Career
He is also the father of former WWE professional wrestler, René Duprée and currently lives in Pointe-du-Chêne, New Brunswick. Duprée began training in 1955 with Maritime professional wrestling legends Vic Butler and Reggie Richard. He had always been into weightlifting, but professional wrestling was something Duprée had never gotten into until Butler and Richard told Emile that they saw potential in Emile for a professional wrestling career.
Duprée started in Boston, Massachusetts and began to travel all over the continent and even went on tours to Australia and New Zealand.
He has also wrestled for the legendary Canadian wrestling promotion Stampede Wrestling. Throughout his career he has wrestled many wrestling legends including Killer Kowalski, Dusty Rhodes, and Maritime legend the Cuban Assassin.
Duprée"s ring name has always sparked controversy, as there are two ways to spell "Duprée". People also write "Dupré".
Grand Prix Wrestling
In 1977, Duprée began his own small wrestling promotion.
This promotion was run all across the Maritimes and as years went on and the promotion grew, he would take the tour to Quebec, Ontario and other places around the Maritimes. Emile claims that the promotion ended due to heavy traveling costs. The promotion was partnered up with the WWE to bring Maritime wrestling talent into the WWE spotlight.