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Highlights of the Mr America Contest

An excellent report with great pictorials of the 1980 AAU Mr America.  Gary Leonard would win his class and the overall title.  Other class winner were Ken Passariello, Bronson Austin and Richard Baldwin. Source: Muscular Development (Feb 1981) Page #28 - Muscular Development (Feb 1981) Page #29 - Muscular Development (Feb 1981) Page #30 - Muscular Development…

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1979 Jr Mr Americla

A pictorial of results for the 1979 AAU Jr Mr America contest.  Robert Jodkiewicz would win the short class then then the overall title.  Charles class would win the medium class whilst John Brown won the Tall class ahead of both Gary Leonard and Mike Christian. Source: Muscular Development (Oct 1979) Page #12 - Muscular…

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IFBB Pro World Championship

What a competition!  Mohamed Makkawy would dominate the free posing round to come from behind to win the 1983 IFBB Pro World Championships ahead of Greg DeFerro and Lee Haney (making his professional debut).  The field of 16 boasted no less than 8 Mr America's, 2 Mr internationals and 9 Mr Universe titleholders.   THIS ARTICLE…

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Mr America 1980

Gary Leonard had just captured the 1980 Mr America title.  This is an excellent contest report from the show. Source: Joe Weider's Muscle and Fitness (Collector Edition) (Jan 1981)  Page #14 - Muscle & Fiitness (Collectors Edition) (Jan 1981) Page #15 - Muscle & Fiitness (Collectors Edition) (Jan 1981) Page #16 - Muscle & Fiitness…

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Gary Leonard Mr America 1980

Gary Leonard had just captured the 1980 Mr America title.  Bill Dobbins sat down with Gary just 2 weeks after his greatest victory for this interview. Source: Joe Weider's Muscle and Fitness (Collector Edition) (Jan 1981)  Page #6 - Muscle & Fiitness (Collectors Edition) (Jan 1981) Page #7 - Muscle & Fiitness (Collectors Edition) (Jan…

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