Keith Hart
Keith Hart was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on August 21st, 1952 and is the Wrestler. At the age of 71, Keith Hart biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Keith William Hart (born August 21, 1951) is a Canadian-American retired professional wrestler and firefighter.
He is a member of the Hart wrestling family and the third child of Helen and Stu Hart, CM.
He is best known for his work for Stampede Wrestling and several appearances for WWE, often with his siblings Bret, Owen, Bruce and Diana.
In Stampede he won several championships and for WWE he participated in the seventh edition of Survivor Series.
Early life
Hart is the third child of wrestling promoter Stu Hart and his wife Helen, thus he is the younger brother of Smith and Bruce and the older brother of Wayne, Dean, Ellie, Georgia, Bret, Alison, Ross, Diana and Owen Hart.
He is of Greek descent through his maternal grandmother and Irish through his maternal grandfather. His father was mainly of Scots-Irish descent but also had Scottish and English ancestry. Hart is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States.
Before becoming a wrestler, Keith Hart earned a degree in teaching.
Personal life
In 1993 Hart and his first wife won $100,000 in a lottery. He spent some of the money on an unsuccessful campaign to get elected to provincial office.
Hart has three sons with his ex-wife Leslie, Stewart Hart II, Conor Hart and Brock Hart. The couple divorced in 1995. Conor pursued amateur wrestling at the University of Calgary and coaches a local high school team. His other son Stewart has also pursued amateur wrestling and has won a medal in his school championship but does not wish to work with pro wrestling.
In 2002 Keith married for the second time to his long-time girlfriend Joan.
Following the death of Stu Hart on October 16, 2003, the Hart family sold the Hart mansion. On August 14, 2004 Hart organised a fundraiser, held within the mansion, for the Stu Hart Amateur Sport Foundation (which supports amateur wrestling in the Calgary area).
Professional wrestling career
Hart trained under his father's name and began wrestling in his father's promotion, Stampede Wrestling, against Lindy Calder in his first match on June 1, 1973. He spent most of his time as a tag team wrestler, teaming with wrestlers like Bret Johnson, with whom he also won the Stampede International Tag Team Championship four times. He clashed with wrestlers like Dick Steinborn, Dynamite Kid, Herbert Gallant, K J Anderssen, Mr. Hito, and Mr. Sakurada. He gained the British Commonwealth Mid Heavyweight title as a singles wrestler. Hart also performed in Germany, Japan, and made infrequent appearances in the United States of America. At one point, Dave Meltzer referred to Hart as one of the best wrestlers ever.
At the 1993 Survivor Series Bret and his Brothers Keith, Bruce, and Owen met Shawn Michaels and his three masked knights as part of the feud between Bret and Jerry Lawler. Despite Owen's demise and Keith's arm bruised by a lengthy assault by Michaels, the Hart brothers were victorious.
Hart was a mentor in the Hart Dungeon (the wrestling training camp was located in the basement of the Hart family mansion) in the 1990s. He eventually retired in 1995 to become a full-time firefighter, though his brothers Bruce and Ross Hart briefly came out of retirement in 1999. With Chris Benoit, Hart became the champion of a tag team.