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Roy Heffernan (Lawrence Roy Heffernan) was born on 12 July, 1925 in Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, is a Laurence Roy Heffernan was wrestler wrestler. Discover Roy Heffernan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?

Popular As Lawrence Roy Heffernan
Occupation N/A
Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 12 July 1925
Birthday 12 July
Birthplace Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death 24 September, 1992
Died Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australia

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Roy Heffernan Height, Weight & Measurements

At 67 years old, Roy Heffernan height is 5ft 10in and Weight 212 lb - 240 lb.

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Height 5ft 10in
Weight 212 lb - 240 lb
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Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

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Roy Heffernan Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Roy Heffernan worth at the age of 67 years old? Roy Heffernan’s income source is mostly from being a successful wrestler. He is from Australia. We have estimated Roy Heffernan's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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1925

Laurence Roy Heffernan (12 July 1925 – 24 September 1992) was an Australian professional wrestler.

Roy Heffernan toured all over the world, but is most famous for being one half of the original version of the tag team the Fabulous Kangaroos (with Al Costello).

The Kangaroos used an "Ultra Australian" gimmick complete with Boomerangs, bush hats and "Waltzing Matilda" as their entrance music.

1950

The first incarnation of the Kangaroos is the most famous of all the Kangaroo versions and is often credited with popularizing tag team wrestling in the late 1950s and 1960s.

Costello and Heffernan are also regarded as one of the top tag teams to ever compete in professional wrestling.

When the Kangaroos broke up, Heffernan left America to return to his home of Australia.

In Australia, Heffernan was involved with Australia's version of World Championship Wrestling under booker Jim Barnett where he worked as a face (good guy), the polar opposite of his time spent as a Fabulous Kangaroo.

1953

After working on the lower cards in Australia, Heffernan left his home country in 1953 and moved to America in the hopes of attaining more success there.

For years, Al Costello had been working on an idea for a new tag team and even had an idea of who his partner should be in this new tag team: a wrestler he had worked with some years ago (Heffernan).

Heffernan left Australia to tour the world in 1953 and wanted to return to his homeland, while Costello was determined to remain in the United States at least for a while longer.

Roy Heffernan returned to his native Australia and became one of the main wrestlers for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) (the Australian version) under promoter Jim Barnett.

Heffernan retained his "Ultra Australian" gimmick complete with Bush hat and boomerang, but what had made him a heel (bad guy) in the United States made him a beloved face (good guy) in Australia.

1956

The problem was that Costello and Heffernan had lost touch over the years, so the idea remained dormant until Costello went on a tour of Hawaii in 1956.

Costello mentioned his idea of an "Ultra Australian" tag team to fellow wrestler and future promoter, Joe Blanchard.

Blanchard was good friends with Heffernan and knew that he was working in Stampede Wrestling at that point in time.

Blanchard put the two in touch with each other, and soon after, Costello was off to Calgary, Alberta, Canada to join up with Heffernan.

1957

Costello and Heffernan made their debut as the Fabulous Kangaroos on 3 May 1957 for Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling promotion in a match against Maurice LaPointe and Tony Baillargeon.

Only weeks after making their debut, the Kangaroos were working with the top tag teams of the promotion.

After working in Stampede for a while, the Fabulous Kangaroos traveled across the United States, headlining shows wherever they went due to their ability to rile the crowd up with their heel (bad guy) tactics.

During their time together from 1957 until 1965, the Kangaroos wrestled in the United States, Canada, Asia and select tours of Australia and New Zealand.

They worked for such companies as Capitol Wrestling Corporation (the future World Wrestling Entertainment), Championship Wrestling from Florida, NWA Ohio, the Japan Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Association in Los Angeles.

The Kangaroos never forgot the territory that started it all and worked in Canada off and on over the years.

The team not only worked for Stampede Wrestling while in Canada, but also worked for NWA All-Star Wrestling based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

1958

On one occasion in August 1958 the Kangaroos, or "Kangaroo Men" as they were billed, nearly caused a riot in Madison Square Garden during a match against Antonino Rocca and Miguel Pérez.

The fans began to throw fruit and stones after the match ended without a decisive winner, and the promoters had to step in, turn up the lights in the arena and play the National Anthem to stop a potential riot from breaking out.

Everywhere the team went, they seemed to win championships; be it the Texas version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship in Dory Funk's NWA Western States promotion, or the forerunner to the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship, the North East version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship.

1965

The Fabulous Kangaroos' 1965 run in NWA All-Star Wrestling turned out to be the last time the original Kangaroos teamed together.

In June 1965, the Kangaroos lost to Don Leo Jonathan and Jim Hardy and then split up.

1966

Heffernan's Fan Club Yearbook circa 1966 gives the following physical statistics for Roy Heffernan: neck 17.5 inches; chest 48.5 inches; waist 32.5 inches; thigh 27 inches; biceps 17.5 inches; calf 17.5 inches.

1967

He was billed in 1967 as weighing 225 lb. Costello was originally supposed to join Heffernan in Australia, but it never worked out that way, leaving Costello in the United States while Heffernan wrestled as a singles wrestler.

1980

Later in his career, Heffernan became involved in the actual running of WCW before retiring in the 1980s.

1992

Roy Heffernan died on 24 September 1992 at St George Hospital in Sydney from a heart attack.

2003

Both Heffernan and Costello died before the team was honored by being the first tag team inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2003.

The induction of the Fabulous Kangaroos started a tradition of inducting a new team every year.

Roy Heffernan was a native Australian, born in Lithgow NSW, and was an avid weightlifter and bodybuilder in his teens.

He was trained by his father, who was also a bodybuilder, and won the Mr. Australia title before making his wrestling debut at the age of twenty.

Heffernan did not have an easy time moving up the ranks in Australian pro-wrestling, as the belief at the time was that a wrestler really had to go overseas to North America and learn to be a pro before the bookers would even consider moving them up the rankings of the promotion.

In 2003, the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame inducted Roy Heffernan, along with Al Costello, as the first ever tag team to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

From 2003 and forward, the Hall of Fame has honored other tag teams, but the Fabulous Kangaroos were given the honor of being the first team to enter the Hall of Fame; in the tradition of the Kangaroos they were "billed as champions on arrival" one last time.