Hulk Hogan is 61 years old, so we have to look back a real long way to find any childhood photos! Back in the fifties he was plain old Terry Bollea. He grew up in Florida and his original interest was making it as a rock musician. Proving unsuccessful in that field, he instead tried out pro wrestling. Bollea was already a bodybuilding hobbyist, so the pro wrestling jump was a natural one to make. The rest is history. With a great look and charismatic personality, Hogan worked his way through the wrestling territories and internationally in Japan. He hit the big time with the AWA and then went to megastardom in the WWF after playing Thunderlips in Rocky 3. He won his first WWF Championship in 1984 and ushered in the era of Hulkamania. The wrestling boom occurred and he became a global wrestling icon in the late 80's, and later rediscovered that same success in the mid 90's with WCW. The little kid from Florida certainly did alright for himself.
