Professor Anthony Barker was a great Oldtime Strongman in the New York Area in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Barker practiced early all around strength and was famous not only for having strong muscles, but being strong all over. In addition to regular strongman training of the period, he trained his jaws with teeth...
Chuck Sipes was born in 1932 and started weightlifting to make a high school football team and ended up being an incredibly successful bodybuilder. Chuck won numerous titles, such as Mr. America in 1959, Mr. Universe in 1960, NABBA World Championship in 1967 and Mr. World in 1968. Aside from his impressive bodybuilding career, Chuck...
A booklet of boxers, wrestlers, strongmen, weight-lifters, bodybuilders…hundreds of photos, each with name of bodybuilder underneath, but no other text. Roughly 100 pages (not numbered), authored by Earle Lieberman.
Walt Baptiste was a renowned and much loved San Francisco leader and legend, a patriotic American, a leader and a pioneer who inspired hundreds of thousands to embrace the world of Body Mind & Spirit. Walt was one of the foremost authorities and teachers of Yoga in the world, who taught countless students over the...
Beginning with the very first graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin, the game of football has long played a large part in shaping the culture and identity of our campus. This year, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, which was formally dedicated on 27 November 1924 with...
The Strong Man was a magazine for weight lifting enthusiasts of the era published through the Milo Bar Bell Company and edited by Mark Berry, the first United States Olympic Team weight lifting coach, hired for the 1932 and 1936 Olympics. The first 14 issues of The Strong Man, from June 1931 to 1933 are...
Started in 1860 by Dr. Dio Lewis, Lewis’s Gymnastic Monthly and Journal of Physical Culture was originally titled, “Lewis’ New Gymnastics for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children and Boston Journal of Physical Culture.” Below is the third issue of the journal. View this issue and other issues from 1862 in PDF format. Lewis’ New Gymnastics for...
A highlight of the 1920s UT football was the building of Texas Memorial Stadium, completed 1924. It was dedicated at the A&M game was built as a permanent monument to the University alumni who lost their lives in the “war to end all wars,” World War I. The program includes narratives about the history of...
