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Title: Chet Yorton
Post by: Donny on April 20, 2025, 12:30:02 AM

Was he drug free?  :-\
Says he beat Arnold  ;D

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Title: Re: Chet Yorton
Post by: IroNat on April 20, 2025, 01:48:30 PM

Not natty. 

Yorton became religious (natty) later.

Title: Re: Chet Yorton
Post by: Donny on April 21, 2025, 04:46:46 AM

  :)

Title: Re: Chet Yorton
Post by: Donny on April 21, 2025, 04:47:21 AM

 :)

Title: Re: Chet Yorton
Post by: IroNat on April 21, 2025, 09:29:30 AM

My favorite Yorton pic:

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5f/91/c0/5f91c05946ef4a83af95e3917fa67da9.jpg)

Title: Re: Chet Yorton
Post by: Big Pat on April 22, 2025, 09:14:21 PM

I met Mr. Yorton at his gym in Las Vegas in 1977, he had recently started the NBBA-Natural Bodybuilding Assoc. because he got fed up with the current state of drug use at that time. He looked good, though not as big as the picture IroNat posted. Mr. Stern and Pearl were the judges for the contests he held for a couple of years. A local San Diego guy named Ty Youngs won the contest a few times.

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Tyrone "Ty" Youngs - looked like Superman, trained with Arnold, played Football at Kearny, Mesa, and SDSU. Played other sports at Kearny, baseball.

I believe that Ralph Kroger also competed in some of the NBBA contests.

Mr. Yorton stayed in shape all his life, I think there are some images of him at the one of the Muscle Beach events, and a couple images of him on the net when he was in his '70's.

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Title: Re: Chet Yorton
Post by: funk51 on April 23, 2025, 11:56:23 AM

the organization had their own mag for a little while. I think it had a 7 issue run.    Natural Bodybuilding
Date   Issue   Cover   Cover Models
1981 October   Vol 1, Num 1   scan   Chester Yorton
1981 December   Vol 1, Num 2   scan   Steve O'Brien, Julie Stain
1982 April   Vol 1, Num 3   scan   Chuck Buser
1982 June   Vol 1, Num 4   scan   Kim Joyce
1982 December   Vol 2, Num 5   scan   Bill Pearl
1983 February   Vol 2, Num 6   scan   Lou Ferrigno
1983 April   Vol 2, Num 7   scan   Rod Koontz
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Title: Re: Chet Yorton
Post by: funk51 on April 23, 2025, 11:59:24 AM

Which is better than looking good, which had a 2 issue run.