Thanks to musclememory.com. From Muscle Builder: Vol 12, Num 10, Page 52. May 1971.

THE 1970 NABBA MR. UNIVERSE CONTEST - AS I SAW IT!
by ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, "Mr. Olympia"

It is fitting that I should give thanks to Joe Weider, on behalf of Dave Draper, Franco Columbu, Frank Zane and myself, for making our trip to London and the Mr. Universe contest possible. It cost Joe a whole heap of dollars, some 3,000 in fact, and I am really happy with the way things turned out.

The London fans expressed their gratitude too, for this was the greatest line-up of top physiques ever assembled together on one London stage. It says much for Joe's love of bodybuilding that he actually spends money to help make the NABBA show a success.

I have listed the results of the contests, the Amateur and Professional sections, below. But I wish to comment here on these results. I thought Reg Park was indeed lucky to have placed above Dave Draper and I believe the accompanying photographs will supply the evidence.

Frank Zane was lucky too. He was pushed all the way by Frank Richard. It is interesting to note that a special judging panel of girls was .asked to vote for its choice. They all voted in favor of Frank Zane. I guess this must prove something.

I totally disagreed with the results of the short class contest. How Chris Dickerson ended up ahead of Franco Columbu still puzzles me. I thought Franco was so far ahead. Again judge for yourself from the accompanying photos. One judge actually told me Franco displayed too many muscles. He just had to be kidding!

I am sorry I had to be the one to burst the Reg Park bubble. This was only the second time that Reg was beaten in a physique contest. The first time by Reeves. Reg is to be congratulated, however. He was not satisfied to rest on his laurels. He trained and competed. I am sure he was not disgraced. Let's not forget he is now over forty and I am just twenty-three. It was Reg who first inspired me to take up bodybuilding. I read about his background in the Weider magazines during my youth in Germany and I made up my mind to be as great as he was. Later, of course, I decided to be even greater, and, thanks to Joe Weider, I accomplished my dream. But back to Reg Park. I hope he will not allow this defeat to end his days of competition. I am almost certain he will be back next year. I so wish he would decide to compete in the Mr. Olympia event. You have shown the stuff you are made of Reg; you are not a coward. More than I can say for some of the so-called greats in America.

Wouldn't it be nice to see Bill Pearl on the Mr. Olympia stage? I am positive your fans would like to see how you make out against Sergio and me Bill. How about it? A year's hard training should get you into contest condition!

I am rambling. Let's get back to the Mr. Universe contest. This turned out to be a great show. The packed house received the IFBB team most enthusiastically and begged us to return next year. I don't know about that, this is my fifth win over there. But you can bet I shall be in the greatest shape of my life, I say that each year I guess, at the next Mr. Olympia. What more can I say. I try to be as good as I possibly can each year. And with Joe Weider as my trainer, I manage to keep my word.

Editor's Note: Three years ago I appeared in a show in London with Reg Park and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Backstage, Reg made this prophesy. "In just two years this kid will wipe the floor with all existing competition. He'll be the greatest!" I don't know whether Reg included himself however. Strange coincidence that Arnold should have found himself training under Joe Weider soon afterward, just as Reg had done a couple of decades before. But such is a life!


AMATEUR MR. UNIVERSE RESULTS

TALL CLASS
1   Frank Richard
2   Helmut Riedmeier
3   Brian Eastman
4   Karl Kainrath
5   Gunter Heinlein
6   Paul Grant

MEDIUM CLASS
1.   Frank Zane
2   Albert Beckles
3   Lars Lunde
4   Janko Rudman
5   Ehrling Wahlgren
6   Roy Perrott

SHORT CLASS
1.  Chris Dickerson
2   Franco Columbu
3   Pierre Vandensteen
4   Frank Columbera
5   Michael Baker
6   Kamal Bozan

AMATEUR MR. UNIVERSE (Overall)
Frank Zane

PROFESSIONAL MR. UNIVERSE RESULTS

TALL CLASS
1   Arnold Schwarzenegger
2   Reg Park
3   Dave Draper
4   John Bubb
5   Jacques Louvier

SHORT CLASS
1   Boyer Coe
2   Kassem Yazbek
3   Fani Dutoit
4   Nicolas Kemp
5   Moktari Abdelsallem

PROFESSIONAL MR. UNIVERSE (Overall)
Arnold Schwarzenegger

A little clearer shot of 3 all time bb Legends....

Couple more..

Reg wore some fantastic shoes that day.

Johnny, do you know who the man with the glasses is, in the picture of him toucing Draper's shoulder?

Pumping up before the show:

A very lucky kid, indeed.

Here are some shots of the great Dave Draper from this contest. There is talk that Dave should have beaten Reg for second.

Have always liked this pic because essentially it's 3 successive generations of BBs side-by-side, easy to see the generational changes:

Park
Draper
Schwarzenegger



Must've been wild for Schwarzenegger considering that he looked up to both these guys after seeing them in the mags.

The amateurs...

Chris Dickerson

Frank Zane

Great photos. Thanks.

If you mean our left; that's John Bubb, who came fourth in the Tall class, though he's on the bottom row for some reason. Other than being a little soft, he looks pretty good. Not sure who the guy is that is second from our right, but he looks much softer than Bubb.

I agree, Zane looks fantastic at this heavier bodyweight.

Thats Walter O`Malley,good friend of Frank Richards,and he still competes and guest poses today,i think he`s around 70 now.
Here`s a couple of pages on ironage with a few pics i posted of him,and some when he guest posed at age 67.
http://ironage.us/yabbse/index.php/topic,13060.0.html

That looks like Johnny Fuller second from right.

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