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Highlights of the Mr America Contest

ContestsAugust 22, 2024111Views0Likes0Comments
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

ContestsJuly 25, 202449Views0Likes0Comments
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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1958 Mr America Contest

ContestsMarch 30, 2024117Views0Likes0Comments
A contest recap of the 1958 AAU Mr America.  Tom Sansone would win both the overall and most muscular title.  Other notables in the event were Vern Weaver (7th), Ray Routledge (8th) and Chuck Sipes (9th). Source: Strength & Health (Issue October 1958) Page #18 - Strength & Health (IssueOct 1958) Page #62 - Strength &…

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Belknap Wins he America

ContestsMarch 27, 2024111Views0Likes0Comments
On September 5, 1981 the 5'4", 225lbs Tim Belknap won the IFBB Mr America title. He first held off Rory Leidelmeyer to win his class before taking the overall crown.  This is an excellent contest recap with plenty of great photos. Source: Muscle & Fitness (Feb 82) Page #192 - Muscle & Fitness (Feb 1982) Page…

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Belknap Takes Mr America

ContestsMarch 6, 2024167Views0Likes0Comments
Tim Belknap overcomes Rory Leidelmeyer to win the Light Heavyweight Class in a fantastic battle.  It was a classic contest between a brutally muscular and dense physique of Belknap against a contrasting symmetric and classic physique of Leidelmeyer.  The Beast would conquer the beauty in this instance by a single point in a very close…

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Leonard Wins Mr America

ContestsFebruary 16, 2024105Views0Likes0Comments
A nice little gem of an article on the 1980 AAU Mr America Contest.  Over 3000 people attended the event won by Gary Leonard.  The article also provides insight into the class winners and there diet and training for the contest. THIS ARTICLE WAS PROVIDED BY JASON BENNIE, HAWAII, USA.   Thankyou to Jason for his…

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Mr America 1980

ContestsJanuary 26, 202495Views0Likes0Comments
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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The AFAB Championships

ContestsJanuary 6, 2024143Views0Likes0Comments
The 1977 IFBB Mr America was dominated by Danny Padilla.  Danny would win the Lightweight Division  before taking the overall title.  The massive Pete Grymkowski was the HeavyWeight winner whilst Roger Callard won the Middle Weight division.  A great read with plenty of photos from the competition. Source: MuscleMag International (Annual 3) Page #120 -…

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