Don Athaldo

Don Athaldo (26 November 1894 - 24 May 1965) was a strongman.

Biography

He was born as Walter Joseph Lyons on 26 November 1894 in Condobolin, New South Wales to Frederick Horace George Lyons and Elizabeth Power. Elizabeth died of tuberculosis after his birth. He was a sickly child and later saw the strongman Dr. Gordon at Fitzgerald Bros' Circus and decided to bulk up.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Don Athaldo". Australian Dictionary of Biography. http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130099b.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-26. 

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Name	Athaldo, Don
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Date of birth	26 November 1894
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Date of death	24 May 1965
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