Clyde Emrich (USA)
History in Color: December 1955, NYC, NY – Middle heavyweight Clyde Emrich of Team USA Weightlifting performs a clean-and-jerk lift in front of thousands of spectators at the famous Madison Square Garden arena in...
History in Color: December 1955, NYC, NY – Middle heavyweight Clyde Emrich of Team USA Weightlifting performs a clean-and-jerk lift in front of thousands of spectators at the famous Madison Square Garden arena in...
History in Color: May 1958, Chicago, IL – Soviet light heavyweight Trofim Lomakin (left) and his coach Alexander Bozhko are discussing the “game plan” before the beginning of the 1958 USSR vs. USA weightlifting...
History in Color: October 28, 1951, Milan, Italy – John Davis of Team USA competes in the 90kg weight class at the 1951 World Championships in Milan. Legendary John Davis was 30 at the...
History in Color: September 1963, Stockholm, Sweden – Bill March (left) and Norbert Schemansky of Team USA Weightlifting are enjoying the view of Swedish capital from their hotel room during the 1963 World Championships...
History in Color: Legendary bodybuilder and Olympic weightlifter John Grimek (1910-1998) performing Olympic weightlifting in front of the audience back in his prime. As an Olympic weightlifter, John Grimek competed for the Team USA at...
History in Color: August 29, 1953, Stockholm, Sweden – 23-year old U.S. middleweight Tommy Kono just set a world record in clean-and-jerk the officials are conducting the weigh-in procedure with the new record holder...
This is not me. This is a quote from the “Three Sisters” by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. On the History in Color cover photo, Olympic Team USA Weightlifting 1980 prior to the 1980 Summer...
History in Color: Team USA Weightlifting is ready for the 1969 World Championships in Warsaw, Poland (left to right): Frank Capsouras (90kg, 6th place), Gary Deal (110kg, 4th place), Phil Grippaldi (90kg, 5th place),...
History in Color: Legendary American weightlifter Lee James competes in the 90kg class at the 1978 Friendship Cup in Moscow, Russia. It was one of the last appearances of Lee James of Team USA...
October 19, 1968, Mexico City – 24-year old super heavyweight Joe Dube of Team USA competes in the snatch part of Olympic weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Joe had...