Leslie C. "Buddy" Wolff, 76Hackensackformerly of St. CloudApril 11, 1941 - July 11, 2017Memorial services celebrating the life of Leslie C. "Buddy" Wolff, 76, of Hackensack and formerly of St. Cloud will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 23, 2017 at the Daniel Funeral Home Chapel in St. Cloud with visitation beginning at 4:00 p.m. During the service the family invites friends to share their personal remembrances of Les. On Tuesday, July 11, 2017 Les passed away with family by his side after battling with Dementia.  Les embraced the research done by Boston University in the area of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) and chose to donate tissue for their research on chronic brain damage from concussions.Les was born on April 11, 1941 at home in Blue Earth, Minnesota to William and Lucille (Zutz) Wolff.  They moved to Waite Park in the early 1950s and Les graduated from Technical High School in 1959. Les married Norma Nahan on April 29, 1961 in St. Cloud and together raised two daughters.  He attended St. Cloud State where he joined the wrestling and football teams and was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame in 2004 with his 1963 Wrestling Team.  He graduated from college in 1967.  Following college, he played Professional Football for the Norfolk Neptunes prior to beginning his lengthy professional wrestling career.  Les entered the world of Professional Wrestling, becoming part of the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), eventually choosing the moniker of Beautiful Buddy Wolff.  One of his most notable matches and a great source of pride was his exhibition match against Muhammad Ali in 1976.  Additional highlights of his career include wrestling at Madison Square Garden and holding the title of NWA Heavy Weight Champion of Florida.  Les wrestled until 1988 and then began a career as a business owner, entrepreneur and inventor.He moved to Hackensack in 1981.  From his dream home on Stony Lake he oversaw his retail shirt shops and also started Budro's Pizza in Hackensack.  Les was always coming up with ideas to improve or invent products used in industry or personal use and was awarded four United States Patents.  His pride and joy was the Banner Saver Pro 2000 banner bracket.  The bracket was prominently used at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.Les is survived by his daughters, Ann Wolff of Rice; Lisa (Scott) Clausen of Cambridge; grandchildren, Aaron Lott, Ava Wolff and Alexa Clausen; former spouses, Norma Wolff of St. Cloud; LeeAnn Snyder of Hackensack; brothers, Robert (Mona) of Hackensack, David (Nancy) of White Bear; sisters, MaryAnn Wolff or Hutchinson, Diane Pieper of St. Cloud, Pamela Wolff of Beaux Bridge, LA; and beloved dog Bupsie.He was preceded in death by his parents and former spouse Diane (Vivian) Vachon.Memorials are preferred.Obituary, guestbook and video tribute available at danielfuneralhome.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Wolfe