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Title: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: kevin25 on November 30, 2021, 11:35:23 AM
 From John DeFendis:RIP: Dave Draper
  I am very saddened to find out today that Dave Draper, my biggest inspiration in bodybuilding as I was growing up has passed away.
   Dave was a Mr. America and Mr. Universe Winner and was on all of the magazine covers when I was a kid. He was cool and I loved the
70’s training pictures of him in his headband hammering away at his workouts.
Dave also starred in several movies, including “Don’t Make Waves” with the late Sharon Tate.
 Years later Dave and I became friends and we flew him out to Arizona to do a private seminar for just our circle of bodybuilders.
He was a great champion with a big heart and he will be missed.
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: OlympiaGym on November 30, 2021, 11:36:35 AM
PIP.

The evil roids finally caught up to him.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Rambone on November 30, 2021, 11:40:27 AM
PIP Blond Bomber
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: SexyCustomSynthesis250 on November 30, 2021, 11:41:51 AM
Vaccinated?

 :o


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Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: LanceD on November 30, 2021, 11:42:56 AM
Terrible news. One of the legends...PIP
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: funk51 on November 30, 2021, 11:43:28 AM
   
Dave Draper


Height 6'0"

Weight 225

Born April 16, 1942

[ website ]

1963

Mr New Jersey - IFBB, Overall Winner
Mr New Jersey - IFBB, Tall, 1st

1965

Mr America - IFBB, Overall Winner
Mr America - IFBB, Tall, 1st

1966

Universe - IFBB, Overall Winner
Universe - IFBB, Tall, 1st

1967

Olympia - IFBB, 4th

1970

Universe - Pro - NABBA, Tall, 3rd
Mr World - AAU, Pro Tall, 3rd
Mr World - IFBB, Overall Winner
Mr World - IFBB, Tall, 1st

Magazines

1963 December   Vol 13, Num 12   Muscle Builder
1964 July   Vol 14, Num 6   Muscle Builder
1964 August   Vol 6, Num 11   Mr America
1964 December   Vol 7, Num 1   Mr America
1965 January   Vol 7, Num 2   Mr America
1965 August   Vol 15, Num 5   Muscle Builder
1966 April   Vol 8, Num 3   Muscle Builder
1966 October   Vol 8, Num 7   Mr America
1966 November   Vol 8, Num 8   Mr America
1967 July   Vol 9, Num 5   Mr America
1967 October   Vol 8, Num 7   Mr America
1967 November   Vol 9, Num 8   Mr America
1967 November   Vol 9, Num 8   Muscle Builder
1968 August   Vol 10, Num 3   Mr America
1968 September   Vol 10, Num 1   Muscle Builder
1968 October   Vol 10, Num 2   Muscle Builder
1969 March   Vol 10, Num 10   Mr America
1969 September   Vol 10, Num 11   Muscle Builder
1969 November   Vol 10, Num 12   Muscle Builder
1970 January   Vol 1, Num 8   Peak Muscle Maker
1970 February   Vol 1, Num 9   Peak Muscle Maker
1970 March   Vol 11, Num 5   Mr America
1970 March   Vol 11, Num 3   Muscle Builder
1970 April   Vol 11, Num 6   Mr America
1970 July   Vol 2, Num 2   Peak Muscle Maker
1970 August   Vol 12, Num 2   Mr America
1970 August   Vol 11, Num 6   Muscle Builder
1970 November   Vol 2, Num 6   Peak Muscle Maker
1970 December   Vol 99, Num 12   Health and Strength
1971 January   Vol 100, Num 1   Health and Strength
1971 September   Vol 12, Num 12   Muscle Builder
1973 July   Vol 14, Num 2   Muscle Builder
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: funk51 on November 30, 2021, 11:46:30 AM
 
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: BB on November 30, 2021, 11:47:56 AM
Nothing about it yet on the forum he owns.

Sad. It's strange to say about a near 80 year old man, but I wouldn't have guessed he'd go this year.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: funk51 on November 30, 2021, 11:48:04 AM
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=527861.msg7474613#msg7474613
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: BB on November 30, 2021, 11:53:02 AM
Confirmed by his wife :( -

"Laree Draper -

Hi, friends, as the word's getting out, I wanted to let you know so there's no confusion. Dave died early this morning. I was with him and it was calm and peaceful. It, as his doctor told me a little while ago, was a good death."

Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Howard on November 30, 2021, 11:53:56 AM
Quote from: funk51 on November 30, 2021, 11:46:30 AM
 


I remember seeing that episode as a boy .
Always cracked up Granny calling him " all swole up with lumps and bumps." ;D

Draper was one of the greats from the golden era of BB.

Pump in Peace
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Cook on November 30, 2021, 12:06:43 PM
Quote from: Howard on November 30, 2021, 11:53:56 AM
I remember seeing that episode as a boy .
Always cracked up Granny calling him " all swole up with lumps and bumps." ;D

Draper was one of the greats from the golden era of BB.

Pump in Peace
oh yeah he had a case of the barbells. I remember they told granny he was Mr.Universe and he said just call me Dave so Jed introduced him as Dave Universe. R.I.P. Dave
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: SOMEPARTS on November 30, 2021, 12:14:06 PM
Another one in 2021....

PIP


(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cb/9a/d8/cb9ad8d95c775a47a3fd305d01d4e0be.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/qBZRdwI1SZRpSMpVzTICfGCRVKJuY-Ip79WigvvoexHWaVtrwhAvXkHj9NYU4avoVXncXY7fpYrR8tekC0IQgFLXoYWWARASrw-r7gCsj05QgBanWg)

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b8/fa/4a/b8fa4a5574ef4a0627c5ad9fffb28c8c.jpg)

(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/2c/10/b2/2c10b2eae710d50ef4a6337d3b93de35.jpg)

(https://www.builtreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dave-draper-077-e1454811255886.jpg)

(https://64.media.tumblr.com/cf5d433a0905b572f44e2e31c7f6fc20/tumblr_mozhwi7PTJ1qz7b12o1_1280.jpg)

(https://external-preview.redd.it/JX_hv6b1_JedwmRPhHx6dPXNkNcOZf3-sQ8uAXX7lOY.jpg?auto=webp&s=4ff669e0e6b573bd7d1459e1b0d63dd4d7cbb1bc)
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: wes on November 30, 2021, 12:16:14 PM
RIP to a bodybuilding legend.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: djliftsthings on November 30, 2021, 12:17:09 PM
Quote from: wes on November 30, 2021, 12:16:14 PM
RIP to a bodybuilding legend.

seconded
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Royalty on November 30, 2021, 12:29:22 PM
Draper would’ve turned 80 in a few months. That is a long life in my opinion. He was a great bodybuilder and he sold quality gym equipment.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: BayGBM on November 30, 2021, 12:44:09 PM
Inspired it’s if people.  RIP
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: SexyCustomSynthesis250 on November 30, 2021, 12:47:04 PM
have Getbiggers got any shit talk on Dave at all?

if not, that should stand as a glowing testament to the honour, righteousness and Godliness of Draper, so cascaded as he may have been with ethics, values and fucking principles. Dignity made manifest.

His wife should be here and paying fucking attention, but oh no, I'll bet she's at some iron age shit fest getting the knockers shined up by a bunch of old fags and cunts that have never looked at a gym much less used one.

I mean if sincere condolences don't mean Jack shit at Getbig they don't mean fuck all anywhere else.

Fucking cunts

 ;)



With Good Nutrition, ...Good Things Happen!
This posting is © by
Dan Duchaine, 2006







Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: OAK on November 30, 2021, 12:47:32 PM
Sad news. R.I.P.

Definitely lived a full life though.

Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Bevo on November 30, 2021, 12:48:50 PM
Arnold must be scared for his life these days, Corney, Franco, Draper, many others from his generation getting old and dropping  :-\

That’s how life goes
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: lsr_asr on November 30, 2021, 12:51:08 PM
My favorite BB from the golden era.  Weider's poster boy before Arnold.  In countless ads in the late 60's and early 70's promoting Weider products with adoring babes.  Teenage boys wanted to build muscles like Dave and get the girls like Dave.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: SexyCustomSynthesis250 on November 30, 2021, 12:52:32 PM
Quote from: OAK on November 30, 2021, 12:47:32 PM
Sad news. R.I.P.

Definitely lived a full life though.

You didn't know him personally, you're a fucking hanger on, make you feel good posting that does it?

You'll be on a virtual group chat with you faggit buddies later bragging about it

sad cunt



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Phone consultations and contest prep available.
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Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: funk51 on November 30, 2021, 12:59:06 PM
 
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Dave D on November 30, 2021, 01:00:33 PM
R.I.P. to a great icon of the sport.

If it wasnt for Dave I would have never discovered Getbig.

He was a true gentlemen and an example of character and integrity to this industry.



Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: oldtimer1 on November 30, 2021, 01:10:58 PM
Wow, I feel like I knew him.  He grew up in a New Jersey in a near by town to where I grew up. He worked at Weider’s in Union City, NJ on 32nd street.  I use to go in there as a kid and they would give me free stacks of magazines that were expired. He was a really unique and talented writer.  He seemed to love training more than he loved competing.  He did have heart trouble decades ago that nearly killed him then but he recovered.  Truly one of the biggest stars of bodybuilding.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: tommywishbone on November 30, 2021, 01:12:50 PM
PIP bodybuilder. ❤️
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: funk51 on November 30, 2021, 01:13:44 PM
 
&t=9s   
&t=345s
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: wes on November 30, 2021, 01:16:41 PM
When I was a kid training in my cellar I had an advertisement pic of Dave on the ceiling over my weight bench....doing benches and looking at the pic made me squeeze out an extra rep or two many a time.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: funk51 on November 30, 2021, 01:18:00 PM
Quote from: Bevo on November 30, 2021, 12:48:50 PM
Arnold must be scared for his life these days, Corney, Franco, Draper, many others from his generation getting old and dropping  :-\

That’s how life goes
          
Earl Maynard

[ website ]

1958

Mr Universe - NABBA, Tall, 1st

1959

Universe - IFBB, Most Muscular, 1st
Mr Universe - NABBA, Tall, 1st

1961

Universe - Pro - NABBA, Tall, 2nd

1963

Universe - Pro - NABBA, Tall, 3rd

1964

Universe - Pro - NABBA, Overall Winner
Universe - Pro - NABBA, Tall, 1st

1965

Olympia - IFBB, 3rd
Universe - IFBB, Overall Winner
Universe - IFBB, Tall, 1st

1977

Masters Mr America - AAU, Tall, 1st
World Cup Pro Universe - PBBA, Masters, 3rd

1978

Masters Mr America - AAU, Overall Winner
Masters Mr America - AAU, Tall, 1st

Magazines

1956 January   Vol 85, Num 2   Health and Strength
1958 February   Vol 87, Num 5   Health and Strength
1959 March   Vol 88, Num 6   Health and Strength
1960 February   Vol 89, Num 4   Health and Strength
1963 November   Vol 92, Num 23   Health and Strength
1964 July   Vol 93, Num 14   Health and Strength
1964 October   Vol 93, Num 22   Health and Strength
1965 April   Vol 94, Num 7   Health and Strength
2002 July   Vol 128, Num 3   Health and Strength
                                                              only earl maynard is still around from the early mr olympia contests.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: thebrink on November 30, 2021, 02:43:42 PM
Oh man. Saddened.. His awe inspiring pictures in Arnold's encyclopedia are what really got me into bodybuilding. He had a different kind of build. I'm shocked.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Dokey111 on November 30, 2021, 03:07:39 PM
Seemed like a really good dude.  Didn't like the spotlight, hell didn't even like bb competing that much.  Just wanted to pump the iron.  Rest In Peace.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Fortress on November 30, 2021, 03:08:06 PM
RIP

Certainly a pioneer in bodybuilding, although I never cared for his physique.

Have never heard a bad word spoken of him, which is saying a lot in the muscle industry.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Taffin on November 30, 2021, 03:15:28 PM
Thinking about Draper for a few moments made me realise that over the years I suppose I've picked up little training tweaks from specific bodybuilders - by trying something the way they suggest and finding it worked for me - Gironda dips for one example.  I'm pretty sure a black and white picture of Draper with arms folded in front of him was the reason I really got into front squats all those years ago... (think I even went barefoot a few times)


Christ that was a boring post!  Apologies to anyone who bothered to read it

Anyway - PIP to the bodybuilding carpenter

(http://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.getbig.com%2Fboards%2Findex.php%3FPHPSESSID%3D2e17db59b647e5026aa1a96c5891cd88%26action%3Ddlattach%3Btopic%3D545886.0%3Battach%3D576011%3Bimage&f=1&nofb=1)
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: ziballz on November 30, 2021, 03:25:49 PM
He was one sexy guy  (no homo doe)

Rip :'(
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: ThisisOverload on November 30, 2021, 03:30:15 PM
One of my favorite builds.

PIP
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on November 30, 2021, 03:38:21 PM
P.I.P
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on November 30, 2021, 03:42:00 PM
  :'(
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: funk51 on November 30, 2021, 03:53:50 PM
he did some nice woodworking.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Straw Man on November 30, 2021, 04:33:47 PM
Damn, this sucks

RIP Blonde Bomber
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: thebrink on November 30, 2021, 04:33:55 PM
Quote from: funk51 on November 30, 2021, 03:53:50 PM
he did some nice woodworking.

Name any other pro bodybuilder that can do that
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Schnauzer on November 30, 2021, 04:36:51 PM
Quote from: thebrink on November 30, 2021, 04:33:55 PM
Name any other pro bodybuilder that can do that

Many pro bodybuilders have experience working with wood.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on November 30, 2021, 04:36:57 PM
 :'(
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: oldtimer1 on November 30, 2021, 04:43:07 PM
Movie star face
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: BB on November 30, 2021, 04:43:34 PM
Quote from: thebrink on November 30, 2021, 04:33:55 PM
Name any other pro bodybuilder that can do that

Full gallery of the furniture -

https://www.facebook.com/lareedraper/media_set?set=a.10152179798335666.1073741834.571615665&type=1&l=cff89b3ce7 .

I seem to remember him teaching a few other bodybuilders of the time some things about woodworking but I forget which. David Paul is the only other serious wood worker I remember.

Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: oldtimer1 on November 30, 2021, 04:43:45 PM
Dave colorized
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: IroNat on November 30, 2021, 04:51:44 PM
Wow, that really sucks.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: thebrink on November 30, 2021, 04:55:04 PM
Quote from: Schnauzer on November 30, 2021, 04:36:51 PM
Many pro bodybuilders have experience working with wood.

Well, ok, I meant bodybuilders that didn't come from the g4p era.  ;D :D
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: IroNat on November 30, 2021, 05:13:57 PM
Draper made Arnold a huge wooden bed for his wedding.  Arnold still uses it.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Primemuscle on November 30, 2021, 05:25:40 PM
Draper seemed like a pretty cool fella. I remember seeing him in 'beach blanket' movies like 'Don't Make Waves'. He was 2 years older than me. Unfortunately people my age die. May he workout in peace.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: jude2 on November 30, 2021, 06:11:20 PM
RIP legend
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: IronMagazine.com on November 30, 2021, 06:12:56 PM
I am a legend.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Moontrane on November 30, 2021, 06:23:02 PM
He and Paul Wynter were the first bodybuilders I noticed.  PIP

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/lmcAAOSw4jpbivDg/s-l300.jpg)
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Never1AShow on November 30, 2021, 06:33:56 PM
Quote from: Bevo on November 30, 2021, 12:48:50 PM
Arnold must be scared for his life these days, Corney, Franco, Draper, many others from his generation getting old and dropping  :-\

That’s how life goes

Also Paul Grymkowski
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: stuntmovie on November 30, 2021, 07:07:04 PM
BB. If I recall correctly ... David Paul got a lot of his furniture-making lumber  from the old POP (Pacific Ocean Park) Pier which was destroyed by a fire.

Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: The Scott on November 30, 2021, 07:34:47 PM
This hurts.  Dave is one of my heroes and not just for bodybuilding.  This is a man who will surely hear the words, "Well done faithful servant".
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: IronMagazine.com on November 30, 2021, 07:46:40 PM
What did  Dave Draper do that makes him your hero?
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Howard on November 30, 2021, 07:47:49 PM
Quote from: wes on November 30, 2021, 01:16:41 PM
When I was a kid jerking in my cellar I had an advertisement pic of Dave on the ceiling over my *Bed.... looking at the pic made me squeeze out an extra *stoke or two many a time.

Thanks for sharing wes. Many young muscle pumpers have similar tales .
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: The Scott on November 30, 2021, 07:52:09 PM
Quote from: IronMagazine.com on November 30, 2021, 07:46:40 PM
What did  Dave Draper do that makes him your hero?

Turned his life  around.   I met him and knew him to be genuine in all ways.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: IronMagazine.com on November 30, 2021, 07:59:31 PM
Quote from: The Scott on November 30, 2021, 07:52:09 PM
Turned his life  around.

how so?
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: mryorkielover on November 30, 2021, 08:02:19 PM







,
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: The Scott on November 30, 2021, 08:19:22 PM
Quote from: IronMagazine.com on November 30, 2021, 07:59:31 PM
how so?

What is it you truly seek?  If you wish to know more about Dave, he has a web site.  Again, what is it you truly seek?
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Dave D on November 30, 2021, 08:30:20 PM
Quote from: IronMagazine.com on November 30, 2021, 07:59:31 PM
how so?

You're in the industry and you dont know Drapers story?

He was heavily into drugs and his life was headed to an early demise. He straightened out and lived a life of purpose and faith.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: pamith on November 30, 2021, 09:05:57 PM
This is sad, RIP
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Stan Diego on November 30, 2021, 09:10:40 PM
Quote from: IroNat on November 30, 2021, 05:13:57 PM
Draper made Arnold a huge wooden bed for his wedding.  Arnold still uses it.

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b6/3e/d8/b63ed8cf65d2cc6b6d12c80f0db2fa5b.jpg)
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: knny187 on November 30, 2021, 10:04:32 PM
He was part of a golden era.  If you don’t get it, you
never will. 
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: ziballz on November 30, 2021, 11:45:49 PM
Arnold is nothing but a narcissistic scumbag, couldn't resist posting a picture of himself instead of just draper's >:(

Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Humble Narcissist on December 01, 2021, 01:57:00 AM
RIP Dave, a true legend in bodybuilding.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: honest on December 01, 2021, 02:16:26 AM
Like many others in this thread, Dave was more than a bodybuilding legend who inspired us, he was also a man who lost his way and then found himself again, and in doing so inspired others who have traveled a similar path. Rest in Peace.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Rambone on December 01, 2021, 04:44:18 AM
Quote from: ziballz on November 30, 2021, 11:45:49 PM
Arnold is nothing but a narcissistic scumbag, couldn't resist posting a picture of himself instead of just draper's >:(

“Me” “My Dreams” *attached photo of him dwarfing everybody*

Typical Arnold
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Never1AShow on December 01, 2021, 05:51:49 AM
Quote from: ziballz on November 30, 2021, 11:45:49 PM
Arnold is nothing but a narcissistic scumbag, couldn't resist posting a picture of himself instead of just draper's >:(

I don't see it that way at all.  I see this more as a good old days brother Iran Warrior pic.  Also with Arnold in there it instantly gets more attention for Dave.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: kepler2008 on December 01, 2021, 06:13:48 AM
RIP

(https://i.servimg.com/u/f17/09/02/03/80/tm/dd8010.jpg)
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Tom on December 01, 2021, 06:33:01 AM
co-starred, befriended and respected the memory of Sharon Tate....

gives him 5 stars in my book!...
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Dr Dutch on December 01, 2021, 08:25:58 AM
Draper had a good, (although old school) internet page....

Seems he had cardial problems for years if not decades.

RIP Bomber

...says Dr Dutch.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: webstar on December 01, 2021, 08:49:59 AM


Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Howard on December 01, 2021, 09:00:25 AM
Quote from: IronMagazine.com on November 30, 2021, 06:12:56 PM
I am a legend.

...in your own mind?
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: thebrink on December 01, 2021, 09:34:28 AM
Quote from: knny187 on November 30, 2021, 10:04:32 PM
He was part of a golden era.  If you don’t get it, you
never will.

His physique was iconic
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: wes on December 01, 2021, 10:42:50 AM
Quote from: Howard on November 30, 2021, 07:47:49 PM
Thanks for sharing wes. Many young muscle pumpers have similar tales .
(https://external-preview.redd.it/VTY6MHkfC35QuldIG5wmTCTQpA873dGwf3tlrCeAP38.jpg?auto=webp&s=d9470c4fe6abfcfec201018e091b63e5493a63cc)
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: funk51 on December 01, 2021, 12:05:13 PM
 RIP
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: funk51 on December 01, 2021, 12:14:43 PM
  https://www.davedraper.com/
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: SweetDaddySiki on December 02, 2021, 05:37:41 AM
Very sad news! One of the greats!
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: JackTheRipper on December 02, 2021, 05:41:20 AM
R.I.P  Big Dave. very sad indeed.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Van_Bilderass on December 02, 2021, 05:56:27 AM
Seemed like a solid guy. RIP.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: falco on December 02, 2021, 06:35:51 AM
RIP.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: funk51 on December 02, 2021, 09:07:51 AM
https://www.otpbooks.com/dave-draper-the-dungeon/
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: MCWAY on December 02, 2021, 08:46:01 PM
Dave Draper was also the head judge for the WBF championships in 1991 and 1992. I remember him from that episode of the Beverly Hillbillies, but I didn't know his name at the time.



Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: funk51 on December 03, 2021, 12:10:11 PM
  Here is the Final message from Dave Draper, ending his monthly IronOnLine newsletters. May he Rest In Peace.
DAVE DRAPER - 13 November 2019 - FINAL
>> LATEST NEWS >> HIGHLIGHTS >> BULLETIN >> HOT OUT OF PRINT >> FEEL FIRST HERE <<
I have something in mind and it's not the potted plant Laree bought at WalMart.
Time to wrap up the weekly IronOnline newsletter, old friends.
We started the IronOnLine 20 years ago in the last months of 1999. Having dabbled in math my entire life - counting sets and reps, pounds and tons lifting and sorting body part combinations - estimate we have published 800 iron column numbers during this, the 21st century.
Whatever, we've decided it's time to pack up and catch the next train to "Dodge."
Here's how the decision came about: Our electricity was cut off by "Pacific Gas & Electric" for a few days a couple of weeks ago to prevent a potential fire during high winds. No power, no internet ... no news.
The following week, we moved our website and endured the delusional intricacies and disappointments that the change brought ... ugh ... No IronOnline news topped the list. may he Rest In Peace.
... hmmmm. . . Mmmm . . . mmm. . .
No liability for a two-week weekly newsletter. . . how do you say? a relief, capital R. . We loved it! A lot!
Twenty years later, as cool as it is, (we're on the brink of burned) (burned border). KaLunk, Boink, Bomp !!!
So, with love and crossed eyes, mighty hands clenched and a tear in the eye, we are signing.
Brother Dave
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Humble Narcissist on December 04, 2021, 04:25:07 AM
I remember all of those workout photos of Arnold and Dave training together. Dave going ass to the floor with heavy squats.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: The Scott on December 04, 2021, 07:10:31 AM
Quote from: Humble Narcissist on December 04, 2021, 04:25:07 AM
I remember all of those workout photos of Arnold and Dave training together. Dave going ass to the floor with heavy squats.

I was told by guys in the 70s that Dave was much stronger than Arnold.  After Reeves and before Arnold, aka "The Faustian Woak", is where i place Draper.  He is that worthy.  Well done faithful servant.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Dr Dutch on December 04, 2021, 10:16:12 AM
Quote from: wes on December 01, 2021, 10:42:50 AM
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In the end, the tales remain...... :'(
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: obsidian on December 05, 2021, 01:43:43 PM
Quote from: Dr Dutch on December 04, 2021, 10:16:12 AM
In the end, the tales remain...... :'(
Oh its the tide, the dismal tide.

RIP Dave Draper! He had a good build!
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: pamith on December 05, 2021, 05:13:54 PM
Quote from: Royalty on November 30, 2021, 12:29:22 PM
Draper would’ve turned 80 in a few months. That is a long life in my opinion. He was a great bodybuilder and he sold quality gym equipment.
If he was natty he could've lived to be 90, IMO
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: pamith on December 05, 2021, 05:20:04 PM
Tbh Dave was huge, massive arms, pretty much just as big as Arnold although he never had the chest of Arnold and in all fairness, NO ONE ever developed a chest like Arnold's
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: oldtimer1 on December 05, 2021, 05:26:02 PM
Quote from: pamith on December 05, 2021, 05:13:54 PM
If he was natty he could've lived to be 90, IMO

What he blames his heart condition on was his problem with alcohol.  No doubt steroids didn't help him in the heart department either. I think after his heart trouble decades ago he cut out the drinking but the damage was done.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: pamith on December 05, 2021, 05:50:29 PM
Quote from: oldtimer1 on December 05, 2021, 05:26:02 PM
What he blames his heart condition on was his problem with alcohol.  No doubt steroids didn't help him in the heart department either. I think after his heart trouble decades ago he cut out the drinking but the damage was done.
Lmfao, yeah, it was never the ''steroids'', right...
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: pamith on December 07, 2021, 01:38:08 AM
(https://media.bizj.us/view/img/12156790/dave-draper-282-copy*750xx1133-1510-34-0.jpg)
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Pet shop boys on December 07, 2021, 12:51:02 PM
Probably the only pro bodybuilder in history , that while being on top of his game chose to walk away rather than upping the dose




WoooSHHHHHHH  BeYeKe
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: pamith on December 08, 2021, 01:43:58 AM
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Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: oldtimer1 on December 08, 2021, 04:34:38 AM
Damn that's a low squat.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Humble Narcissist on December 08, 2021, 04:52:02 AM
It sure is.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: pamith on December 08, 2021, 09:07:55 PM
(https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/536579c5e4b0dbc1364c403c/e002a096-2f6e-4396-98b5-561f8dc9efcf/Dave_Draper.jpg)
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: Gregzs on December 13, 2021, 05:58:25 PM
Posted this afternoon:

~Laree Draper here~
Dave died peacefully at home on 11/30/2021, 40 years after being diagnosed with congestive heart failure. I was with him when he died; I'm happy to be able to tell you he didn't struggle and there was no pain. Dave Draper, 4/16/1942–11/30/2021
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: The Scott on December 13, 2021, 06:19:00 PM
Quote from: Gregzs on December 13, 2021, 05:58:25 PM
Posted this afternoon:

~Laree Draper here~
Dave died peacefully at home on 11/30/2021, 40 years after being diagnosed with congestive heart failure. I was with him when he died; I'm happy to be able to tell you he didn't struggle and there was no pain. Dave Draper, 4/16/1942–11/30/2021

I mourn his passing and hope for his faith to reward him as it was written.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: funk51 on December 26, 2021, 06:23:03 AM
Dave Draper, Bodybuilding’s ‘Blond Bomber,’ Dies at 79

After being named Mr. America, Mr. Universe and Mr. World, he left competitive bodybuilding in 1970. But he kept lifting weights until a year before he died.

Dave Draper at the 1965 Mr. America competition. He won that and two other major bodybuilding titles before dropping out of competition at age 28.Credit...via Laree Draper

By Richard Sandomir

Dec. 24, 2021

Dave Draper, a popular bodybuilder of the 1960s who won three major titles before dropping out of competition at age 28, died on Nov. 30 at his home in Aptos, Calif., near Santa Cruz. He was 79.

The cause was congestive heart failure, his wife, Laree Draper, said.

Mr. Draper — who stood six feet tall, had a 54-inch chest and competed at 235 pounds — emerged as a force in bodybuilding in 1962 with his victory at the Mr. New Jersey competition. He soon moved to Southern California, where he continued to sculpt his body at the Dungeon, a gym on the fabled Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, and at Gold’s Gym, in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles.

He loved lifting weights for its physical and spiritual benefits. But he disliked the preening and posing required of bodybuilders at competitions and exhibitions.

“For a reasonable season of my life, it seemed like the thing to do,” Mr. Draper said in an interview in 2009 with T-Nation, a strength training and bodybuilding website. “But competition stood between me and the relief of hoisting the iron — the private exertion, the pure delight and the daily fulfillment of building muscle and strength.”

Despite that ambivalence, Mr. Draper, who became known as the Blond Bomber, was a star on the bodybuilding scene of the 1960s. He was named Mr. America in 1965, and Mr. Universe in 1966 — before Arnold Schwarzenegger had arrived from Austria — and won the Mr. World title in 1970.

“Dave trained harder than anybody else and always wore jeans to the gym,” Frank Zane, a three-time Mr. Olympia, said in a phone interview. “He loved to train, and he was very strong. He just didn’t like competing.”

Mr. Draper’s spectacular physique found an occasional home in Hollywood. He had roles in sitcoms like “The Beverly Hillbillies” (as Dave Universe, a date for Elly May Clampett) and “The Monkees” (as a character named Bulk). He was also in a few films, including “Don’t Make Waves” (1967), in which he played Sharon Tate’s boyfriend.

“In Austria, I kept his cover of Muscle Builder magazine on the wall above my bed for motivation,” Mr. Schwarzenegger said in a statement after Mr. Draper’s death, “and when I saw him starring in ‘Don’t Make Waves,’ I thought, ‘My dreams are possible.’”

Mr. Draper, who was also a skilled woodworker, became one of Mr. Schwarzenegger’s training partners and built some furniture for his home in Santa Monica. “I learned his heart was as big as his pecs,” Mr. Schwarzenegger said.

Even as he was competing, Mr. Draper was abusing alcohol, marijuana and angel dust. (He said he also used steroids, sparingly, under a doctor’s supervision.) He continued to have problems, chiefly with alcohol, until 1983, when he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure.

Ms. Draper — who met her future husband at a gym in Capitola, Calif., near Santa Cruz — attributed his alcohol and drug use to the tensions brought on by competing and dealing with the demands of Hollywood.

“He got caught up in it, and I guess he couldn’t handle it,” she said in an interview.

Mr. Draper “loved to train, and he was very strong,” a fellow bodybuilder said. “He just didn’t like competing.”Credit...via Laree Draper

David Paul Draper was born on April 16, 1942, in Secaucus, N.J. His father, Dan, was a salesman; his mother, Anne (Simsek) Draper, was a homemaker.

Dave, who did not excel at team sports, got his first set of weights at age 10. By 12 he was fervently working out with barbells and dumbbells.

“They were my solid steel friends that I could trust,” he said in his book “A Glimpse in the Rear View” (2020), a compilation of columns from his website. “When the going got tough, when I kept missing the baseball, and when girls were far too cute to talk to, the weights were there and they spoke my language.”

He bought his gear at Weider Barbell in Union City, N.J. — part of Joe Weider’s empire of muscle magazines, fitness equipment, supplements and competitions — and at 19 became the weekend manager of a gym in Jersey City. He also got a part-time job in the Weider Barbell warehouse, where he worked out with the other shipping clerks. Mr. Weider, who was known as the Master Blaster, gave Mr. Draper his Blond Bomber nickname.

“He had the fire in the belly, don’t kid yourself,” Mr. Weider told GQ magazine for a profile of Mr. Draper in 2000. “He wouldn’t have gotten the kind of body he did without hard work.”

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After winning Mr. New Jersey, Mr. Draper moved to Santa Monica, where he continued to work for Mr. Weider. As Mr. Draper’s profile in bodybuilding rose, he appeared on the covers of magazines published by Mr. Weider, like Muscle Builder and Mr. America, and in ads for his equipment.

Reflecting on his victory in the Mr. America event, held at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Mr. Draper wrote that he took pride in being a “muscle-building original.”

“I invented, improvised and rooted about, along with a small, disconnected band of rebels with a cause: to build solid muscle and might through the austere, hard labor of love — the lifting of iron,” he wrote in a column included in “A Glimpse in the Rear View.”

Mr. Draper with Tony Curtis in the 1967 movie “Don’t Make Waves.” “When I saw him starring in ‘Don’t Make Waves,’” Arnold Schwarzenegger said, “I thought, ‘My dreams are possible.’”Credit...via Laree Draper

In 1972 Mr. Draper sued Mr. Weider for not paying him for his endorsement of Mr. Weider’s gym and bodybuilding products. He settled for $17,500 before the jury was to deliver a verdict.

Mr. Draper did not stop lifting weights until a year before he died.

Once sober, he was hired as a special programmer at a gym in Santa Cruz. He married Laree Setterlund in 1988 and opened two World Gyms with her in the 1990s, which they owned and ran into the 2000s.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by his sisters, Dana Harrison and Carla Scott; his brothers, Don and Jerry; two grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter. His daughter, Jamie Johnson, died in 2016. His marriage to Penny Koenemund ended in divorce.

In one column, Mr. Draper contemplated what his life would have been like without weight lifting. The thought, he said, was unbearable.

“No sets? No reps? No cunning determination of how to bombard the delts or blast the biceps?” he wrote. “Days on end without pursuing extreme pain through maximum muscle exertion?” He added: “Full body, full strength, full breath and fulfillment are lost, gone, no more: nary a remnant to remind, disappoint or shame. Shoot me!”
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: ProudVirgin69 on December 26, 2021, 07:17:53 AM
Quote from: oldtimer1 on December 08, 2021, 04:34:38 AM
Damn that's a low squat.

thats the all around greatest bodybuilding photo if you ask me:

-heavy a2g squat
-weightlifting comradery on display
-modest clothing, full heads of hair, lean builds
-bent bar & block wall makes for cool ambience
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: wes on December 26, 2021, 08:09:56 AM
Quote from: ProudVirgin69 on December 26, 2021, 07:17:53 AM
thats the all around greatest bodybuilding photo if you ask me:

-heavy a2g squat
-weightlifting comradery on display
-modest clothing, full heads of hair, lean builds
-bent bar & block wall makes for cool ambience
Hell yeah,makes me want to train....toays guy make me want to puke.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: funk51 on January 08, 2022, 09:48:41 AM
MGM Town
Excerpted from
Brother Iron, Sister Steel
by Dave Draper
Pages 251-259.



The cattle call that served to locate Harry Hollard for Don’t Make Waves was not unlike the Gladiator scenario two years prior. The word flooded the gyms like Gatorade and the muscular actors buoyed to the surface. This time the setting was the famous MGM Studios in Culver City, California, where silent films were made and Gable, Bogart and Monroe applied makeup, lunched and shouted, whispered and winked into the polished lenses.

The privilege was monumental -- to enter the hallowed halls of the marvelously run-down studios that echoed of stardom and celebrity. No tourist could buy a ticket to this show. The hopefuls lined up to register their names in a less-than-orderly fashion. The distracted guards unwittingly gave me the opportunity to wander down the driveways between the massive studio walls, peer at their heights and pretend to be a part of their importance. I noted the blinking red warning lights at entry ways that indicated filming was under way: Silence, please … do not enter. The great and unseen powers were at work piecing together another lifetime full of wonders and more emotions than the ones we knew as our own, heroes and heroines more alive than the people with whom we worked, ate and slept. I couldn’t help but feel lost, ordinary and alone. Jealous is an ugly word.

I moved on and hastened across an abandoned and dusty streetfront with plank walkways, hitching posts and wooden wagons still before old clapboard storefronts and a sheriff’s office. Confused for a second I hesitated and glanced to the left and the right; long early morning shadows still formed and a breeze stirred an embroidered curtain in an open window above the Mercantile Shop. The strong smell of coffee wafted along the street and I imagined it came from the saloon or the hotel on the corner. Muted voices carried from a mingled distance and laughter gave a gaiety to the dark beyond the swinging doors of the parlor. Small chirping birds circled overhead and flapped their way to a sprawling oak tree beyond a white fenced cottage. A sudden roar broke the calm and antiquity of the make-believe world. I spun to confront a diesel tractor-trailer bearing down Main Street with a plush mobile home in tow that had “Director” written in bold letters above the front door.

I waved as they rumbled by me, just another prop man or electrician earning his wage. A Boeing 727 appeared briefly overhead in the near skies as it readied for landing at the Los Angeles International Airport only two miles away. I grabbed the wooden and metal spokes of an old wagon wheel and tugged to stretch my lats and flex my grip. The sound of a bullhorn in the distance seemed to be giving orders to dutiful wannabe actors -- something about the next bus to Back Lot Three. With pause and reluctance I returned to the group, wondering where I was going.

I remember sitting on a vast green and grassy slope where the camera on a dolly and a boom mike were positioned. It was sunny, warm and casual. One by one the performers who made the final cut were given their one minute before the directors, producers and assorted attendants. We were requested to walk up the lawn hand in hand with a Sharon Tate look-alike to a mark five feet from the camera, face each other, speak clumsy sweet nothings, turn and walk away. I thought for sure Larry Scott would get the part as he was a confident and capable guy who already done a beach party movie and was occasionally seen doing strings of cartwheels and back flips in good form across the manicured lawn. Mr. California, after all. Hollywood is full of surprises. The greatest part about being chosen for a co-starring role in a feature film is being chosen. The second part is working.

This ever happen to you? You recall incidents in your life when you were much younger and wish you could do them over again, not to make major changes, but to tidy them up a little? Born in the east coast vacuum, I was slow to appreciate the things that were happening to me in the brave new world.

Working side by side with Tony Curtis, who couldn’t have been more impressive, generous, fun and easy, was a privilege diluted by my stunted self-esteem. Tony got through to me and easily revealed his own insecurity, which we all share, when his words before the camera would not come. He stood with me out of camera and said, “Sometimes I can remember my lines, but they vanish when the director calls for action. I step off the set, close my eyes and in the blackness of my mind I’m able to relax and go back to work in thirty seconds. It happens to everybody.”

He genuinely laughed when he tried to lift a refrigerator that I’d been carrying around the set for most of the day. The crew dared him to move it to the background and it didn’t budge. He believed they nailed it to the floor to provoke his competitive nature, expecting him to move it or die. He called their bluff early on and I, on cue, walked over, grabbed it and carried it up a short flight of stairs… between scenes slapstick. The old refrigerator trick is always good for a few laughs. Just don’t ask me to tell a joke.

Sharon Tate was younger than I and a few solid steps ahead. We became friends like kids in school. I carried her books. She was wrapped up with Roman Polanski and I was married. She felt unthreatened and we could pal around and travel together when promotions required our presence. She held onto my arm and wouldn’t let go as our four-passenger aircraft worked its way through a storm on a flight to Charlotte for a preview of Don’t Make Waves. I treasure more than anything the late evening I saw Sharon at Los Angeles International Airport a few years later. She was with friends and dressed in black. She squealed my name and came running over to give me a big hug. We passed in the night like lost friends.

Did you know that Claudia Cardinale lives in a villa in Rome and has a sister who is a world famous photographer? We sat together in director chairs in the darkness of a soundstage the size of a football field. The day’s filming was complete and the entire set was closed down early for a holiday weekend. A three-man skeleton crew prepared to pick up two unfinished scenes, one with Ms. Cardinale and one with me. We yawned and talked about nothing, as there was nothing to talk about. But we did the awkward thing without awkwardness and it became a pleasure to be simple, unpretentious and ordinary. The next day we were scheduled to take a handful of publicity shots outside the same sound stage. She said she looked forward to it, presented her brief scene to the camera in one take and was gone. I was yet to climb behind the wheel of my bus and suffer the loss of my beloved Malibu.

Adventure in the daily life.
Title: Re: RIP Dave Draper
Post by: mphgrove on January 08, 2022, 07:22:32 PM
Thanks for the Draper memories of the film. He captures those three actors in a nice way, Curtis as warm and funny, Tate as young and enthusiastic, and Claudia (one of the most beautiful women on the planet) as natural and serene.