Thursday, December 31, 2009

  • George Lurich - Human Link!


    • Of the thousands of posts that I have put up on this site, I have to say that this one is one of my absolute favorites: a rare picture of the Estonian strongman George Lurich performing the Human Link with a pair of camels!

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    Posted by John Wood @ Thursday, December 31, 2009

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    Tuesday, November 24, 2009

  • George Lurich: Overhead Support


    • George Lurich was as good of a strongman as he was a wrestler... and he was a terrific wrestler. He had many incredible feats to his credit but this was perhaps his greatest: a one-arm overhead support of over 700 pounds!

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    Posted by John Wood @ Tuesday, November 24, 2009

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    Wednesday, August 12, 2009

  • The Russian Lion - George Hackenschmidt


    • George Hackenschmidt was equal parts champion weightlifter and wrestler. One wonders what he might have accomplished had he chosen to focus on one or the other... or perhaps the secret of his success was due to the fact that he did combine the two ! In any case, Hackenschmidt's performance on some of the standard lifts of the day (early 1900's) are as follows:
  • One-Hand Snatch: 197-1/2 lbs
  • One-Hand Jerk: 231 lbs
  • Two-Hands Press: 281 lbs
  • Continental Jerk: 345-1/2 lbs

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    Posted by John Wood @ Wednesday, August 12, 2009

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    Wednesday, July 22, 2009

  • Alexander Aberg


    • An extremely rare picture of the great Estonian wrestler Alexander Aberg who was also George Lurich's brother-in-law. Aberg defeated the likes of Dr. Benjamin Roller (of America), Wladek Zbyszko (of Poland), Pierre La Colosse (of France), Harry De Nys (of Belgium) Leo Pardell (of Italy), Sulo Hevonpaa (of Finland) and Jo-An Tigan (of Mongolia) on his way to a World Championship in 1915.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Wednesday, July 22, 2009

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    Wednesday, July 15, 2009

  • George Lurich


    • Estonian born George Lurich was a great wrestler and strongman during the early 1900's. He was was a great friend and training partner to George Hackenschmidt (It was actually Lurich who introduced Hackenschmidt to weightlifting.) Lurich's brother-in-law was Alex Aberg, another champion wrestler of the time period.

    Lurich was the world Greco-Roman wrestling champion in 1912 and was the last man to face Frank Gotch before Gotch retired in 1913. As far as strength feats, among others, Lurich is credited with a one-hand jerk of 267 lbs., and a two-hands clean & jerk of 344 lbs.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Wednesday, July 15, 2009

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