Throughout the 1970s, Patera worked AWA, NWA and WWE primarily as a heel, focusing much of his draw and appeal on his prestige as a strongman. (Patera competed in the World's Strongest Man ...

An American weightlifter, Ken Patera, was training for a rematch against a Russian superheavyweight, Vasiliy Alexeev, at the 1972 Olympics. In an earlier competition, Mr. Alexeev had narrowly beat ...

Sadly, Ken Patera had about as much natural charisma on the mic as Eli Cottonwood's worst day. Physically, Ken was a beast. He was the first guy to hit the 500lbs mark on a clean and jerk ...

Ken Patera shared a frightening story of what he witnessed during a terrorist group's deadly attack at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.

Partial Source: Pwinsider-- WWE.com currently has a "Where are They Now" feature up on Ken Patera.-- Joey Styles posted this tweet recently: "What's the big… ...

In 1987, the WWF put a returning Ken Patera and Billy Jack together in a tag-team. They were affectionately known as ‘The Oregon Lumberjacks’, but several behind the scenes wanted things to be ...