Dale Hey (June 16, 1947 – November 26, 2012) was a Canadian-American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Buddy "Jack" Roberts.
[1][4] Hey was raised in Newton, Surrey and went to Princess Margaret High School, in BC Canada graduating in 1965.
[citation needed] In 1970, Hey was brought into the Oklahoma-based NWA Tri-State promotion by booker Bill Watts.
Watts had intended to create a new tag team comprising Jack Donovan and veteran journeyman Jerry Brown.
After splitting from Brown, Roberts joined with Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy to form The Fabulous Freebirds.
[9] The Fabulous Freebirds won several titles and moved on to World Class Championship Wrestling in late 1982 and began a high-profile feud with the Von Erich family.
Roberts, declaring his former partners to be traitors for befriending the Von Erichs and himself the last true Freebird, acted as a manager to the Samoan Swat Team.
The feud ended in late 1988 when Hayes and Gordy left for the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions, before Roberts retired from wrestling.
Manning, who was touted as an accomplished amateur wrestler by the promotion to compensate for the obvious size difference between the two, won most of the matches on a fluke.
[citation needed] Roberts managed Hayes and Jimmy Garvin in one match against Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) on September 5, 1990.