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Bad-guy wrestler John Tolos a ‘superstar’ in early ’70s

LOS ANGELES — John Tolos, a professional wrestler whose dastardly antics in bouts with archrival Freddie Blassie attracted throngs to the Olympic Auditorium and one record-setting match at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1971, has died. He was 78.

Nicknamed the Golden Greek, Tolos....

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