net//?id=1&nr=165967 *NWA Australia **

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(1 time)

References

External links

Larry O'Dea at OWW.comLarry O'Dea at Cagematch.net
at KiwiProWrestling.co.nz {{DEFAULTSORT:O'dea, Larry 1944 births 1997 deaths Professional wrestling executives Australian male professional wrestlers Sportsmen from New South Wales Sportspeople from Sydney 20th-century professional wrestlers NWA Florida Tag Team Champions NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Champions

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