Georg Hackenschmidt

 

Hackenschmidt is the reason that Eastern Europeans are feared strong men. Nicknamed "The Russian Lion," Hackenshmidt was a world champion wrestler, having fought about 3,000 matches and lost only two in his long career. Along with his wrestling skill, he was incredibly intelligent and well spoken—a combo that made him immensely famous during the early 1900s. Teddy Roosevelt, in fact, even once stated, “If I wasn’t president of the United States, I’d like to be Georg Hackenschmidt.”