{{short description|American professional wrestler}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox professional wrestler | name = Katie Glass | image = | caption = | names = Diamond Lil | height = {{height|ft=3|in=8}}<ref name="KatieGlassCagematch">{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=15439&gimmick=Diamond+Lil|title=Diamond Lil|accessdate=January 19, 2018|work=Cagematch}}</ref> | weight = {{convert|86|lb|kg|abbr=on}}<ref name="KatieGlassCagematch"/><ref name=god111/> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1944|6|1}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | billed = | trainer = The Fabulous Moolah<ref name="KatieGlassCagematch"/><ref name=god111>Ellison, Lillian. ''First Goddess of the Squared Circle'', p.111–112.</ref> |debut = 1963<ref name="KatieGlassCagematch"/> |retired = }} '''Katie Glass''' (born June 1, 1944) is a retired professional wrestler, better known by her ring name "'''Diamond Lil'''".<ref name=god8/>
== Professional wrestling career == Glass was trained by The Fabulous Moolah at her wrestling school in South Carolina.<ref name=god8/> She first appeared at Moolah's door in 1961 at the age of seventeen, wanting to be trained as a professional wrestler. Moolah would not accept Glass until her mother signed a permission slip.<ref name=god111/> Due to Moolah's love of diamonds and Glass's small stature, she was given the ring name ''Diamond Lil''.
Throughout the 1960s, Glass frequently wrestled against fellow female midget wrestler Darling Dagmar.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.georgiawrestlinghistory.com/whoswho/d/diamond_lil/01.html|title=Georgia Wrestling History: Who's Who - Diamond Lil|accessdate=January 10, 2009|publisher=georgiawrestlinghistory.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015141556/http://www.georgiawrestlinghistory.com/whoswho/d/diamond_lil/01.html|archivedate=October 15, 2008}}</ref> Glass teamed with Ann Casey during a match in June 1971, which they lost to Dagmar and Vicki Williams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mrkurtnielsen.com/CAC/Interview-Anncasey01.html|title=Ann Casey: More than just a pretty face|author=Kociaba, Bill|publisher=Cauliflower Alley Club|accessdate=August 17, 2009}}</ref> In the late 1970s, she had several matches against female midget star Princess Little Dove.
Glass eventually retired as a professional wrestler due to a scarcity of midget opponents on the independent circuit.
== Personal life == thumb|The Fabulous Moolah crypt in Columbia, SC's Greenlawn Cemetery has a space reserved for Glass. Glass moved in with Moolah at age of 17.<ref name=god8>Ellison, Lillian. ''First Goddess of the Squared Circle'', p.8–9.</ref> She lived with Moolah for over 40 years (and with Mae Young beginning in 1991),<ref name=god8/> until Moolah died. Moolah and Glass had a mother–daughter relationship.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.charleston.net/news/2007/nov/18/queen_wrestling_enjoyed_fabulous_career/|title=Queen of wrestling enjoyed Fabulous career|accessdate=January 10, 2009|publisher=charleston.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201125516/http://www.charleston.net/news/2007/nov/18/queen_wrestling_enjoyed_fabulous_career/|archive-date=December 1, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Glass even referred to Moolah as "Ma".<ref name=god8/> In 1999, Moolah introduced Glass as "my damned midget" on ''The Daily Show'' hosted by Jon Stewart.<ref name=god8/>
== Championships and accomplishments == *'''Cauliflower Alley Club''' **Other honoree (1992) **Other honoree (1997) == Footnotes == {{reflist}}
== References == *{{cite book|author=Ellison, Lillian|title=The Fabulous Moolah: First Goddess of the Squared Circle|year=2003|isbn=978-0-06-001258-8|publisher=ReaganBooks}}
== External links == * [http://www.houseofdeception.com/pages/Midget%20Wrestler%20Diamond%20Lil%201.html Katie Glass photograph] * {{Professional wrestling profiles|cagematch=15439|wrestlingdata=4104|iwd=diamond-lil-5940|name=Katie Glass}}
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