Paul Anderson: Circus Act in Leningrad (1955)
History in Color June 18, 1955, Leningrad, Russia – Paul Anderson of Team USA competes in the 90+kg class in the second match of the historical USA vs. USSR Olympic weightlifting meet held in...
History in Color June 18, 1955, Leningrad, Russia – Paul Anderson of Team USA competes in the 90+kg class in the second match of the historical USA vs. USSR Olympic weightlifting meet held in...
History in Color: November 11, 1944, York, PA, USA – Legendary American featherweight, 33-year old Olympic champion Tony Terlazzo performs a clean-and-jerk lift while training at the good old York Barbell Club in York,...
History in Color: September 26, 1947, Philadelphia, PA, USA – 18-year old lightweight Peter George of Akron, OH, USA wins the World title with a 352.5kg (97.5+110+145) total in the 67.5kg class at the...
November 9, 2018 – Legendary Bob Hoffman (USA, 1898 – 1985) would have celebrated his 120th Birthday. Bob Hoffman was the key figure of the U.S. Olympic weightlifting for decades. It’s almost impossible to...
History in Color June 16, 1955, Moscow, Russia – Legendary Paul Anderson of Team USA, nicknamed as “Miracle of Nature” for his phenomenal strength, is competing for USA during the USA vs. USSR Olympic...
October 31, 2018 – One of the brightest stars of the U.S. and world weightlifting of the 1970s, Lee James celebrates his 65th Birthday! Happy Birthday, Champ!
“Where in the World is Ashgabat, Clarence?” “No idea. Somewhere in Russia, Bob?” What?!. History purists are getting frustrated now. And they are absolutely right. It is highly unlikely that this conversation between Bob...
This issue of our History in Color series features legendary Paul Anderson, Olympic champion of Melbourne (1956) appearing as a guest contestant at one the first comedy-quiz TV shows “The Best of Groucho” in...
History in Color: October 9, 1954, Vienna, Austria – Legendary Dave Sheppard of New York City, NY, USA competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1954 World Championships in Vienna Due to the...
History in Color: October 27, 1983, Moscow, Russia – Olympic champion Yurik Vardanyan of Team USSR and Leninakan, Armenia competes in a snatch lift program in the 82.5kg class at the 1983 World Championships...