George Zaharias and Babe Didrikson, the First Power Couple in Sports

George Zaharias and Babe Didrikson, the First Power Couple in Sports

George and Babe Didrikson Zaharias in 1938, the year they were married. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Theodore Vetoyanis (Greek: Θεόδωρος Βετογιάνης) was an American professional wrestler and sports promoter, known by his ring name of George Zaharias, and more popularly known as “The Crying Greek from Cripple Creek” during the 1930s. Although he was prominent enough in his own right as a wrestler to have been inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2020, …