| Tommy Gilbert | |
| Names: | Tommy Gilbert Freddy Krueger Nightmare Freddy[1] |
| Birth Name: | Thomas Edward Gilbert |
| Birth Date: | 1940 1, mf=yes[2] |
| Death Place: | Lexington, Tennessee |
| Spouse: | Peggy Gilbert |
| Children: | 3; including Eddie and Doug |
| Birth Place: | Lexington, Tennessee |
| Trainer: | Mario Galento |
| Debut: | 1969 |
| Retired: | 1984 (as a wrestler) 1987 (as a referee) |
Thomas Edward Gilbert Sr. (January 15, 1940 – November 26, 2015) was an American professional wrestler. He wrestled for Continental Wrestling Association and throughout the South as Tommy Gilbert. He was 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, 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 Al Greene, Don Greene, Jerry Jarrett, Lance Russell and Sputnik Monroe.[3]
Tommy later wrestled in Memphis as Freddy Krueger in the late 1980s.
Gilbert was the father of two sons: Thomas Jr. and Doug Gilbert and a daughter Kim Gilbert Peters. The sons would become professional wrestlers as "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert and "Dangerous" Doug Gilbert. Gilbert died on November 26, 2015, at the age of 75.[4] [5]