Russians Are Coming
History in Color: USA vs. USSR (1958) Team CCCP Weightlifting arrived to the United States in May 1958. The original black-and-white photo might have looked a bit comic. The authors even called them...
History in Color: USA vs. USSR (1958) Team CCCP Weightlifting arrived to the United States in May 1958. The original black-and-white photo might have looked a bit comic. The authors even called them...
On the History in Color photo, legendary U.S. weightlifters are training in the good old York Barbell gym in York, PA. I know it might sound too pathetic – too many “legendaries” here. It’s...
Just added the new items to the Lift Up project. One of them is the great USA vs. USSR weightlifting series of matches in 1955. The matches were a part of a good will...
45 years ago Paul Henderson scored The Goal in Canada vs. USSR Game 8 in Moscow, the last game of the 1972 Summit Series. It was a game winning goal. It was...
The original caption for the black and white photo said: “In the 1950s, George F. Jowett held court with the early York barbell crew. Left to right: George Shandor, Steve Stanko, Dick Bachtell, George...
September 27, 1969, Warsaw, Poland – 25-year old Bob Bednarski of USA sets a new world record in snatch in the heavyweight class at the 1969 World Championship in Warsaw. We already featured legendary...
In this “History in Cover” issue, we feature a photo of legendary John Grimek performing one of the strength feat of the time – tearing apart a Chicago telephone book. John Grimek (1910-1998) was a...
On the cover History in Color photo, one of the best U.S. super heavyweights of all times. Joe Dube of Florida competes at the 1970 AAU Senior Nationals in Culver City, CA. History in...
Legendary defenseman Pierre Pilote of the Chicago Black Hawks died last Saturday, September 9, 2017. He was 85. Pierre Pilote played in the NHL from 1955 to 1969. For seven seasons, he was a...