Monthly Archive: October 2020
Heavyweight Champions: Dnepropetrovsk (1949)
October 12, 2020 – Outstanding Soviet and Ukrainian athlete and coach Nikolay Komeshov (1920-2002) would have been celebrating his 100th Birthday today. History in Color: April 12, 1949, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, USSR –Heavyweight champions of...
1956 Team USA in Melbourne
History in Color: Melbourne, Australia, November 1956 – Members of the U.S. Olympic weightlifting team gathered for a memory group photo at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne (left to right): Clarence H. Johnson...
Rudolf Ismayr (Germany): Training Outdoors in 1936
Ocober 14, 2020 – One of the international weightlifting super stars of the pre World War II era, Rudolf Ismayr (1908-1998) would have been 112 years old today. History in Color: Berlin, Germany, 1936...
Birds in October: Jacksonville Beach Wannabe
As seen in Jacksonville Beach, FL (October 2020). It’s not a bird per se, of course. Maybe, it could be called a bird wannabe. A pilot is preparing his powered paraglider on the beach...