(Born Walter Joseph Lyons) - 1894 -1965
DON ATHALDO, strongman, was born on 26 November 1894 at Condobolin, New South Wales, son of Frederick Horace George Lyons, a carpenter from Queensland, and his native-born wife Elizabeth, née Power, who died of tuberculosis soon afterwards. Named Walter Joseph, he was sickly and could not walk properly until aged 5.
He later saw the strongman 'Dr Gordon' at Fitzgerald Bros' Circus, read about ancient Greece and built himself up by taking correspondence courses in physical culture.
Apprenticed to a blacksmith for five years, Lyons followed that trade and won repute as a circus strongman. Please go here to read the rest of the article!
He later saw the strongman 'Dr Gordon' at Fitzgerald Bros' Circus, read about ancient Greece and built himself up by taking correspondence courses in physical culture.
Apprenticed to a blacksmith for five years, Lyons followed that trade and won repute as a circus strongman. Please go here to read the rest of the article!
