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Friday, February 01, 2008

  • Hector Decarie
  • Hector DecarieHector DecarieHector Decarie was another great Canadian strongman.

    He met Louis Cyr in a challenge match on February, 26th, 1906 at Sohmer Park, in Montreal.

    Cyr was 44 years old and in poor health, but at the end of the contest the results saw both men tied a 4 wins apeice (out of the 8 events.)

    Despite his showing, Cyr conceeded the title of "Strongest Man in the World" to Decarie right then and there.
    Decarie was a worthy successor, he could nearly equal many of Cyr's feats and, as reported by George Jowett, could backlift 3640 lbs.

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