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Stephen Lester Reeves (January 21, 1926 – May 1, 2000) was an American professional bodybuilder and actor. He was famous in the mid-1950s as a movie star in Italian-made sword-and-sandal films, playing the protagonist as muscular characters such as Hercules, Goliath, and Sandokan.
John Carroll Grimek (June 17, 1910 [2] – November 20, 1998) was an American bodybuilder and weightlifter active in the 1930s and 1940s. Grimek was Mr. America in 1940 and 1941, and Mr. Universe in 1948. [3] [4] In 1949, he won his last contest, the AAU Mr. USA, [4] against a field that included Steve Reeves, Clarence Ross, George Eiferman ...
Standing 6 ft 1 in and with a top weight of 250 lb, he was known for his mass and was a forerunner to the size-focused aspects that dominate modern bodybuilding. [5] He was also renowned for his strength, which he often demonstrated in contests and strongman exhibitions. He is on record as the second man (after Doug Hepburn) to bench press 500 lb.
In 1957, the Guadeloupan-French bodybuilder Arthur Robin became the first Black man to win the Mr Universe title. [2] The early success of the Mr Universe was underpinned by the support of many of the big names taking part such as John Grimek, Steve Reeves, Reg Park and Bill Pearl.
Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1974. Feras Saied; Frank Saldo; Monte Saldo; Silvio Samuel; Eugen Sandow, "father" of modern bodybuilding; Miloš Šarčev; Marko Savolainen, "Supermass"; Günter Schlierkamp, "The Gentle Giant"
Lupus was one of many bodybuilders who followed Steve Reeves into the "sword and sandal" films of the 1960s, occasionally credited as Rock Stevens for such films as Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964), Challenge of the Gladiator (1965) and Muscle Beach Party (1964) where he starred as "Mr. Galaxy" Flex Martian. [1]
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The Mr. America contest is a bodybuilding competition started by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). It was first held on July 4, 1939, and the winner was named "America's Best Built Man". It was first held on July 4, 1939, and the winner was named "America's Best Built Man".