Tag: Muscle Builder Magazine

Muscle Builder, April 1954

Posted on Monday, November 14th, 2016 by John Wood

A look at the April, 1954 issue of Muscle Builder magazine with Jack Delinger on the cover. Notice that this was the “Giant He-Man issue.” Delinger (who was once a skinny weakling) was only a few years away from winning the Mr. Universe title.
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Ron Lacy

Posted on Wednesday, August 13th, 2014 by John Wood
Originally from Hazard, Kentucky, Ron Lacy was the winner of the 1957 AAU Mr. America Contest and is shown here gracing the cover of the September, 1958 issue of Muscle Builder magazine.

Lacy also won the 1955 Mr. Kentucky Contest and finished first in the medium class in the NABBA Mr. Universe contest. Ron was well-known for his leg development and once squatted 300 pounds for 50 consecutive reps.

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