Born in Hodgenville, Kentucky, Danny Little Bear grew up in Jonesboro, Georgia, and he made his professional wrestling debut in 1956 at age 30.

In May 1964, Danny Little Bear faced Johnny Bruce, Sputnik Monroe and Joe McCarthy who he fought to a time limit draw at the William Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia on May 25.

Defeating Jack Vansky at the Paul Jones Sports Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on May 20, he would also team with Chief Crazy Horse against the Mysterious Medics the next night in Marietta.

While in Maple Leaf Wrestling, he and Reg Parks lost to The Hollywood Blonds (Buddy Roberts and Jerry Brown) at the Varsity Arena in Toronto, Ontario on September 5, 1971.

[6] On March 29 at the St. Joseph City Auditorium, he would reunite with The Viking in the semi-main event to challenge Fuji and Yokochi for the tag team titles; however, the two began fighting with each other as the match started and were counted out.

As the end of the match, as Danny Little Bear was about to pass out from a nerve hold submission applied by Yasu Fuji, local and state police had to restrain several fans from entering the ring.

On June 13, he and Rufus Jones defeated Angus Campbell, Roger Kirby and manager Percival Friend in a handicap match Des Moines, Iowa.

The match would last almost an hour with each team gaining one fall before Howard, Sebastian and The Destroyer scored the final pinfall after Omar Atlas was pinned.

[14] During the next year, he would regain the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship from Roger Kirby on April 27 before losing the title to "Bulldog" Bob Brown two months later.

He would also make a failed bid against recently crowned NWA World Heavyweight Champion Harley Race losing to him in St. Joseph on May 25, 1973, as well as several rematches in Des Moines the following month.

Returning to the Kansas City-area, he would score victories over Jesse Ventura, Buddy King and Charlie Pullins before fighting to a no contest with Tank Patton in Sedalia, Missouri on July 22, 1975.

Successfully defending the titles against David Shults and Bill Ash, Gorgeous George, Jr. and J. J. Dillon and Dutch Mantel with partners including Plowboy Frazier, Jerry Lawler and Tommy Gilbert,[21] they would lose the titles to Dutch Mantell and David Shults at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee on January 3, 1977.

Feuding with The Bounty Hunters (David and Jerry Novak) later that year, Danny Little Bear and Chief Thundercloud participated in a 10-man elimination match with The Bounty Hunters, Jerry Barber, Don Bass, The Boston Strangler, Al Costello, George Gulas and Tojo Yamamoto who eventually won the match on March 28.

[22] Retiring from professional wrestling by the end of the year, he returned to Georgia and lived with his wife Mary Ann until his death in April 1991 after a bout with liver cancer.