George Zaharias and Babe Didrikson

Didrikson won two gold medals and a silver in track and field at the 1932 <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="EVSPR00000713475" title="2016 Olympic Games" href="/topic/sports/2016-olympic-games-EVSPR00000713475.topic">Olympics</a>, won 41 <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORSPT00000423" title="LPGA" href="/topic/sports/golf/lpga-ORSPT00000423.topic">LPGA</a> events and is the only woman to make the cut in a PGA event. Zaharias was a professional wrestler whose nickname was "The Crying Greek from Cripple Creek." They were married from 1938 until her death in 1956.
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Didrikson won two gold medals and a silver in track and field at the 1932 Olympics, won 41 LPGA events and is the only woman to make the cut in a PGA event. Zaharias was a professional wrestler whose nickname was "The Crying Greek from Cripple Creek." They were married from 1938 until her death in 1956.

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