Stanislaus Zbyszko

Stanislaus Zbyszko was the ring name of Stanisław Jan Cyganiewicz, a Polish strongman, catch wrestler and professional wrestler born on 1 April 1880 in Jodłowa near Kraków, who died on 23 September 1967. He rose through the European Greco-Roman circuit in the early 1900s, drew with Frank Gotch for an hour in Buffalo in 1909, lost a controversial six second rematch to Gotch in 1910, and wrestled the Great Gama to a draw in London that September. Brought back to the United States by the Gold Dust Trio, he held the World Heavyweight Championship three times in the 1920s, and in 1925 he turned a booked match with Wayne Munn into a legitimate shoot to take the title. After retiring he scouted talent in South America, where he found Antonino Rocca, and he appeared in the film Night and the City. He was inducted into several wrestling halls of fame.