weightlifter

5 photos tagged weightlifter, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.

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1910

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aware health said:
Barrel-chested sonofagun, wasn't he? Quite a character, too, apparently: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=980CE6D71239E333A...
Richard Norton said:
Georg Lurich (April 22, 1876 - January 20, 1920) was a prominent Estonian Greco-Roman and free-style wrestler of the early 20th century. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Lurich
The Library of Congress said:
rjones0856 and Richard Arthur Norton: Thank you for the information about this boxer. We will update the photo information and reload the description.
mikescottnz said:
The wrestler /weight lifter and strongman also posed here: www.flickr.com/photos/9720826@N06/4231801558/

Randy Reiss said:
www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/ironmind/resources/olym... “The German Meteor: Hermann Gassler A brilliant Greco-Roman wrestler turned weightlifter, Gassler held two world records at the same time for the same lift—one in Paris and one in Germany. "
AdrienneG11 said:
Do you know any information about The German Meteor: Hermann Gassler? Did he ever make his way to the US?
B-59 said:
Hermann Gässler (1889 - 1970) see also www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3160158560/