140 years ago today, George Karl Julius Hackenschmidt, famed pro wrestler and strongman, was born. Born to a Baltic German father and Estonian Swedish mother on August 1, 1877, Hackenschmidt, the oldest of three children, devoted much of his life to physical development. He spent a lot of time in the gym and took up…
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