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{{Infobox professional wrestler
|name        = Larry Zbyszko
|image       = Bobby Heenan and Larry Zbyszko.jpg
|caption     = Zbyszko (right) with [[Bobby Heenan]] in 2005.
|names       = '''Larry Zbyszko'''
|height      = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}<ref name=Encyclopedia/>
|weight      = {{convert|233|lb|kg|abbr=on}}<ref name=Encyclopedia/>
|birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1951|12|5}}
|birth_place = [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]
|death_date  =
|death_date  =
|death_place =
|resides     = [[Avalon Park, Florida]]
|billed      = [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]<ref name=Encyclopedia/>
|trainer     = [[Bruno Sammartino]]<br />[[Newton Tattrie]]
|debut       = 1973
|retired     =
}}
'''Lawrence "Larry" Whistler''' (born December 5, 1951) is a [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]], better known by histhe [[ring name]], '''Larry Zbyszko'''. Zbyszko is, is an American [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]], perhaps best known for his feud with his mentor, wrestling legend [[Bruno Sammartino]] during the early 1980s.

Zbyszko's ring name has in the past been misspelled '''Zbysko''' or '''Zybysko'''. The correct spelling of the name, Zbyszko, is derived from the name of Polish wrestler [[Stanislaus Zbyszko]].⏎
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==Wrestling career==

===Early career and World Wide Wrestling Federation (1973–1981)===
Whistler trained under Bruno Sammartino and debuted in 1973 as the [[Face (professional wrestling)|babyface]] "Larry Zbyszko", with his name a tribute to 1920s [[Polish American]] wrestler [[Stanislaus Zbyszko]]. He initially wrestled in the Pittsburgh area, appearing on the local wrestling program [[Studio Wrestling]], before receiving [[List of professional wrestling terms#B|bookings]] in [[Vancouver]]. He s(contracted; show full)[[Category:Living people]]
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