....Circus Ring of Fame to Induct Tony Steel....

....2008....



He is regarded as the best flying trapeze artist of his generation and one of the best in world. Ever. While performing in Durango, Mexico in 1962, with Lee Stath catching, Tony became the first trapeze artist to complete 3 1/2 back somersaults to a legs catch. This earned him a place in the Guinness Book of Worlds Records, pushing past the triple somersault barrier, the Salto Mortale, set by Ernest and Charles Clarke in 1909. Tonys record remained unsurpassed until the completion of the quadruple somersault by Miguel and Juan Vazquez in 1982.

Between 2001-2004, Tony Steele was a resident instructor at Trapeze High, where he took great pride in sharing his flying expertise and multitude of circus stories with students. Now in his 70's Tony is still flying, performing, and teaching on the flying trapeze. He will always be an entertainer, to be anything else would be against his nature.