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Bartolomeo Bert Assirati (1908 – 31 August 1990) was an English professional wrestler who became a multiple time British Heavyweight Champion and posthumously a member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. He was known for displaying various feats of strength including setting a British record in 1938 by lying on his back and pulling over at arms length a two hundred pound barbell. At 240 pounds Assirati was one of the heaviest men to perform the iron cross.