Verne Gagne Net Worth

Gagne has been inducted into the WWE, WCW, and Professional Wrestling Halls of Fame. He won two NCAA titles at the University of Minnesota and was an alternate for the U.S. freestyle wrestling team at the Olympic Games in 1948. He trained wresters including his son Greg Gagne, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, Curt Hennig, Bob Backlund, and The Iron Sheik. Gagne was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1947 NFL Draft but he did not play in the NFL. In 2009 Gagne killed a man but was not criminally charged because of his dementia. Verne Gagne passed away on April 27, 2015 at 89 years old.