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Βrief references to the athlete

The newspaper “Makelio” attempts an approach to the issue.

“A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.”

B. Russell

September 4, 2023. The columnist of the newspaper tries to give a summary of the life of Coutalianos. For the writing of this article, he relies on a few sources circulating on the internet and on oral traditions, which is why the various incidents he mentions are not completely accurate.


Jan. 2, 1988
The above article refers to the closure of a school located in the village of Nea Coutali, on the island of Lemnos. The author calls the residents of this village “descendants of the athlete Coutalianos”
Sept.22, 1984
The article refers to itinerant wrestlers and mentions the name of Coutalianos.

In the above book, entitled “The Greek Origin of the Araucanian Tribe of Chile”, there is a footnote in which the editor of the publication mentions the administrator of the page “pchab.gr”, who gave him the information that Coutalianos had visited the places where the Araucanians of Chile lived.

The above article refers to the popularity of the sport of weightlifting and the increasing participation of many athletes in this sport in which Coutalianos had distinguished himself.
The above article, titled “Coutalianoi”, was written by coach Mr. Paleologou, who approaches the issue of coaching with humor, even mentioning the name of Coutalianoi.
Apr. 14, 1906
The article is related to the Olympic champion Tofalos, mentioning at some point the name of Coutalianos.
Febr.22, 1966
A certain ultra-elderly resident of Mytilene, named Skarvellis and who in 1966 turned 102, told the columnist of the above article that he had seen Panayis Coutalianos up close.
Dec.5, 1981
The itinerant wrestler Samson states that “Coutalianos was the professor and all the other Greek wrestlers who appeared after him were simply his minions”
Sept. 6, 1923
The publishing house “Oikonomopoulos Library” publishes the biography of Coutalianos.
Μay 24, 1948
The Greek-American newspaper “The National Herald” celebrates its 33rd anniversary with a photographic tribute. Among other things, it presents photographs of both Coutalianos himself and his children who were also athletes.
Jan.13, 1913
An article about the phenomenon of Greek immigration to the USA, during the Balkan Wars.
Νewspaper “Athens”
Jan.13, 1913
The immigration of Greeks to the USA has highlighted one of their virtues. This virtue is their exceptional performance in sports and mainly in the sport of wrestling. In the USA, wrestling is the most popular spectacle of both the common people and the rich, because in this country … the rich … come from the common people.
Greek wrestlers who compete in international competitions earn thousands of dollars and often manage to dominate even their black colleagues who have a huge reputation in the US and great skills. It seems that three of the many Greek wrestlers in the US will be starring in the coming years.American women admire them and throw them bouquets of flowers, just as Spanish women throw their fans and scarves at bullfighters.
First Coutalianos and then Tofalos, two typical representatives of Greek power, earned a lot of money in the USA, even if they were not exclusively wrestlers.
But here is a profession that justifies immigration.
Do you have a strong body and arms?
America opens its “arms” and waits to embrace you with affection…

With his “magical” sailboat, Coutalianos travels through space-time..

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