At first, due to his large size, he was promoted by Jack Pfefer and Jack Curley of New York City as a "freak talent", one of a number of foreign and extraordinary wrestlers booked to attract the curious.[2] In the early 1940s, Szabo held three world championships. In the 1950s, he was quite popular in Southern California, where he was assistant booker to Jules Strongbow,[3] and held tag team championships in Los Angeles and San Francisco. He also recorded a song in 1953 for Hammerlock Records entitled "Take Me in Your Arms".[4] He wrestled his last match in 1963. In 2000, he was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. He died of a heart attack at the age of 60.
^The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: Heroes & Icons Steven Johnson, Greg Oliver, Mike Mooneyham - 2012 "SANDOR SZABO... — an amateur standout in or all his accomplishments in Europe, a multi-time world pro champion — it took a broken thumb to promote Sandor Szabo to the top rank of pop culture. In late 1952, Szabo, who left the word ““bashful” back in Hungary when he emigrated to the United States, announced he'd ' croon ““White Christmas” on a TV wrestling show in Los Angeles if he ..."