GEORGE ZAHARIAS - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 08/28/1947 - HFSID 255195
Price: $180.00
GEORGE ZAHARIAS
To his wife Babe Zaharias's manager Fred Corcoran sending him a
signed contract and telling him to contact them if he needs to
Autograph Letter Signed: "George Zaharias", 1 page 8½x11.
Denver, Colorado, 1947 August 28. On letterhead of the Rocky Mountain
Sports Enterprises. In Full: "Dear Fred Heres the contracts all signed
But not the with holding which she pays. At the end of the year. We are leaving
here in a few days. For Los Angeles. And will call you or wire the day we arrive
and will have some thing definite then, in the meantime you can call up here.
Gr. 8349 home no- How soon. Does. Bill Stern have to know where we will be. To
do the board cost let us know. This all now. See you soon. Give Larner &
Bing out Best. As ever. George Zaharias" George Zaharias (1908-1984),
born Thomas Vetoyanis, was a professional wrestler called "the Crying Greek
from Cripple Creek," usually cast as the ring villain. In 1938 he
met Babe Didrickson, track and field gold medalist at the 1932 Olympics, at a
celebrity golf tournament. They married later that year, and George
managed Babe's golf career thereafter, also caring for her during her long
battle with cancer. Football Hall of Famer Alex Karras portrayed George
Zaharias in the TV movie Babe (1975). Fred Corcoran (1905-1977) was an
American agent, sports promoter, golf administrator and enthusiast. He
managed the career of Babe Zaharias, entering her into the 1954 Los
Angeles Open as the first women to play in a PGA tour event. Corcoran founded
the Ladies Professional Golf Association and the Golf Writers Association of
America. In 1975 he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame, one of
the first honorees to not have had a career in competitive golf. Brown stain on
lower left side and top left. Normal mailing folds. Lightly creased. Otherwise,
fine condition.
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