Eugene "Mean Gene" Okerlund (born November 29, 1938 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota), is a former American professional wrestling interviewer and announcer. A graduate of West Virginia University, Okerlund got his start at an AM talk radio station KOIL-AM 1280 in Omaha, Nebraska as a DJ. He segued out of radio into a position at the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the early 1970s when he occasionally filled in for ailing ring announcer and interviewer Marty O'Neill, … Wikipedia
Once wrestled a tag team match with Hulk Hogan. His son Todd played on the 1988 US Olympic Hockey Team and played for the New York Islanders briefly. Spokesperson for a fast-food franchise using his name and likeness, Mean Gene's Burgers (also, Mean Gene' www.imdb.com/name/nm0645599/
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