Al Pereira

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Alfred "Al" Pereira (August 8, 1906 – January 15, 1990) was an American professional wrestler known as "Power House." He was born in Half Moon Bay, California, to Portuguese immigrant parents and stood 6 feet 2 inches tall. Pereira won the European Heavyweight Championship twice. He first won it in July 1937 in Paris by defeating Henri Deglane, then lost it to Dan Koloff, briefly reclaimed it, and finally lost it again to Koloff. He also opened Al Pereira's Inn in Honolulu, Hawaii. In the mid-1930s he lived in San Jose and Oakland, California. He married Nellie around 1935–1936, and they had a son, Alfred D. Pereira Jr. He later lived in Reno, Nevada, and died in Multnomah, Portland, Oregon.