Biography

Was said to have been rejected as being unfit for military service by the Austro-Hungarian Army for having too much muscle. (Wrestling Hall of Fame).

In 1929, he filed suit against William Randolph Hearst and the New York American, claiming that the newspaper destroyed his wife Anna's physical affection for him by printing his photograph beside one of a gorilla - as an argument for the theory of evolution. The caption read, "Stanislaus Zbyszko, the wrestler, not fundamentally different from the gorilla in physique." Stan was awarded $25,000 by the court. Soon after, a Winnipeg music teacher successfully sued him for breach of promise to marry her. Stan had been married to his Polish wife Anna since 1917.

He and his brother, Wladek, retired to a pig farm near Savannah, MO, where they trained amateur wrestlers in exchange for farm labor.

In 1928, Zbyszko received a lucrative offer to travel to India and wrestle the Great Gama in a rematch of their bout from 18 years earlier. Despite both men now being well past their prime, the match purportedly drew 60,000 fans, who watched Gama defeat Zbyszko in just 40 seconds.

Professional wrestler in the United States, 1909 through mid 1920s.