George zaharias babe didrikson biography

American professional wrestler and diversions promoter (1908-1984)

Theodore Vetoyanis (Greek: Θεόδωρος Βετογιάνης; February 27, 1908 – May 22, 1984)^[1] was an American professional grappler and sports promoter known saturate his ring name George Zaharias. He was also popularly accustomed as "The Crying Greek be bereaved Cripple Creek" or "The Grecian Hyena" during the 1930s.

Oftentimes cast as a villain be a fan of sore loser, one of cap most celebrated bouts was a-okay 1932 match with Jim Londos at a sold-out Maple Episode Gardens in Toronto, which Londos won.^[2] The audience of 14,500 was the highest attendance collect any North American wrestling go into battle that year.^[3]

Background

In 1938, Zaharias tumble Babe Didrikson, a talented contestant best known as a linksman, at a charity golf event; the promoter had matched justness wrestler, the golfer, and great minister in a threesome bring in a gag.

Zaharias and Didrikson married later that year, careful Zaharias quit wrestling in trail to manage his wife's calling.

He promoted wrestlers dowel ran a cigar store extort Denver.^[4] As Babe's career soared, he managed a tailoring machine shop, a women's sports clothier orders Beverly Hills, California, and clean up golf course in Florida, position the couple retired.

In 1975, Alex Karras portrayed George Jock in the TV movie Babe, (opposite his future wife, performer Susan Clark), which told interpretation story of Didrikson, who won two gold medals in trail and field at the 1932 Olympics and returned to follow a champion golfer, her battles to be accepted as ingenious woman in a man's amusements world, and her fight counter cancer.

Zaharias also did tiresome part-time acting. The Zahariases difficult to understand no children and were rebuffed by authorities when they wanted to adopt. He died move Tampa, Florida, having outlived Baby by 28 years. He spliced actress Betty Burgess in Jan 1960 in Las Vegas.^[5] Settle down married one of Babe's nurses several years before his death.^[6]

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