Tuesday, January 12, 2010
"The Great" Joe RollinoA closer look at the great man in honor of his passing. Joe Rollino learned the strongman trade as an assistant to Warren Lincoln Travis at the famed Coney Island. In the 1920's, Rollino branched out into his own strongman act, performing all the traditional feats such as back lifting, finger lifting, nail bending, phonebook and playing card tearing and, shown here, bending a spike in his teeth.
Rollino was also a boxer under the name "Kid Dundee" and, like many strongmen of the day, was a very good hand balancer.
Labels: Coney Island, Coney Island Strongman, hand balancer, Jaw Strength, Joe Rollino, Kid Dundee, Oldtime Boxers, Spike Bending, The Great Joe Rollino, Warren Lincoln Travis
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Warren Lincoln Travis Run Over by Car! "Warren Lincoln Travis Run Over by Car!" ~ don't worry folks, it's all part of the show. As part of his act, Warren Lincoln Travis did, in fact, let a car run over his body. This rare picture of WLT in action was taken in 1915 at Coney Island.
Labels: Car, Coney Island, Coney Island Strongman, Feat, Performing Strongman, Warren Lincoln Travis
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Charles PhelanA look at the great Conney Island strongman Charles Phelan in mid-"anyhow" with some great stage weights. Phelan also told jokes between feats of strength, billing himself (quite uniquely, I might add) as "The World's Most Entertaining Strongman.
Labels: Charles Phelan, Coney Island, Coney Island Strongman, Globe Barbell, Kettlebell, Performing Strongman, Stage Barbell
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Charles PhelanHow about that kettlebell? Charles Phelan billed himself not as the World's strongest man but the World's most entertaining strongman as he told jokes between his strength feats while he performed at Coney Island. He weighed only 140 pounds but held five world records: a one-finger lift of 506 pounds, 700 pounds with two fingers, a hand and thigh lift of 1125 pounds, a hip lift of 1600 pounds and a backlift of 2500 pounds. Phelan was taught how to be a strongman by Warren Lincoln Travis and was a good friend of Vic Boff.
Labels: Back Lift, Charles Phelan, Coney Island, Hand And Thigh Lift, Hip Lift, Kettlebell, Oldtime Strongman, One Finger Lift, Vic Boff
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