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Who Waz.... win a DVD!
« on: June 09, 2011, 04:46:16 PM »
WHO WAZ....

BERNIE ERNST?

DOUG STROHL?

MEL KNOLL?

JOHN CORVELLO?

ROY HILLLIGEN?

ID each of the above and WIN the 'DON'T LOOK UP" DVD.



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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2011, 04:53:08 PM »
Quote from: stuntmovie on June 09, 2011, 04:46:16 PM
WHO WAZ....

BERNIE ERNST?

DOUG STROHL?

MEL KNOLL?

JOHN CORVELLO?

ROY HILLLIGEN?

ID each of the above and WIN the 'DON'T LOOK UP" DVD.
I do know that Roy Hilligen was Mr. America. Doug Strohl was a perennial.

Where's my stuntmovie Oscar-on-the-driveway-story?        ;D
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stuntmovie

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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2011, 06:16:48 PM »
Doc, "On the driveway"?

Refresh me and I'll do my best to respond.

I got a good idea though.
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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2011, 08:39:24 PM »
guys who porked your mom last week?
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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2011, 08:50:41 PM »
Quote from: stuntmovie on June 09, 2011, 04:46:16 PM
WHO WAZ....

BERNIE ERNST?

DOUG STROHL?

MEL KNOLL?

JOHN CORVELLO?

ROY HILLLIGEN?

ID each of the above and WIN the 'DON'T LOOK UP" DVD.


Roy was great.  A real inspiration to me when I was young.  Which by the way, was a long, long time ago.  In a galaxy far, far, away.  ;D 
Marvin Eder was another great inspiration for me and still is.   Man, I am old. ;D
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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2011, 11:43:19 PM »
REEVES. You most definitely have lived through and witnessed the very best years of the bodybuilding 'game'!

I'm gonna find and post some internet photos of some of the early day plastic trophy contenders.

I'll bet you'll be able to ID most of them and ....  it will show these 'young-uns' what the top competitors looked like back then.
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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2011, 01:02:42 AM »
Corvello had a classic build...just sold a mag on E-Bay where he is on the cover.

Didn`t Doug Stroll make a few flicks?

Of course Hilligen was awesome even as he got older......made a comeback in the 1970`s or early 80`s and looked rippped to the bone.

I`m friggin` ancient and I never heard of ERNIE ERNST or MEL KNOLL.



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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2011, 01:38:38 AM »
early days man whores?
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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2011, 09:20:56 AM »
DON'T save the cat. Just talk about it.
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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2011, 09:26:59 AM »
People that Bill know!


TJING  ;D
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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2011, 09:28:37 AM »
Quote from: stuntmovie on June 09, 2011, 04:46:16 PM
WHO WAZ....

BERNIE ERNST?

DOUG STROHL?

MEL KNOLL?

JOHN CORVELLO?

ROY HILLLIGEN?

ID each of the above and WIN the 'DON'T LOOK UP" DVD.




Former board names of BFRS ?
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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2011, 09:29:10 AM »
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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2011, 10:07:10 AM »
Quote from: stuntmovie on June 09, 2011, 11:43:19 PM
REEVES. You most definitely have lived through and witnessed the very best years of the bodybuilding 'game'!

I'm gonna find and post some internet photos of some of the early day plastic trophy contenders.

I'll bet you'll be able to ID most of them and ....  it will show these 'young-uns' what the top competitors looked like back then.


Thanks, I look forward to seeing some real greats.  If you've not read the following two books, I highly recommend them.

"West Coast Bodybuilding Scene - The Golden Era"

"Remembering Muscle Beach - Where Hardbodies Began"

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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2011, 10:44:16 AM »
Thanks, REEVES!

WES, You didn't hear about BERNIE Ernst and most of the others I'll be posting because bodybuilding and those involved were relatively unknown back in the 40's/50's/60's. See Ernst photo below.

Mel Knoll was a great bodybuilder in SF who never got the coverage he deserved but he did some modeling work during his high school years, but I don't think those shots were ever published.

Here are photos of the others I mentioned above.

You gotta realize that these guys were among the best of the old time bodybuilders competing back then. And today about 90% of them could be beaten by a good number of GetBiggers who actually lift the weights.

Has training protocol really improved that much?!
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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #14 on: June 10, 2011, 10:49:11 AM »
Back in the day, any form of heavy objects was fair game.

Including cows! (But I've told that story before.)

I believe that big dumbell belonged to Ed Yarkick over in his Oakland gym. Anyone have more info on where it might be today?

Thanks to OLDTIMESTRONGMAN.com for these photos
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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #15 on: June 10, 2011, 11:00:23 AM »
Great site ... Check it out .... www.oldtimestrongman.com

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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #16 on: June 10, 2011, 11:06:06 AM »
Cool stuff and great memories, stuntmovie.

Have you ever seen the film, "Athena".  A lighthearted take on the fitness craze of the fifties with Louis Calhern doing a Bernard "Bodylove" McFadden take and Steve Reeves and Dick Dubois (billed as "Richard Sabre") with actual speaking roles. Reeves went on to film greatness and Dubois became a minister later in his life.

I'm not certain but I believe the gentlemen with whom Reeves had the showdown at the end of the film's Mr. Universe contest via the Continental Press, was himself a stuntman.
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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #17 on: June 10, 2011, 11:08:04 AM »
Don Peters .... mid 60's. More than likely one of the best built during those early years.

Clint Beyererle .., trained at Pearl's in Pasadena and was ultra ripped.

Among the best back then

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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #18 on: June 10, 2011, 11:12:41 AM »
Great, albeit not "natural" physiques, sir!    ;D  I believe Clint is now married to Mike Mentzer's former girlfriend, Cathy.  Wasn't Peters a film editor at one time?  I think that is mentioned in the book West Coast Bodybuilding Scene...
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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #19 on: June 10, 2011, 11:18:38 AM »
Quote from: stuntmovie on June 09, 2011, 04:46:16 PM
WHO WAZ....

BERNIE ERNST?

DOUG STROHL?

MEL KNOLL?

JOHN CORVELLO?

ROY HILLLIGEN?

ID each of the above and WIN the 'DON'T LOOK UP" DVD.




heard of all of them except mel knoll.
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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #20 on: June 10, 2011, 11:25:30 AM »
REEVES, Thanks. It's kind of fun recalling all this stuff.

Yep, I  did see ATHENA when it first came out and years later Steve gave me an autographed copy in the tape format, but it's in some attic packed away now.

I forget who Reeves competed against in that movie but I'll check it out and see if I can find out if he was also in the stunt biz.

In real life ... one of Reeves' major contests was a 'battle' against Eric Pederson whom I have been told became a bad debt collector in Las Vegas in the 60's.

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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #21 on: June 10, 2011, 11:34:04 AM »
Funk, Yea "Mel Knoil" was only a fellow gym member (American Health Studios) but with a phenominal build. I had to mention him because he definitely was one of the best back then.

Yea, REEVES ... Definitely not natural back then. Those were the BIG DAYS of Decca?, prima?, and anavar?, dianabol?  if  my memory is still working properly. But I don't recall any use of injections in them good old days. (Need help on these doids.)

"KATHY" ... I remember Kathy! But I had no idea she married Clint. Small world!

Isn't Clint an airline pilot? And ... who was Clint's training partner when he trained at Pearl's?

I do know that Peters worked at one of the studios but not sure exactly what he did. You cold be correct about his editing job.

 West Coast Bodybuilding Scene... I gotta check it out!
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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #22 on: June 10, 2011, 11:44:02 AM »
Here's Jerry Daniels (60's) and Jack Dillinger (50's).

I met them both on more than a couple of occasions.

I think Jerry beat Bob Gadja the year he won the Mr A.

And i had some gym equipment business dealings with Jack when he was running (owing?) a company that was involved in newly designed gym gear over in the Oakland vicinity. At that time he had his broken leg in a cast. He said that he "fell off a barstool!".
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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #23 on: June 10, 2011, 11:47:16 AM »
John Corvello - mid 60's (Shortly after winning the AAU Mrr. Cal?)

Ellington Darden - If I recall correctly he sometimes trained in a tub of mud ... some kind of new resistance technique, I guess.

By now you should be seeing the big diffenece between these old timeers and today's competitive bodybuilders.

Even today's true natural competitors could beat these old timers.

What happened?
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Re: WHO WAZ?
« Reply #24 on: June 10, 2011, 11:55:02 AM »
Quote from: stuntmovie on June 10, 2011, 11:08:04 AM
Don Peters .... mid 60's. More than likely one of the best built during those early years.

Clint Beyererle .., trained at Pearl's in Pasadena and was ultra ripped.

Among the best back then


i remember seeing don peters on the people's court, one of his gym members was sueing don for his membership money back don threw him out for piling weight on machines then going over and screaming a lot but not actually accomplishing anything but polluting the air with his screams and grunts.
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