Gordon Solie, real name Francis Jonard Labiak (January 26, 1929 - July 27, 2000), was a professional wrestling play-by-play announcer working for World Championship Wrestling. Solie was also the regular announcer for Georgia Championship Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida, and Continental Championship Wrestling among others. Wikipedia
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. -- Gordon Solie, a professional wrestling announcer whose graphic commentary became a fixture of Florida matches in the 1960s and 1970s, died at 71. www.midsouthwrestling.com/Gordon_Solie.html
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For Gordon Solie, a man who has been called the Dean of wrestling, years of smoking have finally caught up on him. slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingArchive/dec8_solie.html
Gordon started out as a young radio sportscaster in the 1950's. through a series of circumstances, he wound up announcing wrestling cards in Florida. Given the fact that he was not terribly familiar with professional wrestling, Gordon arranged to have s www.wrestlingmuseum.com/pages/wrestlers/gordonsolie2.html
Dubbed the Walter Cronkite of pro wrestling by the sport's most dedicated fans, Gordon Solie was one of the most respected commentators wrestling had ever been privy to for almost five decades. Solie first got into the wrestling game in Tampa, Florida in www.imdb.com/name/nm0813052/
Since 1995, Gordon Solie was inducted into the WCW Hall of Fame, the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and the National Wrestling Alliance Hall of Fame. Solie's last announcing job was to be the infamous Heroes of Wrestling PPV in 1999, but due to fail www.gordonsolie.com/2.html
The wrestling world suffered another major loss as Gordon Solie , the 'Dean of Professional Wrestling', succumbed to the ravages of throat cancer. Solie passed away last night at his home in New Port Richey, Florida. He was 71. Often called the "Walter www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBiosS/solie2_00jul28.html
