{{Short description|American professional wrestler (1914–1983)}}
'''Robert H. Bruns''' (July 12, 1914 – January 23, 1983),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saalbach |first=Axel |title=Bobby Bruns - Facts @ Wrestlingdata.com |url=https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=7847&feed=6 |access-date=2025-12-07 |website=wrestlingdata.com |language=English}}</ref> known by his ring name '''Bobby Bruns''', was an American professional wrestler and trainer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-30 |title=Making a world champion: Orville Brown vs Bobby Bruns - Slam Wrestling |url=https://slamwrestling.net/interviews/making-a-world-champion-orville-brown-vs-bobby-bruns/ |access-date=2025-12-07 |website=slamwrestling.net |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Career == Bruns made his debut during the 1930s, primarily wrestling in the Midwestern United States. During the 1950s, he made appearances for the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance, Mid Pacific Promotions, Sam Muchnick Sports Attractions, and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).<ref>{{Cite web |title="Bobby Bruns--The Man--Off the Mat" |url=https://marble.nd.edu/item/aspace_9ce4a13d023d376805436ddd2d3d4bdd |access-date=2025-12-07 |website=Marble: Museums, Archives, Rare Books & Libraries Exploration |language=en}}</ref>
== Championships and accomplishments ==
* '''Midwest Wrestling Association''' ** MWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times) * '''NWA Hawaii''' ** NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship (5 times) – with Lucky Simunovich (2 times), Bobby Managoff (1 time), Luther Lindsay (1 time), John Paul Henning (1 time) ** NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * '''NWA Chicago''' ** NWA Chicago World Tag Team Championship (1 time, with Roy McClarty) *'''''Wrestling Observer Newsletter''''' **Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (class of 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flanagan |first=Neal |date=2025-11-15 |title=CM Punk, Cody Rhodes and Sabu among eight inductees to Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame |url=https://www.postwrestling.com/2025/11/14/cm-punk-cody-rhodes-and-sabu-among-eight-inductees-to-wrestling-observer-hall-of-fame/ |access-date=2025-12-07 |website=POST Wrestling |language=en-US}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
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