Bearcat Brown

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{{short description|American professional wrestler (1935–1996)}}
{{Infobox professional wrestler
| name = Bearcat Brown
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Matt Jewel
| names = Bearcat Brown<br>Fatback Brown<br>Mystery Man #2
| height =
| weight = 245 lb
| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|8|31}}
| death_date = {{death date and given age|1996|4|7|60}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/bearcat-brown-19479.html?prom_id=408 |title=Bearcat Brown: Profile & Match Listing - Internet Wrestling Database (IWD) }}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Tennessee]], U.S.<ref name="Wrestlingdata">{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=11856&bild=0|title=Bearcat Brown|website=Wrestlingdate}}</ref>
| death_place =
| billed =
| trainer =
| debut = 1961
| retired = 1981
}}
'''Matt Jewel''' (August 31, 1935 – April 7, 1996) was an American professional wrestler who became popular in the 1960s. Despite racial tension in the United States, he became wildly popular as a [[Babyface (professional wrestling)|babyface]] in Alabama. During his career he teamed with [[Len Rossi]] mainly winning various tag team titles.<ref name="CageMatch">{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=11931|title=Profile|publisher=CageMatch|accessdate=2024-05-08}}</ref>

== Professional wrestling career ==
Brown made his professional wrestling debut in 1961. Early in his career he worked in Kansas City and Georgia. In 1966, Brown made his debut in for [[NWA Mid-America]] in Alabama working for [[Nick Gulas]].

In 1969, he became one of the most popular wrestlers to ever appear in Birmingham when he formed a tag-team with [[Len Rossi]] and broke the color barrier on Boutwell Auditorium wrestling cards. They won the World Tag Title and packed Boutwell for the next three years with both black and white fans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Matt_Jewell |title=Matt Jewel}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/memphis/memphis-cwa31.htm |title=Memphis/CWA}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pro wrestler who helped integrate sports in Alabama dies |author=unknown |url=https://www.al.com/news/2020/10/pro-wrestler-who-helped-integrate-sports-in-alabama-dies.html |newspaper=AL.Com Albama |date=October 21, 2020 |accessdate=May 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/memphis/memphis60s.htm |title=Memphis Wrestling in the 60s}}</ref>

In 1972, Rossi was injured in a car accident and retired. Brown would teamed up with Rossi's son Joey.

In 1977, Brown left Alabama and went to Tennessee to work for [[Continental Wrestling Association]]. He would retire around 1981.

==Death==
Brown passed away on April 7, 1996 at 60.<ref name="CageMatch">

==Championships and accomplishments==

==References==
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[[Category:1935 births]]
[[Category:1996 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century African-American sportspeople]]
[[Category:African-American professional wrestlers]]
[[Category:American male professional wrestlers]]
[[Categoryrofessional wrestlers from Tennessee]]
[[Category:20th-century male professional wrestlers]]

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