Tagged: USA
My Last Stand Up in San Francisco
I guess this mini extract from the 1993 show can be called as My Last Stand Up in San Francisco. It was a grand re-union of comedians from one of the TV shows I...
Made in USA: Glorious Duo
Team USA Olympic Legends in History in Color Olympic champions Tommy Kono and Peter George of Team USA exchange smiles while lifting 170kg at the open training session. Tommy Kono won the Summer Olympics...
Paul Anderson in the Spoltlight
Legendary American super heavyweight Paul Anderson posing in front of the photo reporters during the exhibition weightlifting at the Madison Square Garden in NYC in 1955. Paul Anderson in the History in Color Series...
First Anniversary of the eLicensing System Launch
Celebrating the eLicensing System Launch!!! Note: Click the thumbnail images to view the full size The eLicensing project was perhaps one of the longest and biggest projects that I was involved in my over...
America’s Numero Uno
History in Color: Anthony (Tony) Terlazzo (1911-1966) was the first U.S. Olympic weightlifter to win an Olympic gold medal (1936) and a World title (1937). Tony Terlazzo was a graduate of the York Barbell...
1968 Team USA Weightlifting in Mexico City
Mexico City, 1968 – The group photo of 1968 Team USA Weightlifting in the Olympic village. Left to right: Major George Ottot (trainer), Phil Grippaldi (90kg, 7th place), Joe Puleo (82.5kg, -), Joe Dube...
Team USA Weightlifting in Berlin (1936)
Today’s History in Color cover features the group photo of the 1936 U.S. Olympic weightlifting team taken in the Olympic Village at Elstal in Wustermark (Berlin, Germany) Left to right*: Mark Berry (Head Coach),...
Plug and Play, USA!
One of the best Olympic weightlifting teams in the world in the 1950s and 1960s, Team USA is having a good time in the rural area in Pennsylvania. Not far from the York Barbell...