When Lurie checked my list of Mr. America competitors during the Mr. America in St. Louis, he told me it was correct regarding him- which I already knew based on contemporary account results.
Perhaps his memory, like mine, is slipping. I do not think he is trying to be deceptive, but the facts are the facts, so motive aside, I try to keep the record straight.
Lurie was thick, but certainly I would doubt that he could not bent press anything NEAR what he claimed, for example.