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Title: About a Mr America Elias Rodriguez,,,,,,,,,
Post by: tonyraven on August 04, 2014, 11:34:19 PM

Dear everyone,
How are you doing? Hope all is ok with you.
My name's Tony and it's a pleasure to write you.
I wanted to ask to you a thing. From some years i'm trying to search info about a body builder called Elias Rodriguez.
On the internet i found a pic of him and this site http://musclememory.com/show.php?a=Rodriguez,+Elias .
He was involved in martial arts and self defense in the Bay Area.
I would be very happy if someone could tell me on him or find some pics on him.
On the Internet there are few info on him.
Hope you can help me and i would be very happy to know more on this person.
Take very good care.
Tony

Title: Re: About a Mr America Elias Rodriguez,,,,,,,,,
Post by: funk51 on August 05, 2014, 06:18:49 AM

he was the most defined bodtybuilder for his time, he used to place high in the early aau mr america contests, when i get time i will try to scan a pic from an old contest he was in.

Title: Thanks a lot......
Post by: tonyraven on August 05, 2014, 06:34:42 AM

Ciao Funk51,
Thanks a lot for your reply. Unfortunatelly about this bodybuilder i didn't find a lots of info.
I knew about this forum and i tried to post about him asking more info on him and if there were pics.
Thanks again.
Antonio

Title: Re: About a Mr America Elias Rodriguez,,,,,,,,,
Post by: funk51 on August 07, 2014, 07:12:22 AM

here you go will write a few details once pic  appears.

Title: Re: About a Mr America Elias Rodriguez,,,,,,,,,
Post by: funk51 on August 07, 2014, 07:19:44 AM

 ;D

Title: Re: About a Mr America Elias Rodriguez,,,,,,,,,
Post by: funk51 on August 07, 2014, 07:24:45 AM

contest history 45 mr a aau 4th in contest and for MM. 1946  third oin med class mr calif,   1948 third in mr a aau and won mm.   second in mr calif and won mm ,    dnp in mr pac coast but second in mm.    51 mr a aau dnp.    1954 won pro mr america over the likes of jack lalanne and rex ravelle.  mm= most muscular, dnp= did not place. all facts gleened from musclememory.com and im pic. too. first pic i took from an old weider mag and reduced pic probably from 1951 mr a aau which hilligenn won plus mm.

Title: Thanks a lot......
Post by: tonyraven on August 07, 2014, 12:11:51 PM

Hi,
Thanks a lot for this big surprise. Appreciated a lot.
I have never heard the first image. The second one i saw it on the Internet.
This person was besides a bodybuilder also a martial artist too.  He was involved in martial arts in the 50s-60s in the Bay Area.
Sound like to be a great body builder and martial artists.
Take care.
Tony