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Joe Jackson Sr. (1873–1942) was born as Joseph Francis Jiranek in Vienna, Austria. He was Austrian cycling champion and a member of a world champion bicycle polo team before he became an entertainer.
Jackson started with a serious bike riding act, and then developed it into a comedy break. Preferring intimate settings, Jackson worked almost exclusively in vaudeville and European one-ring circuses. His act took him to England, Europe, Russia, Siberia, Turkey, and the United States. He encouraged his son to take over the act. It was performed by either father or son for over 100 years.[citation needed]
Following a performance at New York's Roxy Theater, he took several curtain calls, and then died in the wings. He was inducted into The International Clown Hall of Fame in 1994.