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Chris Daskas's avatar

Yes , George was married to Babe. We had two Babes in the family, uncles George's wife and Babe the wrestler. Some people get confused on that. George was the first to enter wrestling in 1928! So he was in there and headlining a lot of matches in the 1930's against most of the top names.

Uncle George really helped Lou Thesz get over in St. Louis when Tom Packs loaded up a card and gave Lou a big push when he was ready.

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Chris Daskas's avatar

My uncles, The Zaharias brothers, George, Chris, Tommy and Bade. Actually, Uncle George wrestled both Jimmy Londos and Ray Steele many times. Steele is a personal favorite of mine.

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Jonathan Snowden's avatar

That's very cool. As fellow Greeks maybe they had an in with Londos?

Your uncle George had quite a life. Wasn't he married to Babe Didrikson?

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The Pro Wrestling Exuberant's avatar

Great written narrative bringing to life pro wrestling from many decades ago and wrestlers I only knew by name and no details about. It's sometimes hard to imagine that pro wrestling existed that long ago. The pictures complimented the narrative very well too.

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Jonathan Snowden's avatar

Thanks. I love jumping into these projects for exactly that reason....who WERE these guys I only know from a list?

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The Pro Wrestling Exuberant's avatar

There’s so much rich history in pro wrestling, some many interesting stories from bygone eras about individual wrestlers that could likely be told. I wonder how many names from the ‘80s boom period, for example, that were stars from that era, but not perhaps mentioned much in modern times as legends, are unknown completely to a modern/newer fan of the last decade? I have a few magazines from the ‘70s and many of the names from that area are obscure to me since it pre-dates me as a viewer by a decade.

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Jonathan Snowden's avatar

By the 80s we had Meltzer and VHS. So things are well documented.

But it gets more opaque the further back you go. By the time you hit the 1950s, there are big stars who rarely even get mentioned anymore.

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Chris Daskas's avatar

Very nice tape, my uncles wrestled The Golden Greek many times, and was good friends the him.

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Jonathan Snowden's avatar

Who were your uncles? That's really cool!

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Chris Daskas's avatar

I failed to mention that Lou Thesz's book Hooker goes into great detail about The Golden Greek and Ray Steele, who he considered a great catch wrestler. Lou told me that personally!

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