Paul Anderson (USA): Melbourne, 1956
History in Color: November 26, 1956, Melbourne, Australia – The strongest man in the world of the 1950s, heavyweight Paul Anderson of Team USA is on his way to the gold Olympic medal in...
History in Color: November 26, 1956, Melbourne, Australia – The strongest man in the world of the 1950s, heavyweight Paul Anderson of Team USA is on his way to the gold Olympic medal in...
When you work on old weightlifting pictures, at certain point, it becomes like a game. Have I been here before? Have I seen this photo before? Have I done this photo already in the...
History in Color: May 12, 1958, Chicago, IL – Legendary Tommy Kono competes for the U.S. team in the 75kg class in the first match of the 1958 USA vs USSR Olympic weightlifting series...
History in Color: July 21, 1948, Southampton, UK – Members of the U.S. Olympic weightlifting team, bantamweight Joe Di Pietro of New Jersey and heavyweight John Davis of New York City are enjoying the...
History in Color: November 26, 1956, Melbourne, Australia – Olympic vice champion, heavyweight Humberto Selvetti of Team Argentina congratulates Paul Anderson of Team USA with a gold medal in the 90+kg weight class at...
History in Color: September 7-13, 1963, Stockholm, Sweden – Members of the U.S. and U.S.S.R. weightlifting teams are spotted during the sight seeing of Stockholm during the 1963 World Championships (left to right): heavyweight...
History in Color: October 14, 1950, Paris, France – 1948 Olympic vice champion, 21-year old middleweight Peter George of Akron, OH, USA competes in the snatch program in the 75kg at the 1950 World Championship...
History in Color: September 17, 1970, Columbus, OH, USA – 28-year old light heavyweight Joe Puleo of Team USA competes in the Olympic press program in the 82.5kg class at the 1970 World Championships...
The History in Color series features a color version of the group photo of American weightlifters taken at the swimming pool of Bob Hoffman in York, PA. The original black-and-white photo was taken after...
History in Color: July 26, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – U.S. middleweight Peter George of Akron, Ohio USA competes in the press program on his way to the gold medal in the 75kg class at...