# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-zaharias
# Generated: 2026-09-01T05:55:05.272Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-zaharias"
name: "George Zaharias"
slug: "george-zaharias"
description: "Theodosios Vetoyanis was an American professional wrestler and sports promoter known by his ring name George Zaharias. He was also popularly known as \"The Crying Greek from Cripple Creek\" or \"The Greek Hyena\" during the 1930s. Often cast as a villain or sore loser, one of his most celebrated bouts was a 1932 match with Jim Londos at a sold-out Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, which Londos won. The audience of 14,500 was the highest attendance for any North American wrestling match that year."
tagline: "American professional wrestler (1908-1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Zaharias_(1938).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1908-02-28"
deathDate: "1984-05-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.120090666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4956166/"
    handle:    "nm4956166"
sources:
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B6_%CE%96%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Τζορτζ Ζαχάριας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "چورچ زاهارياس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%86%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%B2%DB%95%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "جۆرج زەھاریاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Zaharias"
    title: "George Zaharias"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6_%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Джордж Захариас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5546627"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5874220"
    title: "George Zaharias"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump