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Title supplied by cataloger. Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias, U.S. and British Women's Golf Champion, and, according to some, the greatest all around woman athlete of all-time, announced that she was turning pro to accept a $300,000 motion picture offer. From left to right are Babe Didrikson Zaharias, her husband George ("Gorgeous" George Zaharias, a.k.a. Theodore Vetoyanis, a professional wrestler), and her business manager, Fred Corcoran, who will manage her business affairs. Photograph dated August 10, 1947.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 22 cm. Photographic prints
Zaharias, Babe Didrikson,--1911-1956 Zaharias, George Contracts Athletes--United States Golfers--United States Wrestlers--United States Olympic athletes--United States Women golfers--United States Valley Times Collection photographs Group portraits
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