STRONGMAN GUST LESSIS: THE GREEK-AMERICAN SAMSON by Steve Frangos Published in The National Herald March 7, 2020 Thank you to The National Herald for giving HellenicGenealogyGeek.com permission to post articles that are of interest to our group. -------------------------------------------- Without question Gust Lessis occupies one of the most unique roles in the history of Greek strong men in North America. In the very early 1920s, when Lessis first became widely known to the American public, the fabled strongmen of the 1890s had already astonished the world with their incredible feats of superhuman strength. Beginning with the legendary Eugene Sandow and quickly followed by George Hackenschmidt, Louis Cyr, and Louis Apollon audiences around the world were in equal measure thrilled and astonished by these legendary strongmen as they executed in full public view what were then called 'demonstrations of strength.' Such were the feats of strength Less...