Larry Davies (1944 – 30 June 1997) was an Australian professional wrestler 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 WCW Australia 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

's Clash of the Champions XIX as participants in a tag team tournament for the then vacant

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. They were eliminated in the first round by The Miracle Violence Connection ( Steve Williams and

Terry Gordy Terry Ray Gordy Sr. (April 23, 1961 – July 16, 2001) was an American professional wrestler from Soddy-Daisy, TN. Gordy appeared in the United States with promotions such as Mid-South Wrestling, Georgia Championship Wrestling, World Class Ch ...

). 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) :* NWA Australasian Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ripper Collins *

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( 4 times) - with Ron Miller * Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling :* NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) - with Ron Miller *

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:* NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship ( 9 times) - with Ron Miller (4), Bobby Hart (2), Ed Wiskoski (1),

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(1) and

Mario Milano Mario Bulfone (15 May 1935 – 9 December 2016), better known by his ring name Mario Milano, was a professional wrestler. Milano got his start in wrestling in Venezuela and later competed in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Africa, Mexico a ...

(1) :*NWA Austra-Asian Television Championship (1 time) *NWA Australia ** Australian Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

References

External links

Larry O'Dea at OWW.comLarry O'Dea at Cagematch.net
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Championships and accomplishments

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