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Meet WWF Bob Backlund

Wednesday, June 15, 2016 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

| Free

Simsbury Public Library  |   725 Hopmeadow Street , Simsbury, CT 06070

Meet Bob Backlund – Backlund: From All-American Boy to Professional Wrestling’s World Champion

Former WWF Wrestling champion Bob Backlund’s trademark saying is ‘Never Capitulate’. Translation: never give in, never surrender, keep a positive mental attitude.

His book, Backlund: From All-American Boy to Professional Wrestling’s World Champion chronicles his career from a farm in Minnesota to Madison Square Garden, telling the incredible story of the life and nearly forty-year career of one of the most famous men to ever grace the squared circle.

Meet Bob and be inspired!

This free event is suitable for both teens and adults. There will be books for signing and purchase.

Free and open to all. Registration suggested at 860-658-7663 or www.simsburylibrary.info.

 

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