Unger, Max

"At 16 years of age Lionel Strongfort... accidentally met the original Professor Attila. ... Lionel needed but little encouragement. He attended the Attila training quarters as often as possible. At 17 years of age he was able to do a double-handed lift of 250 lb. without any great exertion -- the Professor prevented his favorite and most promising pupil from premature overstrain. Strongfort's single- handed lift overhead at this time was 130 lb. ... About this time, however, there arose a worldwide variety theatre demand for what was known in the profession as "Strong Man Turns." Even in the