Author Topic: AAU Mister America - Discuss the AAU History  (Read 332332 times)

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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #350 on: May 24, 2010, 09:33:55 PM »
most of these older books are out of print and hard to come by except if you want to pay an exorbiant price on e-bay etc. but you may be in luck robert kennedy of musclemag international is putting out a special issue featuring many of the top bodybuilders  of the period 1940-1990. it should be out in the next several monthes watch for it.

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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #351 on: June 03, 2010, 12:48:52 PM »
I think he stills owns a big gym in Lousiana
Red does and it is quite a health club , one of the best gyms I have ever seen.
Red still sponsers and attends the NPC state meet held each July in Lafayette , La.
Many of the winners come from his club.

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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #352 on: June 03, 2010, 12:59:12 PM »
mr a results  posted on another site due to timmy leong's death.
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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #353 on: June 03, 2010, 01:09:04 PM »
a good mag which did something like i hope musclemag does now on  bbings history.
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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #354 on: June 13, 2010, 05:22:51 AM »
a good mag which did something like i hope musclemag does now on  bbings history.
Now that mag would make Interesting reading! 8) 8) 8) 8)

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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #355 on: November 08, 2010, 01:23:20 PM »
while weider probably helped bodybuilding continue  for all these years he might have hurt it by doing away with the mister titles. in the 60's and 70's esp. people cared who won the  mr america title. who knows or even cares who won the nationals or world's beside the hardcore fan. opinions?
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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #356 on: November 18, 2010, 09:30:53 PM »
Funk, to the best of my knowledge, the "Mr " titles were the exclusive 'properties' of the AAU as determined in a federal court.

I also sort of recall our attempt to revive the "Mr America" title but eventually discovered that it was 'owned' by a men's clothing business.

Anyone have an update on this subject?

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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #357 on: November 20, 2010, 10:08:22 AM »
Funk, to the best of my knowledge, the "Mr " titles were the exclusive 'properties' of the AAU as determined in a federal court.

I also sort of recall our attempt to revive the "Mr America" title but eventually discovered that it was 'owned' by a men's clothing business.

Anyone have an update on this subject?
so maybe that's why weider and dan lurie discontinued there use, but still could use mr. olympia because that's an original name? lurie mr olympus.
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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #358 on: November 21, 2010, 07:50:14 AM »
Yes, Funk, you're basically correct.

I forgett the exact details, but the NPC and the AAU went to court to settle which organization had the right to use specific bodybuilding titles.

After that case was heard the NPC was either ordered to not use (or decided not to use) the term "Mr." in any of its titles. (There were no "Miss" titles at that time to the best of my recollection.)

I believe that same court case made a decision which prevented any amateur sports governing body from rejecting an individual's entry simply because he had participatrd in a rival organization's contest.

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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #359 on: May 10, 2011, 10:09:32 AM »
bump for any newbies browsing here for first time. harry should have won.
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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #360 on: January 09, 2012, 06:52:13 PM »
Guy on the right looks like he's killing everyone.

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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #361 on: January 10, 2012, 07:58:56 AM »
Guy on the right looks like he's killing everyone.
and believe it or not he came in 5 th and didn't even win most muscular.
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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #362 on: January 12, 2012, 07:47:18 PM »
No wonder the sport has always been one step forward two steps back....

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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #363 on: January 14, 2012, 12:41:28 PM »
 :o sergio 7 and 3 rd mm
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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #364 on: January 16, 2012, 02:44:11 PM »
Wow

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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #365 on: November 01, 2012, 09:42:23 AM »
bumped for robert zuver of zuver's gym fame.
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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #366 on: August 29, 2014, 12:06:16 PM »
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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #367 on: August 31, 2014, 08:39:21 AM »
Looks like a special olympics line up  ;D

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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #368 on: December 30, 2014, 12:01:50 PM »
anyone interested in this thread should purchase john fair's book mr america a good read by an academic covering the subject of bodybuilding in the usa.
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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #369 on: January 06, 2015, 07:21:00 AM »
necrology of the mr america contest updated as of today....62 mr a winner starting with 1939 and ending in 1999. john grimek won twice, of those who passed away overall avg age was 68.53 years....... it is 75.89 years for those considered pre-steroid 1962? and 53.00 for those dying from the post 1962 cut-off date.if tom sansone the 1958 winner and admitted steroid user is included with the steroid bunch the age goes to 78.00 for pre 1962 winners and 51.50 for the post 62 ers. :o :o :o :o
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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #370 on: January 06, 2015, 07:51:14 AM »
necrology of the mr america contest updated as of today....62 mr a winner starting with 1939 and ending in 1999. john grimek won twice, of those who passed away overall avg age was 68.53 years....... it is 75.89 years for those considered pre-steroid 1962? and 53.00 for those dying from the post 1962 cut-off date.if tom sansone the 1958 winner and admitted steroid user is included with the steroid bunch the age goes to 78.00 for pre 1962 winners and 51.50 for the post 62 ers. :o :o :o :o
INTERESTING,,,

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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #371 on: January 06, 2015, 09:31:07 AM »
INTERESTING,,,
got this out of the book pictured above.
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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #372 on: January 08, 2015, 06:50:43 AM »
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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #373 on: January 08, 2015, 08:09:56 AM »
would have been steve michalik birthday today.
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Re: aau mister america aau thread.
« Reply #374 on: March 22, 2015, 03:31:22 PM »
bump for any newbies browsing here for first time. harry should have won.
than in 1959 he did and shouldn't have... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D art harris won most muscular and came in 8 th place in the mr america contest...
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