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Images of Harry Johnson Jr. with article titled "Persistence Pays off for Harry Johnson: Mr. America 1959" by Peary Rader.

Harry Lionel Johnson Jr. was a famous strongman and bodybuilder who was named Mr. America in 1959 and Masters Mr....

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Strongman Ottley Coulter, with some of the books in his physical culture library, from the Ottley Coulter Collection.

Coulter was a vaudeville strongman, author, and collector. As his vaudeville days came to a close, he moved into supporting...

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Doctors Curtis Jackson (Shorty) and Mary Evelyn Buice Alderson Collection

Doctors Curtis Jackson (Shorty) and Mary Evelyn Buice Alderson were faculty in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education of...

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Ben Crenshaw and Scotty Sayers Collection

Two-time Masters winner, Ben Crenshaw, a local Austinite, attended UT at the same time as Tom Kite. Like his rival...

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Books from former University of Texas faculty members Christine Green and Laurence Chalip, from the Christine Green and Laurence Chalip Library, in the closed stacks.

Christine Green and Laurence Chalip Collection

Chris Green and Laurence Chalip are former faculty members of UT’s Department of Kinesiology and Health Education. They have donated...

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Magazine boxes from strength collector Harold Weiss, in the Harold Weiss Collection, in the periodical stacks.

Harold (Hal) Weiss Collection

Harold “Hal” Weiss was one of the greatest private collectors of strength and weightlifting materials in the post-World War II...

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Books from founding member of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Allan J. Ryan, from the Allan J. Ryan Collection, in the closed stacks.

Allan Ryan Collection

Dr. Allan J. Ryan was a founding member of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), served as president of...

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Peary and Mabel Rader Collection

For more than fifty years, the Raders published the influential Iron Man magazine from the town of Alliance, Nebraska. They also traveled...

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Twelve health and physical culture books from vegetarian Maude Frank, in the Maude Frank Collection, in the closed stacks.

Beulah (Boo) Law Collection

Beulah “Boo” Law (1922-2016) was a student and practitioner of natural hygiene from the early 1980s until her death in...

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Cover of the book Death in the Locker Room: Steroids and Sports, by Bob Goldman with Patricia Bush, Ph.D. and Dr. Ronald Klatz, from the Robert Goldman Papers.

Robert (Bob) Goldman Collection

Robert (Bob) Goldman began as an athlete, foremost as a wrestler who had dreams of making it to the Olympic...

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Jim Apfelbaum Collection

Writer, broadcaster and historian, Jim Apfelbaum is the first, and as yet only, three-time winner of the annual Southern Texas...

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Four football media guides belonging to sports enthousiast Thomas Shrader, from the Thomas Shrader Sports Library.

Thomas Shrader Collection

From the time he was a young boy, Thomas Shrader loved sports, collegiate and professional. So much so that he...

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Painting of a powerlifter by Wolfgang Kals

Robert (Bob) Kennedy Collection

Robert “Bob” Kennedy (1938-2012) was a well-known contributor to the bodybuilding and fitness world as a publisher, author, artist, and...

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The University of Texas Department of Athletics Medical Kit, belonging to African American former football trainer Frank Medina, in the main lobby.

Jack Berryman Collection

If you want to know how and when sports medicine became a specialty, you need only to read Jack Berryman’s...

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Bob Samuels Collection

Bob Samuels (1911- 2000) was a pioneer powerlifting and Olympic-style weightlifting competitor and coach. Born in New York City to...

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A physical culture bust, with drawings on it, designed to improve mental health.

History of Naturopathy and Alternative Medicine Library

There’s a complex, somewhat dramatic, story to how the Stark Center came to be the home of the extensive health...

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1969 National Championship University of Texas football team pins for Coach Darrell K. Royal and his wife Edith Royal, from the Darrell K. Royal Collection.

Darrell K Royal Collection

It is impossible to discuss University of Texas football with mentioning, at some point, legendary coach, Darrell K Royal. Although...

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Stanley Rothwell Collection

Stanley Rothwell was a British physical culturist and educator best known as a writer, fitness model, bodybuilder, boxer, and wrestler....

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Two pages of one of the scrapbooks featuring former University of Texas golfer Tom Kite, with newspaper clippings, a photograph and a scorecard, from the Tom Kite Scrapbooks, put together by Tom Kite's mother, Mauryene Kite.

Thomas (Tom) Kite Collection

Tom Kite is a professional golfer with 19 wins on the PGA Tour, including the 1992 U.S. Open. Kite, along...

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Anna Hiss Gym, named for former University of Texas instructor of physical education Anna Hiss, in a photograph from 1952, from the Anna Hiss Collection.

Anna Hiss Collection

Anna Hiss was an instructor of physical education at The University of Texas at Austin from 1918 until her retirement...

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Three track and field books from track and field athlete and historian James Dunaway, from the James Dunaway Collection.

James (Jim) Dunaway Collection

James Dunaway, a sports journalist renowned for his coverage of track and field athletes and events, covered sporting events from...

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The 1986 University of Texas at Austin Women's Basketball National Champions, from the University of Texas Women's Basketball and Intercollegiate Athletics Collection.

Jody Conradt Collection

The Jody Conradt Collection documents the career, milestones, and major events in the life of Jody Conradt, the winningest coach...

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Former University of Texas women's basketball coach Jody Conradt and two Texas women basketball players, from the Jody Conradt Collection.

The University of Texas Women’s Basketball and Intercollegiate Athletics Collection

In 1974, as one of the first major universities to move toward compliance with Title IX legislation, the University of...

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A display case, in the main lobby, including the varsity letter jacket worn by H.J. Lutcher Stark, football cleats; and, from the Clyde Rabb Littlefield Collection, one of the Texas Longhorns blankets used by the undefeated 1914 University of Texas football team, the first time the term Longhorns was used, in the 1914: A Perfect Season Gallery.

The University of Texas at Austin Athletics Media Relations Office Collections

The University of Texas Athletics Media Relations office serves as principal media liaison for all University of Texas intercollegiate athletics...

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Magazines and bound magazines, including the Journal of Health, in the periodical stacks.

Steve Wennerstrom Collection

Steve Wennerstrom is an expert on the history of women’s bodybuilding. He has served as the International Federation of Bodybuilders...

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Former University of Texas golf coach Harvey Penick, and former University of Texas golfer Tom Kite, on the putting green, from the Harvey Penick and Tinsley Penick Golf Collection.

Harvey Penick and Tinsley Penick Collection

Harvey Penick was an Austin institution, recognized by the golf world as a professional’s professional. Penick served as UT’s first...

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Former University of Texas tennis coach Wilmer Allison, giving a backhand demonstration, from the Wilmer Allison and Dave Snyder Tennis Collection.

Wilmer Allison and Dave Snyder Collection

The Allison and Snyder Collection documents the coaching careers of University of Texas men’s tennis coaches Wilmer Allison and David...

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Three footballs presented to former University of Texas football coach Mack Brown after Texas' wins in games on October 10, 1998 versus Oklahoma 34-3; October 23, 1999 versus Nebraska 24-20; and November 6, 2004 versus Oklahoma State 56-35; from the Mack Brown Collection.

Mack Brown Collection

Mack Brown served as head coach of the University of Texas Longhorns Football Team from 1998 until 2013. During his...

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Golf clubs in golf bags, in the closed stacks room, donated by golf enthousiasts William H. and Susan S. Bushman, from the William H. and Susan S. Bushman Golf Library.

William H. and Susan S. Bushman Golf Library

The William S. and Susan S. Bushman Golf Collection is the result of Bill Bushman’s lifelong love for the game...

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Photograph of materials found in Pamela Ferguson's Collection

Pamela (Pam) Ellen Ferguson Collection

The Pamela (Pam) Ellen Ferguson Collection contains materials created and collected by the aforementioned Asian Bodywork Therapy (ABT) practitioner, instructor,...

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John Hordines Collection

This collection documents John Hordines’ career as a physical educator, wrestling coach, and sportswriter. The collection includes materials from Hordines’...

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Portrait photograph of Edmund and Adelyn Hoffman, donors of the Edmund Hoffman Golf Collection.

Edmund and Adelyn Hoffman Collection

Edmund Hoffman was a Dallas businessman and philanthropist who loved the game of golf. So much so that he accumulated...

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Vic Boff and Iceberg Athletic Club on beach with "Happy New Year" banner.

Vic Boff Collection

Boff, a longtime physical culturist and founder of the Association of Oldetime Barbell and Strongmen, was friends with many people...

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Twenty books on the shelves in the closed stacks, including Best Sports Stories for several years, donated by sports fan and collector William B. Ward, from the William B. Ward Collection.

William Ward Collection

A Wichita Falls, Texas native, William B. Ward was an avid sports fan and collector of sports memorabilia. Reflected in...

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Five photographs of boxers, including one of a boxer punching another boxer in the face, from the Albert Davis Boxing and Sport Photography Collection, in a corner of the Golden Age of American Boxing Gallery.

Albert Davis Photography Collection

Albert Davis was a theater and sports enthusiast and an avid collector of theater and sports-related memorabilia. At the time...

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William Taft Collection

Retired University of Missouri journalism professor and Bernarr Macfadden scholar, Taft collected an amazing array of research materials on Bernarr...

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Jesse Mercer Gehman Collection

Dr. Gehman worked as an editor for Bernarr Macfadden in the 1920s, wrote one of the earliest books warning of...

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IronMan physical culture magazines, first founded by publisher Peary Rader, waiting to be processed.

Sydell Herbst and Christopher Gian-Cursio Collection

Christopher Gian-Cursio was a naturopathic doctor, nutritionist, author, editor, and researcher. The collection reflects Gian-Cursio’s professional career as a practicing...

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Bodybuilder David P. Willoughby's Arm Art Drawing, including an arm and a dumbbell, from the David P. Willoughby Collection.

David Willoughby Collection

Willoughby was a weightlifting historian, artist, and anthropometrist. He authored a number of books, including The Super Athletes; helped form the...

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Physical culture items, including books and a plaster cast of a hand, in a display case, in the Reading Room; a statue and photograph of former Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry are in the background.

Charles Yesalis Collection

Dr. Charles Yesalis has studied the role of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) and other performance enhancing drugs (PED) in sports and...

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Pudgy and Les Stockton Collection

Abbye “Pudgy” Stockton played a central role in popularizing physical culture and exercise for women in the mid-Twentieth Century. She...

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A horseshoe, two Indian clubs, a Milo Adjustable Barbell and an American Continental Weight-Lifters Association (ACWLA) trophy.

Robert (Bob) Hoffman and Alda Ketterman Collection

Robert Collins Hoffman, who was 6′ 3″ by the age of thirteen, developed an early interest in athletics. He initially...

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Wrestler and strongman George F. Jowett pressing a barbell overhead with one hand, from the scrapbooks in the George F. Jowett Collection.

George Jowett Collection

Jowett was a strongman, promoter, author, and magazine editor whose career spanned the period 1910-1960. With David Willoughby and Ottley...

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Bodybuilder Doris Barrilleaux at the 2011 Opening of the Joe and Betty Weider Museum of Physical Culture; a photograph of Barrilleaux posing and another of her with bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger are two of the four photographs in the background.

Doris Barrilleaux Collection

Known as the “First Lady of Bodybuilding,” Doris Barrilleaux founded the Superior Physique Association (SPA), and had leadership positions with...

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Dr. Gary Wadler Collection

Dr. Gary Wadler was an American internist with special expertise in the field of drug use in sports. Dr. Wadler served as a...

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The Stark Center has a number of collections waiting to be processed. Visit this page to learn about them.

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