[2] Curtis and Lewin held the NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Northeast version) twice in 1958,[3] trading it with Graham and his "brother" Jerry.

[4] In January 1963, he won the title with Lewin from The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan).

[2] After retiring from professional wrestling, Curtis worked in real estate as well as managing the Jacksonville Coliseum.

[5] On February 26, 2008, Curtis suffered a "massive stroke", and his wife, Dotty, released a statement that it was "due to a blood clot breaking loose and hitting the left side of his brain."

[5] In 2009, Curtis was posthumously inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum along with Mark Lewin (under the "Tag Team" category).