Larry Pitchford


Larry Pitchford, better known by his ring name Beauregarde, is a former professional wrestler and musician from Portland, Oregon in the United States.

Career

His wrestling career began in 1963, touring the Philippines as "Eric the Golden Boy". Given the name Beauregarde by fellow wrestler Ripper Collins, he next debuted as a heel in Hawaii before returning to Portland. By 1970, he had become one of the biggest names on the NWA's Pacific Northwest Wrestling circuit, and won the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship in 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971.
Beauregarde was renowned for his unique wrestling moves and crazy characters he created for himself. On match days, he would find a historic figure whose date of birth fell on that day and pretend to be them during the match and in interviews.
In 1971, he released an album bearing his stage name, Beauregarde, featuring Greg Sage of Wipers on guitar. Beauregarde enlisted Sage after overhearing him playing guitar for a friend's band at Sound Productions studio in Portland in 1969.
In 1973, he managed the tag team of Brute Bernard and Jay York in Jim Crockett's Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling promotion.
After retiring from wrestling, he bought a sheet-rock company in Florida where he lived and spent most of his time fishing.
On February 4, 2006, Beauregarde made his first wrestling-related appearance in many years at Hardkore Championship Wrestling's Incredible 8 Tournament in South Florida, where he was one of the first "HCW Honorable Contribution to Wrestling Award" recipients along with wrestlers Rusty Brooks, Stephen "Big Daddy" DiBlasio and "Outlaw" JR James.

Championships and accomplishments

Pacific Northwest Wrestling