- Grandfather of Jimmy Lydon.
- Professional wrestling champion.
- This handsome young wrestler from Greece was credited with attracting more female fans to professional wrestling events.
- He became known for the "beauty and the beast" gimmick in which he would get the ugliest wrestlers for his opponents.
- Interred at Oak Hill Memorial Park in Escondido, California.
- Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2002 (inaugural class).
- Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018 in the Legacy category.
- As a young man in his native Greece, he worked as a shepherd.
- He became one of the most popular profession wrestlers during the 1930s and 1940s and his ring career continued until his official retirement in 1959.
- He began his professional wrestling career in 1912 as Christopher Theopelus "The Wrestling Plasterer." He would come to the ring dressed in overalls. He would later drop the character gimmick and adopt the name "Jim Londos.".
- He became so popular as a professional wrestler in the United States that he became a hero in his native Greece. When he returned there to do some wrestling, one of the crowds was estimated to be around 100,000 people.
- He was the youngest of 13 children.
- At the relatively short stature of only 5'8" he was initially not considered championship material.
- At 5'8" one of his opponents was the gigantic (6'7") former world boxing champion Primo Carnera.
- After his arrival in the United States, some of his pre-wrestling jobs included construction worker, a member of a carnival acrobatic team and a nude model for a figure drawing class.
- In his day, he was so popular that he reportedly wrestled in 32 countries, including his native Greece.
- Late in his life, he married Arva C. Rochwite, an aviatrix from Missouri.
- He had three daughters: Diana, Demetra and Christina.
- After his retirement in 1959, he moved his family to a 10-acre avocado orchard in Escondido, California. He would pass away in Escondido on August 19,1975 at the age of 81.
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