Dick Smith Virginia Strength and Power HoF inductee 2022 (Contributor)

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Robert Richard “Dick” Smith. (Contributor). 11/11/1915-4/6/2013.  Dick started lifting about 1930. During WW2 he was a pilot and retired as a Major from the USAF Reserves. Dick had a financial background and managed a chain of hotels in the Washington DC area. Dick lived in Arlington Virginia.

 

*Dick served as the DCAAU (Potomac Valley) AAU Weightlifting Chairman from about 1960 to 1969.

 

*Dick was an International Referee Category 2 for weightlifting.

 

*Dick attended and assisted at national level weightlifting meets from about 1940 to 1980. 

 

*Dick organized or helped organize meets in the Washington DC and Northern Virginia area for at least 20 years.

 

*Dick continued to assist at meets in the years after he was DCAAU Chairman as a MC, expediter, official and assisting the meet director as needed. 

 

*Dick competed in weightlifting as a 181lb lifter and won several contests in the 1930’s and early 1940’s. WW2 interrupted his lifting career and his competitive results after the war are not available.

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