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	Louis Cyr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Louis Cyr, baptised Cyprien-Noé Cyr (October 10, 1863 – November 10, 1912) was a famous Canadian strongman.
		Cyr returned to Quebec in 1882 with his family and was married.
		Cyr lifted a 218-pound (99 kg) barbell with one hand (to Michaud’s 158 pounds/72 kg) and a weight of 2,371 pounds (1 076 kg) on his back, to his opponent’s 2,071 pounds (940 kg) to win the title of strongest man in the country.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Louis_Cyr (580 words)

	Louis Cyr - Interesting People - Cool Canada - Library and Archives Canada
		The lengendary Louis Cyr from the village of St. Cyprien, Quebec, was the strongest man of his time.
		Louis went on to challenge strongmen in the United States and Europe and set many records including a one-finger lift of 553 pounds (about 250 kg) and a one-hand press of 273 pounds (124 kg).
		Louis Cyr died in Montréal on November 10, 1912 of a kidney ailment.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /cool/002027-2103-e.html (352 words)

	Legion Magazine : The Quebec Colossus
		One wonders whether the reporter would have been so harsh had he known the truth about Louis Cyr, that the man who showed up to win that night was in fact dying of a combination of debilitating ailments brought on by excessive eating that left him nearly crippled, subsisting exclusively on a diet of milk.
		Cyr, a devoted young husband of 18, was torn between a steady job and going on tour as the latest sensation in a world insatiable for new feats of physical power.
		Cyr used a barbell lifting style typical of the era whereby at no time during the lift from floor to full-arm extension over the shoulder does the weight actually rest on the body.
	www.legionmagazine.com /features/canadianreflections/98-03.asp (2400 words)

	Cyr, Louis
		Cyr, Louis, strongman (b at St-Cyprien-de-Napierville, Canada E 10 Oct 1863; d at St-Jean-de-Matha, Qué 10 Nov 1912).
		Cyr's family moved to Massachusetts, and as a young man he was a lumberjack in New England before returning to Montréal in 1882 to take a job as a policeman.
		Though not unusually tall, Cyr weighed as much as 165 kg and was immensely strong.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002099 (276 words)

	Louis XIV - The Sun King
		In the "Mémoires" of Louis XIV a whole theory of the relations between Church and State is expounded.
		The Concordat of Francis I placed a large number of benefices at the disposal of Louis XIV; he felt that the appointment of bishops was the most critical part of his kingly duty, and the bishops whom he appointed were, in general, very well chosen.
		Louis XIV was particularly fond of taking a hand in doctrinal matters; and those who surrounded him ended by believing that the king could supervise the Church and supply it with information on religious questions.
	www.louis-xiv.de /index.php?t=religion&a=religion (559 words)

	Canadiana \| Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Louis Cyr was born in 1863, the first of 17 children.
		According to another story, Louis lost his job at a sawmill when the irate owner got tired of his workers abandoning their labour to watch young Louis perform escalating feats of strength.
		Louis met and married his petite wife in Lowell, but found the employment grass greener back in Québec.
	7thfloormedia.com /resources/canadiana/library/cyr.html (751 words)

	Famous, Should Be Famous, and Infamous Canadians: Louis Cyr
		Louis Cyr was in his first strongman competition at the age of 17, when he faced Michaud of Quebec.
		At the height of his career, Cyr stood only 5'10" tall but he weighed over 300 pounds and had a 60" chest when it was expanded (55.2" normally).
		Louis Cyr died in 1912 and many say he ate himself to death.
	www.almostfabulous.com /canadians/name/c/cyrlouis.php (284 words)

	Louis Cyr: Strongest Man Who Ever Lived
		Louis started his strong man career at the age of 17, after some publicity came about due to an incident when the young Louis was reported to have lifted a farmers heavily laden wagon out of the mire in which it had become stuck.
		Louis Cyr's exploits had been well publicized in the 'Pink UN' (the paper was actually pink, although the contents were often 'Blue') Or Police Gazette published by Richard K. Fox, the famed proprietor and promoter of other strength athletes, e.g.
		Cyr did a one handed deadlift with a dumbell weighing 525lb/238kg, made harder by the fact that the bar was 1.5 inches thick.
	www.sandowplus.co.uk /Competition/Cyr/cyr-biog.htm (2021 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		Louis was married that year and went to work as a lumberjack.
		Cyr won an easy victory, lifting a 218-pound barbell with one hand (to Michaud’s 158 pounds) and a weight of 2,371 pounds on his back (to his opponent’s 2,071).
		In January 1908 Louis Cyr granted a series of interviews to a journalist from La Presse in which he recounted his life, his exploits, and his adventures.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41432 (1192 words)

	The Strongest Man That Ever Lived (Louis Cyr, Circa 1927) - Chapter 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Louis beamed with pleasure on the success of his task as he straightened up to gaze into the dumfounded face of the speechless teamster.
		Louis stepped forward, a little pompously, as becomes a Frenchman, but there was that slight shadow of hesitancy within his eye that goes with youth and inexperience as it seeks to find its bearings.
		The spread of his shoulders, twice the size of the ordinary strong man, concealed masses of muscles which lay in huge slabs upon their scaffold, and the depth and width of the pelvis was gigantic, even as the circumference of his powerful legs was beyond the belief of men who had never seen him.
	www.naturalstrength.com /history/detail.asp?SecID=10&ArticleID=725 (4531 words)

	Acadian Genealogy Homepage; LOUIS CYR, the Quebec strongman!
		Louis Cyr's great strength was probably acquired as much from his maternal as from his paternal side of the family.
		CYR learned a number of stunts from the "'smith" in his youth, and even performed variations of what he learned from this era of his youth.
		CYR's temper was later to become one of his less desirable traits and cause him to become an almost unstoppable figure, verging on madness when prompted to lose his self-control.
	www.acadian.org /louiscyr.html (2414 words)

	Franco-American Strong Men
		Cyr started his strong man career at the age of 17, after some publicity came about due to an incident when the young Louis was reported to have lifted a farmers heavily laden wagon out of the mire in which it had become stuck.
		Louis Cyr was formally designated the Strongest man in the world in 1896 when he confronted Swedish champion August Johnson in a competition that lasted more than three hours.
		Louis Sockalexis of the Penobscott Nation whose natural ability made him stand head and shoulders over future hall of fame baseball players was also of French Canadian Descent.
	francoamericanconnection.com /fa-sports/index.html (831 words)

	TOURISME MONTRÉAL - STORY IDEAS
		Louis Cyr was born Noé-Cyprien Cyr in 1863 near Montréal, the oldest of a family of seventeen children.
		It was Madame Cyr who first noticed her son Noé-Cyprien's unusual early development, and she decided to accentuate his burgeoning physique by letting his blond hair grow unfashionably long—and curling it lovingly herself.
		Louis was hired on the spot and became a trusted friend—and local legend.
	www.tourisme-montreal.org /Media_Target/HotTopics/EN/HTML/872_EN.asp?cookie_test=1 (1458 words)

	IFBB.com - Reports and News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Cyr's strength exploits eclipsed the records of Louis "Apollon" Uni, and Eugen Sandow refused to compete against him.
		While "Weider's scientific approach to bodybuilding and Cyr's sheer brute power could not be further apart," Weider chose to pay tribute to the amazing Canadian strongman in a colorful, picturesque account of his life and times, and his extraordinary accomplishments.
		You'll be transported to the late 1800s, when Louis Cyr first distinguished himself as a child prodigy of strength, and his mother changed his name to Louis and insisted that he wear long golden curls in the tradition of Samson.
	www.ifbb.com /reports/Louis_Cyr.html (278 words)

	Sports in Canada: Strength Sports
		Louis Cyr humbled all such opponents until his retirement at age 45.
		Legend and fact merge in the tales of Jos Montferrand and Louis Cyr, as well as in those who followed them.
		Hector Décarie was the last challenger for Cyr's title, and some versions of the contest call it a stand-off, with Cyr himself declaring Déclarie "the strongest man." At least one woman, Mme Cloutier, was able to emulate one of Louis Cyr's exploits by restraining two 1,400 pound (635 kg) horses.
	www.histori.ca /sports/strength.html (1250 words)

	Johnny St Cyr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Johnny St. Cyr played both banjo and guitar and is recognized as a true jazz pioneer.
		He recorded with King Oliver and Jelly Roll Martin, but is most recognized as a key member of Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five and Hot Seven sessions.
		Cyr moved to Los Angeles in and led the Young Men from New Orleans at Disneyland from 1961 until his death in 1966.
	www.banjomuseum.org /contact_about/hof/johnny_st_cyr.asp (127 words)

	CANADIAN HEROES IN FACT AND FICTION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It began in his teens when Cyr, who inherited his strength from his mother, allegedly pulled a loaded farm wagon out of the mud by lifting it on his back.
		Cyr’s fame was earned before accurate records were kept, and before weight lifting was included among Olympic events.
		According to author Ben Weider, Cyr’s records remain uncontested and incontestable (The Strongest Man in History: Louis Cyr, 1976, p.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /2/6/h6-210-e.html (128 words)

	Louis Cyr: The Father of Strength
		It's been more than one hundred years since Louis Cyr forged his last record, but modern day strongmen still struggle to beat these astounding feats.
		Louis Cyr: The Father of Strength tells the remarkable story of a lumberjack from small town Quebec who went on to become the toast of European society, and the greatest lifter of all time.
		Louis Cyr: The Father of Strength was part of season two of the on-going History Television series "The Canadians: Biographies of a Nation".
	www.picturethis.ca /louis_cyr.html (267 words)

	Cyr Family Genealogy Forum (All Messages)
		Re: Emelie Cyr Of Quebec - Christine Kowal 5/30/04
		Re: CYR Acadian and in Nicolet county Quebec - janice strand 7/12/00
		Re: CYR Acadian and in Nicolet county Quebec - Helen (Cyr) Boyle 6/11/00
	genforum.genealogy.com /cyr/all.html (5709 words)

	John Robinson's 25000 challenge featureMr. Louis Cyr strongest man on EarthAssisted by the French Hercules Horace Barre ...
		Louis Cyr strongest man on EarthAssisted by the French Hercules Horace Barre...
		Louis Cyr strongest man on Earth--Assisted by the French Hercules Horace Barre...
		Various scenes demonstrating strength such as Cyr lifting 25 men at once, and Barre supporting an elephant on a platform.
	www.rainfall.com /posters/circus/155.htm (245 words)

	Gallery of Ironmen II
		Louis Cyr was probably the strongest man of the 19th century.
		This is Louis Uni, also known as Apollon.
		If filled it certainly would be as heavy as Louis Cyr's dumbbell now resting in the York Barbell hall of fame.
	www.bigsteel.iwarp.com /Gallery/Gallery2.html (260 words)

	Louis Levasseur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		My Grand-father's brother Louis Levasseur was born on 5 September 1892 in Lille, Me. the son of Maxime Levasseur and Julie Sirois.
		His godparents were Louis Cyr and Catherine Levasseur.
		Louis married Antoinette Boucher on 26 July 1928.
	www.protsys.com /LOUIS (80 words)

	United Church of Christ
		The German Evangelical Church first appeared in St. Louis in 1834 with the establishment of Holy Ghost Church.
		Louis: Holy Ghost United Church of Christ, 1969.
		Marcus Evangelical and Reformed Church, St. Louis, Missouri, Erich E. Leibner, Pastor: Souvenir Published to Commemorate the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding of the Congregation, July 16, 1843.
	stlgs.org /religionsUcc.htm (484 words)

	Acquired growth hormone deficiency and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in a subject with repeated head trauma, or Tintin ...
		Acquired growth hormone deficiency and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in a subject with repeated head trauma, or Tintin goes to the neurologist -- Cyr et al.
		Antoine Cyr currently attends Chez Marlène daycare, and his brother Louis-Olivier Cyr is a first-grade member at École primaire Champlain.
		Claude Cyr is Associate Professor with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Que.
	www.cmaj.ca /cgi/content/full/171/12/1433 (885 words)

	Louis-Cyr Letterbox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Louis Cyr was the world-famous Canadian strongman who remained undefeated in his lifetime.
		He died in Montreal in 1912, and was buried in St-Jean-de-Matha.
		Follow these instructions to find the Louis Cyr letterbox.
	alcor.concordia.ca /~dez/louiscyr.html (292 words)

	Obituaries: 2/26/02
		NEW BEDFORD -- Louis Cyr, 85, of Main Street, Acushnet, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2002, at Mariner Health Care of Southeastern Massachusetts.
		Cyr worked for Continental Screw Co. for many years until his retirement.
		Survivors include two nephews, Thomas A. Cyr of Acushnet and Paul Cyr of New Bedford; two nieces, Louise Porter of Goffstown, N.H., and Jeannine Gluck of Lebanon, Conn.; and many great-nieces and great-nephews.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/02-02/02-26-02/zzzddobi.htm (2206 words)

	Civilization.ca - Treasures Gallery - Louis Cyr (carving)
		A native of Saint-Cyprien in Napierville County, he was recognized as the strongest man in the world until he met his match in a man named Décarie in 1906.
		According to his biographers, Louis Cyr set several records that have never been equalled.
		This statuette shows him in his favourite stance, his arms crossed over his powerful chest, legs spread apart and feet planted firmly on the ground.
	www.civilization.ca /tresors/treasure/111eng.html (107 words)

	1976 WWWF House Show Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Louis Cerdan battled Louis Cyr to a Double DQ Andre the Giant and Dominic DeNucci defeated Ernie Ladd and Bugsy McGraw
		Tony Parisi and Louis Cerdan defeated Tony Altimore and Louis Cyr to retain the WWWF Tag-Team Championship
		Tony Parisi and Louis Cerdan defeated Jerry Blackwell and Louis Cyr to retain the WWWF Tag-Team Championship
	www.wrestlinginformer.net /1976_wwwf_house_show_results.htm (3601 words)

	Cyr Family Genealogy Forum
		Cyr/ Sire/ Sire dit Cadieu/Sears - Susan Bressette 6/22/06
		Re: Lévite Cyr born Baker Brook, N.B. died Montana - Robert Cyr 11/27/05
		Re: Lévite Cyr born Baker Brook, N.B. died Montana - Robert Cyr 12/01/05
	genforum.genealogy.com /cyr (508 words)

	GeneaSeek - GeneaNet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Marie "Rose" FAMELART (~1767 - >1835) Cyr Louis SERRIOT varia.
		MANSUELLE (~1742 - 1808) Jean Cyr Montain LECOCQ varia.
		Cyr Louis PAYEN Cyr PAYEN (~1756 - 1831) Marie Joseph GUYENNE (<1771 - >1835) Cyr Louis PAYEN varia.
	www.geneaseek.org /cgi-bin/search-en?np=2&q=CYR (301 words)

	Louis Cyr - Bibliographie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		"Louis Cyr et ses mémoires" (La Patrie, 1936)
		Jacques Clairoux, "Du spectacle de la force à l'athlétisme théâtral: Louis Cyr et le cirque au Québec." 1988, (JCL1988)
		Louis Cyr, l'homme le plus fort au monde, Montréal, Publications Santé et Force (Ben Weider), s.d.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /louiscyr/biblio.htm (154 words)

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