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[funk51]

how many on here has at least 1 gold's gym shirt??

[funk51]

Funk, did someone start to colorize the pic on the top?

no i don't know what happened to weider's face..

[The Scott]

Wow, that is crazy.

Yup.  I bought one (or two, my mind is foggy... ) from Waller the first time I visited the original Gold's.  It was a XXXL size and Waller (with a big, good natured smile on his face)  said to me something along the lines of "Good luck filling that out, kid!".  

He made a good impression on an impressionable kid that day.  I hope to never forget moments like that.  I had that shirt until it was dust...

[dj181]

I think that photo is from the future:

It's dj181, wiggs, coach, julio caear, SF1900, goodrum and bigcyp

 

and they all have bigger arms than me  

[Donny]

Wow, that is crazy.

ric drasin keeps the old school information alive thanks to his video interviews. Top Guy.

[wes]

Bill Grant..........one of the nicest people you could possibly meet.

[Las Vegas]

Yup.  I bought one (or two, my mind is foggy... ) from Waller the first time I visited the original Gold's.  It was a XXXL size and Waller (with a big, good natured smile on his face)  said to me something along the lines of "Good luck filling that out, kid!".  

He made a good impression on an impressionable kid that day.  I hope to never forget moments like that.  I had that shirt until it was dust...

Drasin should have been given a lifetime comp just to start with.  It reminds me of how badly Dave Draper was burned on the ads he did.

[Las Vegas]

ric drasin keeps the old school information alive thanks to his video interviews. Top Guy.

Good vids, yeah.  I've seen a bunch of them.

[Donny]

Bill Grant..........one of the nicest people you could possibly meet.

Never met him but wrote to him. Very nice man.

[The Scott]

Drasin should have been given a lifetime comp just to start with.  It reminds me of how badly Dave Draper was burned on the ads he did.

True.  The Bomber should never have settled until the dust did from a court decision.  If he had, he might've  "owned" Schmoe Weider.

[Las Vegas]

True.  The Bomber should never have settled until the dust did from a court decision.  If he had, he might've  "owned" Schmoe Weider.

I'm going to have to find that video and watch it again.  It's been a few years since I've seen it, but I clearly remember thinking how awful it all was.  Not Weider's finest moment.

[funk51]

Never met him but wrote to him. Very nice man.

bill grant used to come to my neck of the woods like 2 or 3 times a year always seemed like a nice guy, he would mc the local contests even had one named after him for a time the bill grant classic which he had in atlantic city too.  he was in ill health a few years back 65 emergency room visits but i hear he's well again...as can be seen in first pic which is from this year.

[Donny]

bill used to come to my neck of the woods like 2 or 3 times a year always seemed like a nice guy, he would mc the local contests even had one named after him for a time the bill grant classic which he had in atlantic city too.  he was in ill health a few years back 65 emergency room visits but i hear he's well again...as can be seen in first pic which is from this year.

I was referring to Bill Grant in my post who i wrote to on Facebook. Bill Pearl I have only admiration for. A Manīs Man. served his country. My telephone conversations with Bill Pearl i cherish.

[wikkedonez]

How did Nelson Mandela get in the picture wasn't he in
jail???

[tommywishbone]

Golds Gym members: Ken Waller (Mr.Universe), Bill Grant (Mr. World), Ken Sprague, back row center (Owner, Golds Gym (Venice), Auhor numerous Golds Gym Traning Books) Dave Dupree (Mr. Western America, 700 lb deadlifer), Rudy Hermiso, white T-shirt with colorful design (Teenage Mr. America), Marc Martinez, far right (Film Maker), and some old powerlifting goof and my friend (Gary Hunnicut in front blue shirt).

[Powerlift66]

Hunnicut's a great guy, as is Grant. (Spoke to Grant for a while a few years back at the Strongman dinner).

Great pic Funk...

[funk51]

Golds Gym members: Ken Waller (Mr.Universe), Bill Grant (Mr. World), Ken Sprague, back row center (Owner, Golds Gym (Venice), Auhor numerous Golds Gym Traning Books) Dave Dupree (Mr. Western America, 700 lb deadlifer), Rudy Hermiso, white T-shirt with colorful design (Teenage Mr. America), Marc Martinez, far right (Film Maker), and some old powerlifting goof and my friend (Gary Hunnicut in front blue shirt).

you got them all didn't expect that...

[Svengoolie]

Waller got back into bb? He looked like an average old guy for a long time, but looks big there.

[Dr Dutch]

Thought the dude in the blue shirt was Woody Allen......

[hazbin]

Thought the dude in the blue shirt was Woody Allen......

I thought it was Chuckie Dunbar??

[stuntmovie]

TOMMY, I have to respectfully disagree.

Ken Sprague was the Santa Monica Gold's Gym owner, and as far as I can recall ... he had nothing to do with the Venice location.

By that time he and his wife had relocated up north a bit to the Seattle area.

I realize that you are an expert in these matters so maybe you can help me out with he following which may be of some interest to a couple of old time GetBiggers......

Can you name each owner of the Gold Gym 'brand' from the start?
Including the location of each and the approximate monthly/yearly membership fees from day #1 to the present?

I think that I am the last remaining individual on this planet who can sort of recall that Joe's first and original location was just steps away from the parking lot of the high rise building that  is now called The Sea Castle.

I never did meet Joe in that Sea Castle location but I'm 99% sure that that small gym was full of his 'home-made" equipment, but there seems to be no one alive today who can help me verify that ancient part of Gold's Gym history.

That Sea Castle building (just steps away from the original Muscle Beach) has some interesting history behind it which I'll do my best to describe some day.

It did play a part in the historical significance of Muscle Beach.

[Ronnie Rep]

I knew Dupree, Waller and Grant.

[tommywishbone]

you got them all didn't expect that...

   I had a little help-  Gary and I are friends on FB and he posted the pic and included all the names.  I was good for four out of six.

[tommywishbone]

TOMMY, I have to respectfully disagree.

Ken Sprague was the Santa Monica Gold's Gym owner, and as far as I can recall ... he had nothing to do with the Venice location.

By that time he and his wife had relocated up north a bit to the Seattle area.

I realize that you are an expert in these matters so maybe you can help me out with he following which may be of some interest to a couple of old time GetBiggers......

Can you name each owner of the Gold Gym 'brand' from the start?
Including the location of each and the approximate monthly/yearly membership fees from day #1 to the present?

I think that I am the last remaining individual on this planet who can sort of recall that Joe's first and original location was just steps away from the parking lot of the high rise building that  is now called The Sea Castle.

I never did meet Joe in that Sea Castle location but I'm 99% sure that that small gym was full of his 'home-made" equipment, but there seems to be no one alive today who can help me verify that ancient part of Gold's Gym history.

That Sea Castle building (just steps away from the original Muscle Beach) has some interesting history behind it which I'll do my best to describe some day.

It did play a part in the historical significance of Muscle Beach.

Agreed StuntM.  I actually grabbed that list and description from Gary's FB page.  Didn't notice the Venice connection.

[funk51]

I thought it was Chuckie Dunbar??

do you mean the vertically challenged powerlifter,,,, he was much shorter than that...