Lou Albano Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles

LOU ALBANO

Born: July 29, 1933 in Rome, Lazio, Italy
Died: October 14, 2009 in Westchester County, New York

Lou Albano (1933-2009) paired with Tony Altimore to form the wrestling tag team, The Scicilians, which won the Midwest Tag Team title (1961) and US Tag Team championship (1967). Showmen like most successful wrestlers, they were purportedly warned by real crime bosses to tone down their stereotypical Italian mobster hi-jinks. Albano had even greater success later as a manager, leading Ivan "the Russian Bear" Koloff to the WWWF Heavyweight Championship. Managing colorful tag teams like the Wild Somoans and the British Bulldogs, Albano was at first hated and eventually beloved by fans. On programs like Wrestlemania, he helped spark the current enthusiasm for TV wrestling. He also played Mario in the TV series The Supermario Brothers (1989-1991).

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2010 WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time (Other), 1996 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (in person), 2007 The Shawn Michaels Story: Heartbreak and Triumph (Other), 1984-1986 WWF Championship Wrestling (Performer), 2004 Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling (Other), 1994 WWF Challenge (Performer), 1992 Complex World (Performer), 1987 Miami Vice (Performer), 1986 WrestleMania 2 (Performer), 1986 227 (Performer), 1980 Below the Belt (Performer), 1963 Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (Performer), 2006 The Worlds Greatest Wrestling Managers (in person), 1997 WrestleMania 13 (in person), 1994 King of the Ring (in person), 1988 Redeye Express (in person), 1985 WWF Prime-Time Wrestling (in person), 1980 WWF All-Star Wrestling (Performer), 1985 WWF All-Star Wrestling (in person), 2011 The True Story of WrestleMania (Other), 2007 WWE Royal Rumble: The Complete Anthology, Vol. 2 (Other), 2006 Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story (Other), 2005 13th Grade (Performer), 2004 Mafioso: The Father, the Son (Performer), 2000 The Boys Behind the Desk (Performer), 1994 Survivor Series (Performer), 2007 WWE Draft Special (in person), 2006 Summerslam (in person), 1996 WWF Hall of Fame (in person), 1990 Hey Dude (in person), 1978-1986 WWF Championship Wrestling (in person), 1984 Tuesday Night Titans (in person), 2004 Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses: A Life in Wrestling (Other), 2006 Remembering the Super Mario Bros. Super Show with Captain Lou (in person), 1985 Rock 'n' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular (in person), 2007 The Most Powerful Families in Wrestling (Other), 2007 PWS: Firestorm (Performer), 1992 Ghostwriter (Performer), 1992 Stay Tuned (Performer), 1989 The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (Performer), 1986 Wise Guys (Performer), 2006 Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology (in person), 1999 Heroes of Wrestling (in person), 1993-1995 WWF Monday Night RAW (in person), 1995 Royal Rumble (in person), 1994 Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns... and Then Some (in person), 1989 The Arsenio Hall Show (in person), 1985-1986 Saturday Night's Main Event (in person), 1986 The Slammy Awards (in person), 2010 Hot Ice, No-one Is Safe (Performer), 2003 The Undertaker's Dozen (Performer), 1990 UWF Fury Hour (Performer), 1986 Body Slam (Performer), 1986 WWF: The Big Event (Performer), 1984 Prime Cuts (Performer), 1952 The Jackie Gleason Show (Performer), 1997-2007 WWF Raw (in person), 2002 Footlong (in person), 1987 The New Hollywood Squares (in person), 1986 WWF Superstars (in person), 1985 WrestleMania (in person), 2009 WWE: Greatest Stars of the '90s (Other), 2009 WWF Raw (Other), 2006-2007 Video on Trial (Other), 2006 WWE: McMahon (Other), 2005 WWE WrestleMania: The Complete Anthology - Vol. 1 (Other)