Friday, November 16, 2007

  • Otto Arco

  • Otto Arco was a very popular performing strongman on the vaudeville circuit during the early 20th century.

    His performance consisted of hand balancing feats with his brother Pete followed by a posing display (which was particularly impressive due to Arco's muscularity.)

    Arco's training consisted of acrobatics, tumbling, hand balancing, muscle control, weight lifting and wrestling...
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    He was a very good wrestler -- Arco's childhood pal in Poland was Stanislaus Zbyszko!

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