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Angelo Mosca (b. March 13, 1938) was a Canadian Football League player between 1958 and 1972 with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, but outside of Canada he was better known for his professional wrestling career. Born in Waltham, Massachusetts, he was known by various wrestling names, including "King Kong" and "The Might Hercules". Mosca has a son, Angelo Jr., who also wrestled.

Angelo played in 9 Grey Cups, more than any other player in CFL history, winning 5,one with the Ottawa Rough Riders and 4 with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He is famous or more aptly infamous for the 1963 Grey Cup late, out-of-bounds hit on B.C. Lions star Willie Fleming. The hit was considered by many to be a premeditated action to knock Flemming out of the game. With Flemming out of the game, the Tiger-Cats went on to with the Grey Cup and Angelo Mosca's reputation as being the meanest professional football player was solidified. A reputation he later promoted as the notorious professional wrestler "King Kong" Mosca.

Source: Heroes of the Game, A History of The Grey Cup - Stephen Thiele, Moulin Publishing 1997

Following his retirement, Mosca had a short run as a broadcaster for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). He would leave the broadcast booth to manage his son's career.

Titles and accomplishments

• 5-Time NWA Canadian Heavyweight Champion (Toronto version)
• 2-Time NWA Mid Atlantic Television Champion
• 1-Time NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time NWA United States Heavyweight Champion (San Francisco version)
• 1-Time NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time NWA Tri State Brass Knuckles Champion
• 1-Time NWA Florida Global Tag Team Champion (with Bobby Duncum)
• 1-Time NWA Bahamas Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Champion
• PWI ranked him # 305 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• 1984 Worst Television Announcer

External links

• Angelo Mosca
• Other Superstars - Angelo Mosca
• Maple Leaf Wrestling - Pictorial: http://mapleleafwrestling.4t.com/index.html

• 1938 births
• Living people
• Canadian Football Hall of Fame
• Canadian Football League defensive linemen
• Canadian professional wrestlers
• Grey Cup champions
• Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
• People from Hamilton, Ontario
• People from Middlesex County, Massachusetts