Citizendia
Your Ad Here

Jim Londos
Statistics
Ring name(s) Jim Londos
Billed height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Billed weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Born January 2, 1897(1897-01-02)
Argos, Greece
Died August 19, 1975 (aged 78)
Retired 1946

Christos Theofilou or Christopher Theophelus (January 2, 1897 – August 19, 1975) better known as "The Golden Greek" Jim Londos, was a professional wrestler who was one of the most popular stars wrestling offered during the Great Depression. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Argos ( Greek: Ἄργος, Árgos ˈaɾɣos is a city in Greece in the Peloponnese near Nafplio, which was its historic harbor Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff

Contents

Career

Jim Londos was born Christos Theofilou in the late 1800s in Argos, Greece as the youngest of thirteen children. Argos ( Greek: Ἄργος, Árgos ˈaɾɣos is a city in Greece in the Peloponnese near Nafplio, which was its historic harbor At age thirteen he ran away from home and eventually ended up immigrating to the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Working whenever he could Theofilou landed a job as a catcher in a carnival acrobatic act. It was during this period that he was exposed to professional wrestling and began training.

Londos' first matches would be as "the Wrestling Plasterer" Christopher Theophelus, a gimmick that saw him coming to the ring in overalls. After a number of years he dropped this in favour of wrestling under the name Jim Londos and being a no nonsense wrestler.

Londos was well known for his good looks and his well muscled physique. He capitalized on this by having himself matched up against the ugliest opponents he could find. This promotional tactic worked very well and Londos became one of the most popular wrestlers in the 1930s and early 40's. Considered to be a national hero in Greece, Londos once drew a crowd estimated to be made of nearly 100,000 fans to see one of his matches when he traveled there. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία

Londos retired in 1946 and would spend the remainder of his life working for charitable organizations. His favorite charities dealt with Greek war orphans of the Second World War. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He died of a heart attack August 19, 1975. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

Professional wrestling holds include a number of set moves and pins used by competitors to immobilize their opponents or lead to a Submission. The National Wrestling Association was an off-shoot of the National Boxing Association, formed to sanction Professional wrestling. The National Wrestling Association version of the World Heavyweight Championship was a Professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Association The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame is located in Amsterdam New York and was previously located in Schenectady New York. David Allan Meltzer (born October 24 1961 is the editor of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ("WON HOF" for short is a professional wrestling hall of fame that exists only on paper
© 2009 citizendia.org; parts available under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License, from http://en.wikipedia.org
 Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic