Iron Game History Volume 2

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Issue #1

Published January 1992

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• Peary Rader (1909-1991): Our Best Man Gone, Terry Todd.
• The Legacy of Pudgy Stockton, Jan Todd.
• The Roark Report – Backlifting, Joe Roark.
• Where Are They Now? Mike Mungioli, Al Thomas.
• Al Roy: Mythbreaker, Terry Todd.
• European Corner – Monte Saldo, Dave Webster.
• The Iron Grapevine.

Issue #2

Published April 1992

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• Reflections on Musclebinding, Al Thomas.
• The Origins of Weight Training for Female Athletes in North America, Jan Todd.
• The Roark Report – Requiescat in Pace: Alyce Yarick, Bert Goodrich and Bill (Reynolds), Joe Roark.
• Police Chief Joe Peters: Lawman as Strongman, Al Thomas.
• European Corner – Grigori Novak, David Webster.
• The Iron Grapevine.

Issue #3

Published July 1992

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• Editorial – Passings (Leo Murdock and Bob Peoples), Terry Todd.
• William Blaikie and Physical Fitness in Late Nineteenth Century America, Doug Bryant.
• Where Are They Now? Terry Robinson: The Legend Behind the Man Behind the Legend, Al Thomas.
• Muscles, Memory: and George Hackenschmidt, Terry Todd & Spencer Maxcy.
• The Roark Report – Gyms of the Past, Joe Roark.
• The Iron Grapevine.

Issue #4

Published November 1992

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• The Need For a Hall of Fame, Terry & Jan Todd.
• Bob Peoples: Deadlift Champion, Strength Theorist, Civic Leader, Al Thomas.
• The Classical Ideal and Its Impact on the Search for Suitable Exercise: 1774-1830, Jan Todd.
• John Terpak’s 80th Birthday: A York Reunion, John Fair.
• European Corner – A Chronology of Significant Events in the Life of Eugen Sandow, Dave Webster.
• The Roark Report – The Mr. America Contest: A Brief History, Joe Roark.
• The Iron Grapevine.

Issue #5

Published January 1993

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• Some Thoughts on the Body: “How It Means” and What It Means, Al Thomas.
• The History of Strength Training for Athletes at the University of Texas, Terry Todd.
• European Corner – Launceston Elliot, Dave Webster.
• Joe Assirati: Reminiscences of Britain’s Renaissance of Strength, Al Thomas.
• The Roark Report – Some Memorable Iron Game Events in Chronological Order, Joe Roark.
• The Iron Grapevine.

Issue #6

Published May 1993

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• Jim Witt: A Life with Two Loves, Terry Todd.
• George Jowett, Ottley Coulter, David Willoughby and the Organization of American Weightlifting, 1911-1924, John Fair.
• Where Are They Now? Bill Curry and the Gospel of Physical Fitness, Al Thomas.
• The Roark Report – Chuck Sipes, Joe Roark.
• The Iron Grapevine.