APA 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: International Skating Union, Louis Rubenstein, Dawson City Nuggets
4 Apr 2016
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Emergence of sport heroes: late 19th-mid 20th c. Hero archetype & mythology in our culture. Examples: francophone working class strongman; jewish igure skater; irish working class rower. Strongest person in the world at the ime. Us and uk tours in the 1890s. *audience paricipaion (18 big men on a piano) 35 consecuive right arm presses with 162. 8 lbs restrained 4 horses for 55 seconds. Became circus like, eventually travelled with a circus. Had declining health, relinquished itle @ age of 43. Died at age of 49 (overindulged in food & alcohol). Gamson 7 4 322 lbs barkeep from uk. Marries @ 19, move back to quebec, works as lumberjack, wins 1st challenge in 1885 in boulder liting compeiion. He would pretend he couldn"t lit it before he did at the last second. I hereby challenge any man in the world to a heavy weight liting contest for any sum from 100-500$ a side. louis cyr.
