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{{short description|Polish strongman and professional wrestler}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=September 2018}} {{Tone|date=April 2018}} }} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox professional wrestler | name = Stanislaus Zbyszko | names = Stanislaus Zbyszko | image = Stanislaus Zbyszko in 1919 (cropped).jpg | caption = Zbyszko in 1919 | height = {{convert|5|ft|8|in|m|2|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|230|lb|kg|abbr=on}} | real_height = | real_weight = | birth_name = Jan Stanisław Cyganiewicz | birth_date = {{birth date|1880|04|01|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Jodłowa]], [[Austria-Hungary]]<br/><small>(now Poland)</small> | death_date = {{death date and age|1967|09|23|1879|04|01|mf=y}} | death_place = [[St. Joseph, Missouri]], U.S. | family = [[Wladek Zbyszko]] (brother) | billed = [[Vienna]], Austria | trainer = Władysław Pytlasiński | debut = 1901 | retired = 1934 | signature = Autograph of Stanislaus Zbyszko.png }} '''Stanisław Jan Cyganiewicz'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Cyganiewicz, Stanislaw Jan, 1879-1967 |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22430455 |website=National Library of New Zealand |access-date=February 12, 2024}}</ref> (April 1, 1880<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6VQV-RMLS |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=www.familysearch.org}}</ref> – September 23, 1967), better known by his [[ring name]] '''Stanislaus Zbyszko''', and frequently referred to in the contemporary English-language press as '''Zbysco''', was a Polish [[Strongman (strength athlete)|strongman]] and [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]. He was a three-time [[World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship (original version) |World Heavyweight Champion]] in the United States during the 1920s. The surname ''Zbyszko'' was a nickname given to him by friends due to his bravery as a child. The name originates from a fictional medieval [[Poland|Polish]] knight in the historical novel ''[[The Knights of the Cross]]'' by [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]], published in 1900. Stanislaus Zbyszko was the brother of [[Wladek Zbyszko]] (1891–1968).<ref>{{Cite web |last=NEWS |first=The FIRST |title=Noted intellectual, multiple world wrestling champ and later Hollywood star - Stanisław Cyganiewicz, born 140 years ago this day, was no April Fool |url=https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/noted-intellectual-multiple-world-wrestling-champ-and-later-hollywood-star---stanislaw-cyganiewicz-born-140-years-ago-this-day-was-no-april-fool-20983}}</ref>
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