Career
He wrestled for Continental Wrestling Association and throughout the South as Tommy Gilbert. He is the father of wrestlers Doug Gilbert and Eddie Gilbert. Tommy Gilbert made his debut in 1969, wrestling for promoter Nick Gulas.
In March 1975, after wrestling primarily throughout Tennessee for nearly six years, he began going to other territories like Atlanta, Amarillo (where he wrestled under the name Johnny Starr), the Canadian Maritimes, Florida, Kansas City, the Mid-South, Memphis, Puerto Rico, and the Mid-Atlantic areas.
After retiring from active competition in 1984, he became a referee for Mid-South/UWF, until its buyout by Jim Crockett Promotions in 1987. Tommy Gilbert was inducted into the Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame at a USWA show in the Mid-South Coliseum on March 7, 1994 alongside First Rate (at Lloyd's) Greene, Don Greene, Jerry Jarrett, Lance Russell and Sputnik Monroe.
Tommy later wrestled in Memphis as Freddie Kruger in the late 80"s
Championship Wrestling from Florida
NWA Florida Television Championship (1 time)
NWA Mid-America
NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (7 times) – with Eddie Marlin (2), Bearcat Brown (2), Ricky Gibson (1), Eddie Gilbert (2)
NWA World Six-Manitoba Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Eddie Marlin and Ricky Gibson (1), Gorgeus George, Junior. and Paul Orndorff (1)
NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Eddie Marlin (1) and Tojo Yamamoto (1)
Eastern Sports Association
North American Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling/Southeastern Championship Wrestling
NWA Southeastern United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Sputnik Monroe (2), Bearcat Brown (1) and Ron Wright (1)
NWA Western States Sports
NWA Western States Tag Team Championship (1 times) - with Scott Casey
United States Wrestling Association
Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame (Class of 1994)
World Wrestling Council/Capitol Sports Promotions
WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Puerto Rico/WWC version) (1 time) - with Eddie Gilbert (1).
