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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.
Reeves eventually found his way to the microphone to declare, "I think that John Grimek is the greatest bodybuilder who ever lived!" While there was no contest held in 1949, behind the scenes, members of the Strength and Health League were arranging the formation of the National Amateur Body-Builders' Association or NABBA .
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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".
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 ...
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"
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Frank Zane (born June 28, 1942 [1]) is a retired American professional bodybuilder and author. Known as "The Chemist", Zane is a three-time Mr. Olympia winner, having won the competition every year from 1977 to 1979.