Joe Roark's IronHistoryArchives.com
The HUGE library of Iron History compiled by Joe Roark.
Welcome to Iron History with Joe Roark!
Joe Roark has been studying the iron game since 1957, and by 1970 began a systematic gathering of information on index cards. By the time his first computer was acquired, there were several hundred thousand references to be typed into it.
For a few years he published his own newsletter called MuscleSearch: The Roark Report. By 1992 he was appointed as the IFBB Men's Bodybuilding Historian, and began writing about history for FLEX in his column Factoids. For ten years he contributed to Iron Game History from the U of Texas at Austin. Recently he also began writing All Our Yesterdays for FLEX.
His passion has always been the period between 1880 and 1920, with particular emphasis on the oldtime strongmen of that era. Joe will be offering bits of history for Cyberpump once per week, and the text will be relevant to the dates of the calendar for those events of yesteryear relevant to the coming week.
In this column, readers will also be able to ask Joe questions or comment on his posts. Note: The comments are solely for interaction between Joe and the readers only -- not reader to reader.
9/30/2011: In the World of Strength, by Leo Gaudreau, from Muscle Power February 1954
Friday, September 30, 2011
Posted by TheEditor @ 07:47 PM CST
9/23/2011: In the World of Strength, by Leo Gaudreau, from Muscle Power October 1953
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Posted by TheEditor @ 12:26 PM CST
9/22/2011: Rare String of First Time Wins in the IFBB
Thursday, September 22, 2011
For only the second time in the history of the IFBB, a string of four consecutive wins by first time winners, happened this year:
Jun 18 Shaun Tavernier won the Toronto Pro 202
Jun 18 Craig Richardson won the Toronto Pro
Jun 25 Al Auguste won the Tampa Bay Pro 202
Jun 25 Marius Ohne won the Tampa Bay ProThis was the first IFBB pro win for each of the men above.
This scenario happened back in 1983 also:
Apr 16 Scott Wilson won GP: Portland
May 21 Lee Haney won the Night of Chp
Sep 11 Tony Pearson won the GP: Denver
Sep 24 Samir Bannout won Mr. OlympiaInterestingly (to me at least) is that the 2011 version perhaps would have been a string of seven such contests if Troy Alves had not disrupted the chain by winning his second contest on July 30, because the next two contests:
Aug 06 Jacksonville Pro was won by first time winner Vaughan Ettienne, and,
Aug 13 Europa Supershow 202 was won by first time winner Gaetano CisterninoOf course, in spite of what someone on another site claimed, this type of info cannot be found by a simple (or complicated) Google search
Posted by TheEditor @ 06:43 PM CST
9/19/2011: Men who have died who have competed in the Mr. Olympia.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Posted by TheEditor @ 03:27 PM CST
9/16/2011: In the World of Strength, by Leo Gaudreau, Muscle Power July 1953
Friday, September 16, 2011
Posted by TheEditor @ 05:31 PM CST
9/9/2011: In The World of Strength by Leo Gaudreau from Muscle Poewer May 1953
Friday, September 9, 2011
Posted by TheEditor @ 06:52 PM CST
9/2/2011: In the World of Strength" by Leo Gaudreau from Muscle Power December 1952
Friday, September 2, 2011
Posted by TheEditor @ 07:06 AM CST
