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Con Colleano (born Cornelius Sullivan; 26 December 1899 – 13 November 1973) was an Australian tightrope walker. He was the first person to successfully attempt a forward somersault on a tightrope and became one of the most celebrated and highly paid circus performers of his time.
Jul 3, 2023 · Con Colleano was a world-famous tightwire artist who hid his Aboriginal heritage under a Spanish persona. A tribute show in his hometown of Lismore honours his achievements and challenges racism in circus history.
Oct 2, 2023 · Con Colleano, was the stage name of the first man in the world to do the front somersault on the tight rope. He was an Indigenous man from Lismore, NSW.
After his retirement, Con and his wife settled in Florida. In 1966, Con received the supreme honour of the American circus world: election to the Circus Hall of Fame. Con Colleano died of a heart attack on Tuesday, November 12, 1973 at his home at 8282 124th Street SW, South Miami, Florida. He was 73 years of age.
Con Colleano 1899 – 1973. The world’s greatest tightwire artist was born at Lismore, New South Wales, on 26 December 1899. Practising up to seven hours a day, Con mastered the feet-to-feet somersault on the tightwire – a feat previously considered impossible, as the performer cannot see his feet as they land on the wire.
Con Colleano. Actor: Flesh and Fantasy. A member of the Circus Hall of Fame, Con Colleano is in the Guinness Book of World Records as being the first person to ever successfully attempt a forward somersault on a low-wire tightrope. The son of an Irish bare-knuckle boxer and an Aboriginal woman, Con and his family put together a traveling troupe ...
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Con Colleano was the grandson of a freed convict and an Aboriginal woman. He grew up in an era of anti-miscegenation laws and repressive control of Aboriginal people. Despite this, he became one of the greatest tightrope performers ever known.
