Perry Martter attended Ohio State, graduating in 1924 with a degree in civil engineering. He was Western Conference Champion three times and in his senior year served as a student coach with the Buckeyes. He later moved to Los Angeles were he joined with an uncle, George Bock, to form the contracting business, Martter & Bock. Martter continued to wrestle, attempting to make the 1928 Olympic team, and then wrestling professionally on the West Coast in the 1930s. His uncle then died and Martter took sole control of their business, running it until his death.