Meet the Browns, Vince Brown, and John Brown, that is...

[Parker]

Vince Brown (notice he has triceps just like Ronnie Coleman)

And John Brown, moves look familiar? That's because Melvin Anthony is a biter..

[OTHstrong]

Couldn't watch the first video, sorry,that type of music gets to me, torture, only made 15 seconds.

As for John's, not bad, he was the first to move like that, worked out well in his day, he pulled it off and the crowds love it, now we just laugh at anyone that moves like that, John hit poses very well, great bodybuilder, he mentored Ray as teenager

[Parker]

Couldn't watch the video, sorry,that type of music gets to me, torture, only made 15 seconds.

As for John's, not bad, he was the first to move like that, worked out well in his day, he pulled it off and the crowds love it, now we just laugh at anyone that moves like that, John hit poses very well, great bodybuilder, he mentored Ray as teenager

then turn the volume down.

[OTHstrong]

then turn the volume down.

EDIT the first video, not John's, ok I will turn the volume down.

[Parker]

EDIT the first video, not John's, ok I will turn the volume down.

I understand, because I hate that song...

[OTHstrong]

I understand, because I hate that song...

lol^^^

So this guy has crazy detail and separation but he looks short, do you know his stats?

[Parker]

lol^^^

So this guy has crazy detail and separation but he looks short, do you know his stats?

Ask crownshep, but he's at least as tall as Brian Buchanan, which about 5'9ish...

[crownshep]

Thats not the music Vince Brown used to pose to,thats been added to the video.Vince was an absolute genetic freak,he had a Sergio like shape,in the first pic he is still 19 years old,he`s on the left hand side,placed 3rd in the Mr Britain.Won the Universe in 83 and should have been in the IFBB in the 80s instaed of NABBA.

[crownshep]

Vince was 5"7`-5"8`,strong as fuck as well.In 1981 i went to the Mr Nottingham show to see how good the juniors were,i was thinking of competing the following year,and i knew the name Vince Brown but didn`t know what he looked like.At the show a guy sat in front of me taking up 2 seats with the width of his back and the mc asked for Vince to come onstage and present the prizes,then this monster stood up and went onstage,he was bigger than any in the Mr class and he had won it the previous year.The most impressive bodybuilder i`ve ever seen,in regards to shape.

[crownshep]

Vince is 2nd on the left.

[Parker]

Vince was 5"7`-5"8`,strong as fuck as well.In 1981 i went to the Mr Nottingham show to see how good the juniors were,i was thinking of competing the following year,and i knew the name Vince Brown but didn`t know what he looked like.At the show a guy sat in front of me taking up 2 seats with the width of his back and the mc asked for Vince to come onstage and present the prizes,then this monster stood up and went onstage,he was bigger than any in the Mr class and he had won it the previous year.The most impressive bodybuilder i`ve ever seen,in regards to shape.

His strong point was his chest, imagine if he competed in the 90s as a top IFBB Pro.

[crownshep]

He tore his pec in the mid 80s,and back then you were marked down for a defect like that,not like todays judging criteria.

[Parker]

He tore his pec in the mid 80s,and back then you were marked down for a defect like that,not like todays judging criteria.

damn, that's sad. A real, shoulda, coulda, woulda.
It seemed dudes like him and Buchanan could have gone the distance, if it wasn't for injuries (Brown), and I guess with Brian, lack of funding (he did make it to the Mr. O)

[crownshep]

Politics as well Parker,keep in mind Brian won NABBA Mr Britain in 83,Vince 2nd,but the only way to get a pro card for IFBB was to win the EFBB british and then world title,Brian didn`t want to go that route and a couple of years later the americans were getting pro cards without doing the worlds,but british guys couldn`t,it took till 88 for that to happen for Brian.In 84 Vince was already a NABBA Universe winner and told he had to enter a local show to qualify for the EFBB British,so he did this and got beat by someone not in the same league as him,but the EFBB couldn`t let nabba guys come over and clean up,so Vince said fuck it and didn`t bother with them again.

[Parker]

Politics as well Parker,keep in mind Brian won NABBA Mr Britain in 83,Vince 2nd,but the only way to get a pro card for IFBB was to win the EFBB british and then world title,Brian didn`t want to go that route and a couple of years later the americans were getting pro cards without doing the worlds,but british guys couldn`t,it took till 88 for that to happen for Brian.In 84 Vince was already a NABBA Universe winner and told he had to enter a local show to qualify for the EFBB British,so he did this and got beat by someone not in the same league as him,but the EFBB couldn`t let nabba guys come over and clean up,so Vince said fuck it and didn`t bother with them again.

see, I didn't know that. Too much politics, lack of unification, ego-stroking, etc.
If it weren't for that, there could have been more British/UK Pros who could have cleaned up. All the politics held them back. Luckily there was Dorian, huh

[SilverSpoon]

Similar shit happened to Jeff King right here in the USA.

In my opinion, had Jeff King been able to compete against Haney (who I think is downright awesome, and I met him as a young kid), Haney may not have won all of those Sandows.

[arce1988]

[nolotil]

Crownshep, yeah he was good and those guys in the picture you posted look like proper bodybuilders.