Daily Archive: September 6, 2018
History in Color: October 10, 1954, Vienna, Austria – 30-year old Olympic champion Norbert Schemansky of Detroit, USA wins the World title in the 90+kg weight class at the 1954 World Championships. It was...
History in Color: March 17, 1970, Minsk, Belarus – 23-year old mid heavyweight star of Team USSR, Sergey Poltoratsky performs a snatch lifting in the 90kg class at the 1970 Friendship Cup in Minsk....
History in Color: March11, 1961, Moscow, Russia – Heavyweight James Bradford of Team USA competes in the 110+kg class at the 1961 Prize of Moscow international tournament in Moscow. Jim Bradford (1928-2013) was one...
Happy Birthday to Legendary Rudolf Plukfelder! According to most resources he was born on September 6, 1928. According to people close to him, he was actually born in 1927. His papers were lost during...