Ivan Putski
Ivan Putski was born in Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland on January 21st, 1941 and is the Wrestler. At the age of 83, Ivan Putski biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 83 years old, Ivan Putski has this physical status:
Józef Bednarski (born January 21, 1941) is a Polish-American former professional wrestler and bodybuilder, best known by the ring name Ivan Putski.
He was given the nicknames "The Polish Hammer" and "Polish Power". Putski is a former WWF World Tag Team Champion with Tito Santana.
He had a famous feud with Superstar Billy Graham over the WWF Championship, which led to many pose-downs, arm wrestling bouts, and long matches between the two.
Other rivals included The Iron Sheik, Ivan Koloff, and Jesse Ventura, who would refer to Putski as "Puduski" when commentating for the WWF.
He was first Polish Wrestler to perform in WWF (now WWE).
Early life
Putski was born in Kraków and migrated to the United States at a young age. He and his family arrived in Texas, where Putski began his professional wrestling career. He stood 5 ft 6 in and weighed around 225 lbs. In his earlier days, he was weighed in at the 250 lb mark.
Personal life
Putski's son, Scott Putski, is also a professional wrestler, having previously worked at World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling. However, Scott did not share the same success that Ivan once had.
From 2000 to 2007, Putski worked as head security guard at Jack C. Hays High School in Buda, Texas.
On January 8, 2012, Ivan Putski was inducted into the Cloverleaf Radio Hall of Fame, Class of 2012.
Strongman career
Ivan Putski competed as a strongman in addition to wrestling. He finished eighth in a field of ten opponents in the 1978 World's Strongest Man competition.