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Christos Theofilou or Christopher Theophelus ((ギリシア語:Χρήστος Θεοφίλου); January 2, 1897 – August 19, 1975) better known as "The Golden Greek" Jim Londos, was a Greek professional wrestler who was one of the most popular stars who performed on the professional wrestling circuit during the Great Depression. ==Career== Jim Londos was born Christos Theofilou in 1897 in Argos, Greece.〔Hackett, T: "Slaphappy: Pride, Prejudice, and Professional Wrestling", page 36. HarperCollins, 2006.〕 As the youngest of thirteen children. At age thirteen he ran away from home and eventually ended up emigrating to the United States. Working whenever he could, Theofilou took several odd jobs including cabin boy, construction jobs and posing nude for figure drawing classes.〔Hackett, T: "Slaphappy: Pride, Prejudice, and Professional Wrestling", page 37. HarperCollins, 2006.〕 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. To compensate for his lack of wrestling ability,〔 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.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Londos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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