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Olympia Fields' Roberts gears priorities off matBy SCOTT MERKINAt the bottom of Buddy Roberts' resume, there is a line that states, “People love to hate me and hate to love me.Although it is a catchy if not slightly worn little phrase, you are probably wondering one very crucial thing at this point?Who is Buddy Roberts?From the sound of that line, he could hold a number of professions:He could be any sort of referee or official in a professional sport.He could be a member of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team living in ChicagoHe could be a member of the Detroit Pistons basketball squad.But if you guessed anv of thoseresponses, you would be sadly mistaken The correct answer would be ‘D.’ Buddy Roberts is a professional wrestler.Yes, that’s right, he is a member of the fraternity of performers/athletes that have delivered to us such great events from Wres-tlemania III,’ seating 92,000 people at the Pontiac Silverdome right down the line to ‘Capitol Combat’ in Washington, DC.Roberts has seen quite a few cards in his 22 years of competition, from the small ones in the beginning to wrestling before 50,000 people at Texas Stadium in Dallas So, who better to comment on the unusual growth in popularity of this unusual sport then(Please turn to Page E~3)Who's your Buddy?Olympia Fields' Buddy Roberts, one of professional wrestling's ‘bad boys,’ prefers a somewhat different image when he’s off the mat.
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Homewood Star
Homewood, Illinois, US
Thu, May 24, 1990
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