About Don Athaldo
Lived 1894 – 1965 (aged 70). Don Athaldo was an athlete.
Don Athaldo (26 November 1894 – 24 May 1965) was a strongman.
Biography He was born as Walter Joseph Lyons on 26 November 1894 in Condobolin, New South Wales to Frederick Horace George Lyons and Elizabeth Power. Elizabeth died of tuberculosis after his birth. He was a sickly child and later saw the strongman Dr. Gordon at Fitzgerald Bros' Circus, read about ancient Greece and built himself up by taking physical culture courses by correspondence.
In the 1920s he published Health, Strength & Muscular Power; followed by a sequel, Meet Don Athaldo.
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Who was Don Athaldo?
Australian strongman (1894–1965)
When was Don Athaldo born?
Don Athaldo was born on 26 November 1894.
When did Don Athaldo die?
Don Athaldo died on 24 May 1965.
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Don Athaldo was an athlete.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Don Athaldo. https://biography.guide/don-athaldo/
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