Remembering Petr Pavlasek (1947-2023)
January 3, 2023 – One of the best super heavyweights of the 1970s, Petr Pavlasek of Czech Republic passed away in Tyn nad Vltavou at 75. A 2x Olympian, Petr Pavlasek competed for for...
January 3, 2023 – One of the best super heavyweights of the 1970s, Petr Pavlasek of Czech Republic passed away in Tyn nad Vltavou at 75. A 2x Olympian, Petr Pavlasek competed for for...
Love, Health and Happiness to you and yours in the New Year! From Arthur (left) and Adele
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September 24, 2022, Saint Petersburg, Russia – Brilliant heavyweight of the 1970s, World champion and author of numerous world records, weightlifting legend, Pavel Pervushin died at 75. Pavel Pervushin was one of the most...
September 25, 2022, Tbilisi, Georgia – Olympic champion Rafael Chimishkyan passed away at 93 in his home Republic of Georgia. Rafael Chimishkyan was a true champion and legend of Olympic weightlifting. He had a...
Bobby Orr is one of the best hockey players ever to step on the ice rink. OK. There are top three players that are on the top of any all-time top lists out there....
Everybody Loves Balderis Launching a new web site about Helmut Balderis, legendary hockey wizard of the 1970s-1980s. It’s a soft launch of a beta version available for desktops and laptops. Smaller resolution (modile devices)...
The whole world was watching when they introduced me. I stepped on the stem and fell flat on my ass. I’ll tell you, that broke some of the tension. But the ironic thing was,...
To be honest with you, I found this quote by Helmut Balderis interesting and rather surprising. In my hockey book, Balderis was the best hockey player of all times and nations. In my view,...
When Team Canada arrived to Moscow for the second half of the 1972 Summit Series, things didn’t look good for Canada at all. They were losing the Series by 1-1-2 and they had to...