Tony Kontellis

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Tony Kontellis
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Ring name(s)	Tony Kontellis
Billed height	5 ft 9 in (180 cm)
Billed weight	Unknown
Born	Unknown
Resides	Sydney, Australia

Tony Kontellis (born 1935), is a former Australian professional wrestler. Kontellis has worked for many wrestling promotions throughout his career, including working for WCW Australia and WWWF for Vince McMahon Sr. Kontellis now resides in Sydney, Australia working as a trainer.

[edit] Career highlights

Kontellis participated in the Greek team for the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.
Whilst in Toronto, Canada Kontellis wrestled for Frank Tunney's Maple Leaf promotion but unfortunatly received a head injury whilst there.
In 1966, Tony Kontellis returned to Australia & New Zealand, where he fought Czaja, The Great Zorro, Wadi Ayoub & Steve Rickard.
In 1972, while in the WWWF, Kontellis wrestled opponents such as Joe Nova, Fred Curry & Jimmy Valiant.
In 1974, Kontellis defeated Don Carson, Bill Dundee, Mr. Moto & Les Thornton.