The "brother" team of Terry and Ronnie Garvin in the 60s

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Terry Garvin

Real name: Terry Joyal

From Quebec. Long-time wrestler and, later, member of the WWF front office. Most successful wrestling as a brother act with Ron Garvin, particularly in the Southern U.S. Ron's stepson Jimmy Garvin broke into wrestling as the manager for Terry Garvin and Duke Myers in the early 1970s.

Retired in the early 1980s and was booking cards in small towns in Missouri for Bob Geigel's Central States office in 1985 when approached by long-time pal Pat Patterson and offered a job in the WWF office. Worked for the WWF until 1992.

Prominent Titles:

• NWA World tag champion (Florida), with Ron Garvin, 1967
• NWA Florida tag champion, with Ron Garvin, 1971
• U.S. tag champion (Oklahoma), with Duke Myers, 1972
• 2-time NWA Georgia tag champion, with Ron Garvin, 1974