Junkyard Dog

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Film & TV

Wadesboro, North Carolina, USA

Sylvester Ritter was an American professional wrestler and professional football player, best known for his work in Mid-South Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation as The Junkyard Dog (or JYD for short), a nickname Ritter received while working in a wrecking yard. Entering the ring with his trademark chain attached to a dog collar, to the music of Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust," JYD…

Known for

• Biography: Wrestlemania I — Self (archival footage) - The Junkyard Dog2022
• Dark Side of the Ring — Self (Archival Footage)2019
• Andre the Giant — Self (archive footage)2018
• Legends of Mid-South Wrestling — Junkyard Dog / Stagger Lee2013
• The True Story of WrestleMania — Junkyard Dog2011
• WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time — Junkyard Dog2010
• WWE: Legends of Wrestling - Jerry the King Lawler and Junkyard Dog2010
• WWE: The Best of Saturday Night's Main Event — Junkyard Dog2009
• Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II — The Junkyard Dog2008
• Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1 — The Junkyard Dog2007

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Group

Country

GB

Active from

1989-05-23

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

197

Total plays

688

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Ritter

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Wadesboro

Place of death

Forest

Occupation

actor

Educated at

Fayetteville State University

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Award

WWE Hall of Fame

Sport

American football

Member of team

Green Bay Packers

Country for sport

United States

Mass

130

Image

Junkyard Dog, 1983.jpg

Height

193

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