Corsica Joe
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Francois Miquet (January 17, 1920 ā March 14, 2010) was a French/American professional wrestler who worked primarily in the United States of America under the ring name Corsica Joe. As Corsica Joe he teamed up with Jean Louis Roy, who was billed as "Corsica Jean" to form a very successful tag team known as "The Corsicans". The Corsicans held a number of tag team championships, especially in the southern National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territories of NWA Mid-America, Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida and Georgia Championship Wrestling. He was the brother of Felix Miquet who was also a wrestler, but worked primarily in the United Kingdom. He was married to female pro wrestler Sarah Lee, sometimes billed as "Sara Corsica".
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Birth name | Francois Miquet |
Born | (1920-01-17)January 17, 1920 Bonbillett, France |
Died | March 14, 2010(2010-03-14) (aged 90) Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Corsica Joe Francois Miquet Billy Virginer The Blitzer Mephisto #1 Mr. M |
Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Billed weight | 260 lb (120 kg) |
Billed from | Corsica |
Debut | 1947 |
Retired | 1973 |