Career
She was an active wrestler during the 1950s and 1960s. In addition to her nickname "The Barefoot Contessa" due to her preference for wrestling barefoot, she was also known as "the acrobatic blonde with the educated flying feet". Grable trained for her professional wrestling career with The Fabulous Moolah in her training school in Columbia, South Carolina.
She debuted in 1953 using the name Peaches Grable.
Moolah"s female trainees worked in Boston under promoter Paul Bowser, and in Boston, Grable and Moolah were involved in a feud. She wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territories through the 1950s and the 1960s.
On September 20, 1958 Grable made an appearance as a contestant on the popular television show What"s My Lincolnshire?. Even though she retired in the late 1960s, Grable"s last in-ring work occurred in Superstar Wrestling in 1974.
Signature moves
Dropkick
Kangaroo flip
Nicknames
The Barefoot Contessa
Cauliflower Alley Club
Other honoree (2002)
Georgia Championship Wrestling
NWA Southern Women"s Championship (Georgia Version) (2 times)
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
Women"s wrestler (2011).
