The money he earned from his wrestling appearances was not great and he supplemented his earnings by working a small holding and café called "The Terminus" in Thornton (close to the terminus of Bradford Trolleybus route 7),[citation needed] with his wife Margaret. "Break it!!" After he was demobbed and back in England he settled down in Manchester where he had a chance meeting with someone he knew from his Amateur days. One of his two sons, a wrestler called Dave Barrie, died in 2000. Hill warned Kellett that Professional wrestling was different to Amateur wrestling and a much different game but Kellett was not deterred. Les Kellett didn’t become a full-time wrestler until well into his 40s due to interruptions like WWII.. Les Kellett continued to wrestle well into his 60s and possibly 70s! Kellett died peacefully in his sleep, in Ilkley, two years after he moved to a nursing home, at the age of 86,[citation needed] leaving a widow, Margaret, son Christopher and two grandchildren, Robert and Keeley. He had a long-running feud with Johnny Czeslaw between 1972 and 1976 although it was always a friendly rivalry. Kellett was perhaps the most popular wrestler in British wrestling and one of the greatest entertainers in the business. He began wrestling again in the 1940’s and did live in Manchester for a while before moving back to Bradford. He also had a habit of pretending to be unsteady on his feet and waiting until the last moment when he was just about to be grappled or hit by his opponent before moving out of the way and forcing his opponent to lose balance. Les Kellett: Billed from: Bradford, England: Trained by: Joe Hill: Retired: 1984: Leslie Kellett (1915 – 9 January 2002) was a British professional wrestler who rose to prominence due to the popularity of televised wrestling in the 1960s and 1970s. Kellett was a comedian in the ring- his trademark was acting as if disorientated and ducking out of the way at the last moment, wobbling across the ring and delivering a huge back chop. Peter Sawyer wrote: Les Kellett was a numerous-time champ, mostly as a middleweight. Kellett asked how much Hill had on him to which Hill answered £5, which was more than Kellett made in a week and he wanted a chance to earn the same. In the 1960s Kellett was nominated for the ITV Sports Personality of the Year and was presented to Prince Philip at the Royal Albert Hall in the 1970s. One of his standard tactics was to appear punch-drunk and almost defeated in a match, before suddenly recovering his ability and delivering the decisive move. Les Kellett (1915 - January 9, 2002) was an English professional wrestler from Bradford, Yorkshire and was a Television favorite throughout the age of British televised wrestling. A similar moment occurred later when Kellett was having a workout with Morrell himself and Morrell trapped Kellett's fingers in a hold but could not get him to submit. He lived through both World Wars and was a professional wrestler in 1938 but had to stop when the Second World War began. Les Kellet died on January 9th 2002. Soon after Kellett decided to move back to Bradford and return to wrestling full-time. Soon he was off, traveling the country and picking up new fans in every city or town his visited. Leslie Kellett (1915 – 9 January 2002) was a British professional wrestler who rose to prominence due to the popularity of televised wrestling in the 1960s and 1970s. After he retired in 1975 at the age of 53 he continued to entertain by wrestling infrequently into his 60's and telling stories of his career. Les Kellett (1915 - January 9, 2002) was an English professional wrestler from Bradford, Yorkshire and was a Television favorite throughout the age of British televised wrestling. He was born in Laisterdyke, Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of Bill Kellett, a Bradford engineer and Sarah Kellett. On two acres behind the house Kellett sometimes bred pigs and once said he kept fifty head of cattle. During the war he served as an engineer in the Merchant Navy. That was wrestler Joe Hill who's name Kellett recognized on a poster for an event. He was born in Laisterdyke to Bill Kellett, a well known Bradford Engineer, and was educated in Bradford Moor School.

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