| Birth: | Dec. 25, 1895 | | Death: | Feb. 19, 1967 | 
Professional Wrestler. The World Welterweight Champion of the 1920s, he has the distinction of having 225 straight matches without a loss. Served in the United States Army during WWI, with Company "C" Sixth Engineers, Third Army Division. He was the original Promotor of the NWA. In 1939 after leaving wrestling he founded Cal Farley's Boys Ranch in Amarillo Texas, it was during a church service at the ranch's chaple that he suffered a cerebral hemmorage and passed away. In a strange twist of fate his wife passed away exactly one month later.
Cal and Mimi Farley were both buried at Llano Cemetery and later moved to Boys Ranch in May of 1972.
(bio by: Miss Hildy)
Search Amazon for Cal Farley | | | Burial:
Llano Cemetery
Amarillo
Potter County
Texas, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Miss Hildy
Record added: Mar 02, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 8461859 |
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