George Dinnie

George Dinnie (18 July 1875 to 13 June 1939) was a sportsman, strongman, wrestler and champion dog breeder, billed in the travelling show of Henry Jasper Redfern as the strongest man on earth. He is said to have been born at Ayr in Scotland, though this is unsubstantiated, and newspapers often called him the son of the famous Donald Dinnie without evidence. He wrestled in the catch-as-catch-can and Cumberland styles in English and Scottish music halls, moved to Australia in 1904 with Jack Carkeek, joined the Perth Fire Brigade and then the Western Australian police, and met wrestlers such as Buttan Singh, Peter Bannon and Frank Gotch. His honours included the Australian Catch-as-Catch-Can Championship and two Western Australian Heavyweight Championships. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1914 but served only briefly, later breeding sheep and dogs in Western Australia, and died at Kalgoorlie.