Category: Articles in English
Stanley Stanczyk at the 1952 Olympics
History in Color: One of the best lifters from the York Barbell Club, light heavyweight Stanley Stanczyk (1925-1997) is about to start the snatch lift for Team USA at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki....
Team USA Weightlifting at the Madison Square Garden
History in Color: “There is no business like show business!..” Team USA Weightlifting is performing exhibition lifting sessions in front of thousands of fans at the Madison Square Garden in NYC in 1955. Tommy...
Dito Shanidze
History in Color: “It’s going to be OK!” says legendary featherweight Dito Shanidze of Tbilisi, Georgia while approaching the weight before the press lift at the 1971 USSR Spartakiade in Moscow. Original b/w photo...
Say Hello to Bruce Lee
History in Color: Team USA is getting ready to go to Rome for the 1960 Summer Olympics. Isaac Berger and Norbert Schemansky are practicing some martial arts between the lifts.
Memorial Day Parade in Winthrop
My hometown always remembers those who has died while serving in the American armed forces.