- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHerman Rohde
- Nickname
- The Original Nature Boy
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Buddy Rogers was born on February 20, 1921 in Camden, New Jersey, USA. He died on June 22, 1992 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
- Professional wrestler.
- The first-ever World Wide Wrestling Federation (now WWE) Champion.
- WWE Hall of Famer.
- In 1979, Buddy Rogers showed up in Mid Atlantic, where Ric Flair was the top heel, and challenged him to a "Battle Of The Nature Boys". Ric Flair ended up coming out on top of this bitter feud with his childhood hero.
- Buddy Rogers was hired by the WWWF to do an interview segment called "Rogers' Corner".
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