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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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?
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.
Thanks. I love jumping into these projects for exactly that reason....who WERE these guys I only know from a list?
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.
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.
Very nice tape, my uncles wrestled The Golden Greek many times, and was good friends the him.
Who were your uncles? That's really cool!
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!