Babe Didrikson Zaharias Quotes

Mildred Ella Babe Didrikson Zaharias was an American athlete who achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball, and track and field. Already famous as Babe Didrikson, she married George Zaharias, a professional wrestler, in St. Louis, Missouri, on December 23, 1938. Thereafter, she was largely known as Babe Didrikson Zaharias or Babe Zaharias. The couple met while playing golf. George Zaharias, a Greek American, was a native of Pueblo, Colorado. Called the Crying Greek from Cripple Creek, Zaharias also did some part-time acting. The Zahariases had no children and were rebuffed by authorities when they sought to adopt.