Friday, January 15, 2010

  • Primo Carnera


    • Heavyweight champ Primo Carnera was a "strong man" as well as a strongman. Here's The Preem doing a 'Muscle Out' of a pretty good size kid. I'd say that's a hundred pounds at least. Strong shoulders obviously come in pretty handy in the ring.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Friday, January 15, 2010

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    Wednesday, December 02, 2009

  • A Gathering of The Greats


    • A Gathering of The Greats: From Left to Right: Norb Grueber, owner of The Bodybuilder's Sport Shop, (located at 1925 West Division street in Chicago) as well as publisher of The Chicago Bodybuilder Magazine, Sam Greller, Athletic Director of the Chicago Fair, Clarence Johnson, Chairman of Michigan AAU lifting committee, Milo Steinborn, Norb Schemansky, Tony Matic, physical director of Illinois A.C. and former heavyweight boxing champ, Primo Carnera.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Wednesday, December 02, 2009

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    Tuesday, March 31, 2009

  • Mighty Joe Young vs. 10 Strongmen


    • The 1949 film 'Mighty Joe Young' features a number of familiar faces. In a memorable scene, Mr. Joseph Young of Africa plays tug of war with 10 strongmen. The strongmen in question are played by Mac Batchelor and Primo Carnera and famous wrestlers Karl 'Killer' Davis, William 'Wee Willie' Davis, Henry Kulky, Sammy Menacker, Man Mountain Dean, Sammy Stein and 'The Swedish Angel' Phil Olafsson. (The strongmen never had a chance, Mighty Joe easily prevails, pulling them one by one into a pool of water.)

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    Posted by John Wood @ Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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    Friday, March 13, 2009

  • Primo Carnera


    • You may know that "The Preem" Primo Carnera was the Heavyweight boxing Champion of the world from 1933-1934 but you probably didn't know that he was also a performing strongman as well. He achieved a one-hand snatch of 220 pounds and could clean and jerk over 300 -- pretty good for someone who was 6'6".

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    Posted by John Wood @ Friday, March 13, 2009

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