Rene Goulet

Robert Bédard (born July 12, 1932) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. better known by his ring name, "The Number One Frenchman" Rene Goulet

Professional wrestling career

Goulet began his career in Quebec City, QC in 1957 with his first match being against Gerard Dugas.

He spent the earlier part of his career traveling the territories, spending a significant amount of time in the AWA. His greatest fame was when he competed in the 1970s and 1980s with the World Wrestling Federation where he won the WWWF Tag Team Championship with Karl Gotch in December 1971. Later on Goulet became a jobber in the WWF.

Robert Bédard was well known as a very dependable wrestler who could always be trusted to have a good match. As a result, he was often selected to have matches with rookie wrestlers so he could carry the match. The list of wrestlers who had either had their first match or nearly their first match against Bédard includes Ric Flair, Chris Taylor, The Iron Sheik, Jim Brunzell, Greg Gagne, and Ken Patera. In Japan in 1981 he teamed with Andre The Giant. While in the AWA in the early 1980`s he was known as Sgt. Jacques Goulet and used a claw hold he called Le Scorpion.

Robert Bédard

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Robert Bédard (tennis)

Robert Bédard (born 13 September 1931 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec) is a former tennis player who was the Canadian no. 1 ranked singles player for most of the 1950s and early 1960s. He began playing tennis at the relatively late age of 15.

Tennis career

Bédard is the last Canadian to win the Canadian Open singles championship, triumphing in 1955, 1957, and 1958. He was runner-up in 1954. He won the doubles title three times, in 1955, 1957, and 1959 with compatriot Don Fontana. He won the mixed doubles title in 1959 partnering Mariette Laframboise. He won the Montreal Cup at age 20. He was singles champion of the Nova Scotia Open in 1952, 1955, and 1957.

Bédard competed in (the main draw at) the French Championships twice, Wimbledon four times, and the U.S. Nationals eleven times. His best showing at a grand slam event was reaching the round of 32, which he did once at both Roland Garros and Wimbledon, both in 1954, and four times at Forest Hills, in 1955, '56, '59, and in 1961.