Thursday, January 12, 2023

Apollon (strongman)

 Louis Uni was born at eight o'clock in the morning on February 21, 1862, at no. 18 on the boulevard today that bears his name (Boulevard Louis Uni, Marsillargues), in the home that his father Jean-Jacques Uni built in 1845. He was the child of Jacques and Elisabeth (nee Bremond) and was a descendant of a lineage of famous local giants. His grandfather, Jacques Uni, born in 1772, was 2.03 meters (6 feet and 8 inches) tall, whereas the average height for males in France in 1800 was only 163.7 cm (5 feet and 4.45 inches).Actor Uni Apollon in 1926 at age 64Aged 14 He ran away from the house of his parents and joined the traveling Italian circus 'Caramagne' at Lunel near his home town. In the course of a show the police took the actor and handed him back to his father. Then, his parents let him to leave their home to work alongside Felix Bernard and Pietro Dalmasso. He worked alongside August "the Butcher" and Henri Pechon. He was discharged from the military aged 20.Uni took over the Café Fontaine in Paris and after having it renovated, the venue, he called it 'Concert Apollon' and began to present musical programs with athletics with athletic acts. He ultimately had to give up the theater and lose a lot of money. 5 Uni was a friend of the academic and champion of physical education , the protégé of Edmond Desbonnet.






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