In Popular Culture
- Big Daddy had his own comic strip in Buster during the early 80s drawn by Mike Lacey.
- Super heavyweight United States professional wrestler and former WrestleMania headliner, King Kong Bundy, initially wrestled as "Big Daddy Bundy", a nod to Crabtree.
- The European version of the multi-format game Legends of Wrestling II featured Big Daddy as an exclusive extra Legendary Wrestler.
- Crabtree's 64 inch chest earned him a place in the Guinness Book of Records.
- When wrestling in England years after Crabtree's death, US wrestler Colt Cabana occasionally wore a singlet similarly styled after Big Daddy's and imitating many of his trademark mannerisms, calling himself "Colt Daddy".
- A stage play by Brian Mitchell and Joseph Nixon, Big Daddy vs Giant Haystacks premiered at the Brighton Festival Fringe in East Sussex, England between 26–28 May 2011 and subsequently toured Great Britain.
- Big Daddy features on Luke Haines' 2011 album "9½ Psychedelic Meditations on British Wrestling of the 1970s and early '80s" as the proud owner of a Casio VL-Tone synthesizer.
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