Theodore Vetoyanis (Greek: Θεόδωρος Βετογιάνης; February 27, 1908 – May 22, 1984)[1] was an American professional wrestler and sports promoter known by his ring name George Zaharias.

[2] The audience of 14,500 was the highest attendance for any North American wrestling match that year.

[4] As Babe's career soared, he managed a tailoring shop, a women's sports clothier in Beverly Hills, California, and a golf course in Florida, where the couple retired.

In 1975, Alex Karras portrayed George Zaharias in the TV movie Babe, (opposite his future wife, actress Susan Clark), which told the story of Didrikson, who won two gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Olympics and returned to become a champion golfer, her battles to be accepted as a woman in a man's sports world, and her fight against cancer.

He married actress Betty Burgess in January 1960 in Las Vegas.