Grappling with local legends like Verne Gagne and The Crusher, Mad Dog captured the AWA World Heavyweight Championship five times during the 1960s and brought in some of the biggest box offices ...

Montreal-born Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon, who wrestled for Canada in the 1948 Summer Olympics before finding fame in Minnesota as a villain in the colorful cast of the now-defunct American ...

Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon, shown here in 1986, died in his sleep Thursday at home in Omaha. The gravelly voiced Montreal native, who acted the villain for much of his pro wrestling career, was ...

Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon, one of the greatest heels of all-time and a former Canadian Olympic wrestler, passed away this morning at 4 a.m. in Omaha, Nebraska. He wa… ...

Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon, a colorful character during pro wrestling's golden age and longtime fixture on household televisions across Minnesota, died Thursday morning in his sleep at his home in ...

He growled. He barked. He even bit. Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon was one of the greatest heels in the history of professional wrestling.

Professional wrestling fans in Winnipeg will no doubt remember Verne Gagne, who came to the city 35 years ago along with Maurice Mad Dog Vachon and other stars of the American Wrestling Association.

Obituary: Maurice 'Mad Dog' Vachon. Legendary ‘heel’ who won gold at the Empire Games and went on to contest more than 13,000 bouts. Chris Maume. Sunday 24 November 2013 19:06 GMT.