Bob Backlund, the two-time former WWE Champion, will appear at Grimaldi’s Pizzeria on 1 Front Street in Brooklyn New York on Sept. 26 to promote his new book,“Backlund :From All-American Boy to Professional Wrestling’s World Champion.”
The event begins at 3 pm.
About the Book:
Bob Backlund began life as a poor farm boy in Princeton, Minnesota, a village with a population of just over 2,000 people. He was a below-average student with a lackluster work ethic and a bad attitude. He was a kid whose life was headed for disaster—until a local coach took interest in him and suggested that he take up amateur wrestling. Less than a decade later, that same farm boy was wrestling’s champion of the world.
Learn the legend as told by the man himself in Backlund: From All-American Boy to Professional Wrestling’s World Champion. Featured are contributions from Bruno Sammartino, Harley Race, Terry Funk, Pat Patterson, Ken Patera, Sergeant Slaughter, The Magnificent Muraco, George “The Animal†Steele, “Mr. USA†Tony Atlas, The Iron Sheik, and many others. In this book, Backlund tells the incredible story of his life and nearly forty-year career as of one of the most famous men to ever grace the squared circle.
About the Contributors
Robert Lee “Bob†Backlund is the former three-time World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Champion with an in-ring career that has spanned nearly forty years. Backlund continues to make occasional appearances for the WWE as a goodwill ambassador, while also continuing to work with kids in amateur wrestling and traveling the country as a motivational speaker. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 6, 2013. He lives in Glastonbury, Connecticut.
Robert H. “Rob†Miller is a trial lawyer and partner in the New England–based law firm Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, and  critically acclaimed author of titles including Law School Confidential and Med School Confidential. Miller lives in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, with his wife, Carolyn, and their two sons.
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