“It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of The Iron Sheik,” the announcement ... wrestling coach and trainer for the U.S. Olympics team, becoming a professional ...

The Iron Sheik, whose real name was Hossein Khosrow ... competing for Iran’s national team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He later served as an assistant coach on the U.S. national team at the ...

The Iron Sheik, an iconic WWE wrestler and popular ... He was a Greco-Roman wrestler and nearly made his country's Olympic team in 1968. He later moved to the U.S. and became an assistant coach ...

Slotnik The Iron Sheik, a Hall of Fame wrestler who became ... a bodyguard for the family of the shah of Iran. But after the Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Gholamreza Takhti died under ...

Born Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri in Damghan, Iran, in 1942, the Iron Sheik began his wrestling career in the Greco-Roman style and competed to represent his country in the 1968 Olympic Games in ...

In the statement, The Iron Sheik was called a "cultural phenomenon ... coach for the United States wrestling team at the 1972 Olympics. Sheik broke into the world of professional wrestling ...

He also aspirations for being a Olympic wrestler ... on Twitter and inspired the name of Long Island punks Iron Chic. Rest easy, Sheik. Watch some classic moments and read the full official ...

Prior to wrestling professional, Iron Sheik was a well-regarded amateur wrestler, serving as an assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic wrestling team in the 1980s. Famously, the Iron Sheik is also ...

ATLANTA - The former professional wrestler known as the Iron Sheik has died at the age of ... Iran's Greco-Roman wrestling team for the 1968 Summer Olympics. After moving to the United States ...

Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, known to the world of wrestling—and Twitter—as The Iron Sheik, has died ... s Greco-Roman wrestling team at the 1968 Olympics. He would shortly after move to ...

This brutal murder sent shockwaves through the wrestling community and had a profound and lasting impact on the Iron Sheik's personal and professional life. The devastating loss of his daughter ...