Iron Game History Volume 5

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Issue #1

Published May 1998

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• Harold Weiss – Another Friend Gone, Terry Todd.
• The Amazing Donald Dinnie: The Nineteenth Century’s Greatest Athlete, Frank Zarnowski.
• Mark Henry’s Dilemma – Reflections on Drugs at the Olympics, Terry Todd.
• Some Lesser Known Strongmen of Fifties and Sixties, Steve Neece.
• Book Review: The Indian Club as Folk Art, David Chapman:
  • Alice J. Hoffman, Indian Clubs.
• Sandow: No Folly with Ziegfeld’s First Glorification, Josh Buck.
• The Association of Oldetime Barbell and Strongmen 15th Annual Reunion/Dinner, Ken Rosa.
• The Iron Grapevine.

Issue #2

Published October 1998

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• Editorial – A Progress Report, Terry Todd.
• The Search for Elmer Bitgood: The Paul Bunyan of New England, John Fair.
• Reconsidering Donald Dinnie – A Response to Frank Zarnowski’s “The Amazing Donald Dinnie” (published in IGH V5-1), David Webster.
• Ironclad – The Impending Disconnect: An Opinion/Prediction, Joe Roark.
• Excerpts from: Strength Athletics and Swedish Gymnastics, Georges Le Roy & David Chapman.
• Book Reviews, Nicholas Turse & Grover Porter:
  • Pamela Moore, Building Bodies.
  • Steve Reeves, Building the Classic Physique – The Natural Way.
• The Iron Grapevine.

Issue #3

Published December 1998

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• John Grimek: 1910-1998, Joe Weider.
• Jim Lorimer: The Iron Game’s Greatest Promoter, Jim Murray.
• Physical Fitness Magazine: Why Did It Fail?, Andy Kozar & Jan Todd.
• McGwire’s Secret, John Hoberman.
• Big Santa (poem), Terry Todd.
• Louis Cyr & Charles Sampson: Archetypes of Vaudevillian Strongmen, Josh Buck.
• Ironclad (Discrepancies in Literature), Joe Roark.
• Book Review, David Chapman:
  • Michael Anton Budd, The Sculpture Machine: Physical Culture and the Body Politics in the Age of Empire.
• The Iron Grapevine.

Issue #4 & Volume 6 Issue #1

Published April 1999

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• John Grimek – The Man, Terry Todd.
• Immortalizing Grimek, David Chapman.
• My Friend: John C. Grimek, Vic Boff.
• Our Memories of John Grimek, Pudgy and Les Stockton.
• “Strongmen I Remember Best…I Meet the ‘Champ’,” Siegmund Klein.
• The King is Dead, Alton Eliason.
• “Life With John,” Angela Grimek.
• Experiences with John Grimek, Jim Schwertley.
• Remembering Grimek, Clarence Bass.
• Another Memory, Dan Sawyer.
• Ironclad – John Grimek’s Physique Competitions, Joe Roark.
• I Thought He Was Immortal, Jim Murray.
• My Thoughts and Reflections on John C. Grimek, Ken Rosa.
• “My Visit to Desbonnet,” John Grimek.
• Best of Them All, Terry Robinson.
• Muscle Marvel-John C. Grimek (cartoon), M. Silianoff.
• The First Great Bodybuilder, Jim Lorimer.
• Tribute to a Titan, Tom Minichiello.
• “How Steve Reeves Trained,” John Grimek.
• John Grimek: Master of the Dance, Al Thomas.
• “That Man’s Just Too Strong for Words to Describe” The Weightlifting Exploits of John C. Grimek, John Fair.
• The Iron Grapevine.