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1936 USA Olympic Team
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1936 Olympic Team
The 1936 Olympic Games were held in Berlin Germany from 8/1-8/16/1936. Weightlifting consisted of 5 weight classes 60kg, 67.5kg, 75kg, 82.5kg and +82.5kg. The competition for all classes was held between 8/2-8/5/1936 at the Deutschlandhalle. The United States Team Coach was Mark Berry.
William “Bill” Good
5/14/1910-4/19/2007
Bill began lifting in the 1920’s along with his brothers Harry and Walter. Bill lifted for York Oil Burner and later York Barbell. Bill was the first American to Clean and Jerk 350lbs. Bill continued to train after retiring from competition and was still training when he was 90 years old.
1st 181lb class 1930 Senior Nationals
1st 181lb class 1931 Senior Nationals
1st 181lb class 1932 Senior Nationals
4th 181lb class 1932 Olympics
1st 181lb class 1933 Senior Nationals
1st Heavyweight 1934 Senior Nationals
1st Heavyweight 1935 Senior Nationals
7th 181lb class 1936 Olympics
1st Heavyweight 1937 Senior Nationals
Member of the US Weightlifting Hall of Fame.
Anthony “Tony” Terlazzo
7/28/1911-3/26/1966
Possibly the greatest American Weightlifter of all time!
1932, 1936 & 1940 Olympic Team
1st American to win an Olympic Medal Bronze 1932
1st American to win an Olympic Gold Medal 1936
1st American to set an official World Record in Olympic Weightlifting 209 ¾ Press
1935. (S&H 1/1936 page 14).
1st American to win a World’s Championship 1936 (The 1936 Olympics were also considered the Worlds. S&H 10/1936 pg. 20).
1st American to officially C&J double body weight
1938 1st World Championships
1937 1st World Championships
13X Senior National Champion 1932,33,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44 &45.
Set approximately 9 World Records.
1934 Seniors 2nd (injured)
1935 Member All American Weightlifting Team
Stanley “Stan” Kratkowski
8/20/1912-8/25/1962
Stan started lilting in the Detroit area in the late 1920’s. He lifted for the Michigan Alkali Team and later for the Detroit German /American team. Stan lifted until his career was interrupted due to WW2. Stan was a State and Regional Champion as well as a National Champion and 2X Olympian.
1st 165lb class 1932 Senior Nationals
5th 165lb class 1932 Olympics
1st 165lb class 1934 Senior Nationals
1st 165lb class 1935 Senior Nationals
1st 165lb class 1936 Senior Nationals
5th 165lb class 1936 Olympics
1st 165lb class 1938 Senior Nationals
John C. Grimek
6/17/1910-11/20/1998
John started training when he was 12 years old primarily to get bigger and stronger. It wasn’t long before others started to notice John’s rapid physical response to training. John continued to train and was a much sought after model for the advertisements of the day. While John is regarded as the greatest bodybuilder of his time and one of the greatest ever, he was also an accomplished weightlifter. John was a member of the 1936 United States Olympic Weightlifting Team, a Senior National Champion a North American Champion and set several National Records as well as a World Record. John was also New Jersey State Champion several times representing the Shore Athletic Club of Perth Amboy New Jersey.
1st Heavyweight class* 1934 New Jersey State Championships.
Heavyweight class 1934 Senior Nationals. John military pressed a National Record 110K but bombed in the snatch. At the time John was primarily training on body building movements and had not learned how to properly perform snatches or clean and jerks.
1st Heavyweight class 1935 New Jersey State Championships
2nd Heavyweight class 1935 Senior Nationals
1st Heavyweight class 1936 Senior Nationals
9th Heavyweight class 1936 Olympic Games
1st 181lb class 1938 North American Championships
4th 181lb class 1938 World Championships
1st 181lb class 1938 Canadian Championships
3rd Heavyweight class 1940 Senior Nationals
There were no World Championships after 1938 and no Olympics in 1940 and 1944 due to World War 2. John continued bodybuilding and is the only 2X Mr. America and was Mr. Universe in 1948 and Mr. USA in 1949. John then retired undefeated at 39 years old. John worked for York Barbell for 50 years and was editor of Muscular Development Magazine.
John’s lifetime contributions to Strength and Power Sports as well as Body Building are so numerous it would take volumes to properly explain his life time impact. That impact still manifests itself in every one before and since whom shares a love of the barbell and the decades of training that enrich their lives. John was just like you. He loved lifting and training.
• A heavyweight in John’s era was 82.5kg+ or 181.5 lbs+.
John and his wife Angela are buried at Holy Savior Cemetery in York County Pa. The cemetery is not far from the York Hall of Fame. John’s friends Steve Stanko, John Terlazzo and Walter Zagurski.
John Terpak
7/4/1912-6/1/1993
John’s lifting career like many other lifters of his era was severely limited due to World War 2 (1939-1945). During those years there were no world Championships or Olympic Games. John would have been at his physical peak during those years. Still John is a 3X Olympian, 2X World Champion and 11X Senior National Champion. John spent his entire adult life working for York Barbell.
1936, 1940, 1948 Olympic Team
1936 Olympics 5th 148lb class
1948 Olympics 4th
1937 1st World Championships
1938 3rd World Championships
1946 2nd World Championships
1947 1st World Championships
11X Senior National Champion 1936,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45&47
1935 Seniors 4th
1948 Seniors 2nd
1935 Jr. National Champion
Coach 1968 &1972 Olympic Teams and several World Championship teams.
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John Terry
12/20/1908-4/1/1970
John’s career was interrupted during his prime by World War 2. Still John was a World Record Holder, 4X National Champion and a 2X Olympian. John was selected for the 1940 Olympic Team but there were no games due to the War. John was a World Record Holder in Weightlifting and held the World Record in the deadlift at 610.5lbs in the 132lb class.
1936 Olympic Team 7th 132lb class
1940 Olympic Team
1938 World Championship Team 5th
1938, 39, 40 &41 Senior National Champion
1936 Seniors 2nd
1934 Seniors 2nd
1934 Jr. National Champion
World record holder snatch. 214 ¼ lbs 1938 World’s. S&H 1/1939 Pg. 20.
World record holder several times in the deadlift. His last record was 610 lbs. (S&H Magazine 9/1941 page 7).
David Mayor
8/21/1916-5/27/2002
David’s competitive career lasted about 4 years. After making the 1936 Olympic Team and winning the Senior Nationals in 1937, David decided to try professional wrestling. However, David continued to support weightlifting the rest of his life as an administrator. He was the President of the AAU Mid Atlantic District and the Registration Chairman for the AAU for many years. David regularly attended major competitions and assisted at countless local meets for decades.
2nd 1936 Senior Nationals Heavyweight
12th 1936 Olympic Games
1st 1937 Senior Nationals Heavyweight
Coach 1960 US Weightlifting Team Maccabiah Games
John “Joe’ Miller
7/8/1909-4/1983
John started lifting at home in the 1920’s. Introduced to weightlifting he was fortunate enough to join Bob Hoffman’s York Oil Burner Weightlifting Team. John lifted in ACWLA meets prior to the AAU becoming the governing body for weightlifting. John was a ACWLA and AAU National Champion.
1st 1933 ACWLA Nationals
2nd 1933 AAU Senior Nationals
1st 1936 AAU Senior Nationals
9th 1936 Olympics 181lb class
Robert “Bobby” Mitchell
10/3/1911-12/1/1991
Robert was an early member of the York Oil Burner Weightlifting Team. Originally from Kentucky, Robert made his way to York Pennsylvania to become a World Record Holder, National ACWLA and AAU Champion and an Olympian.
1st 1933 ACWLA Nationals
1st 1934 AAU Senior Nationals
2nd 1935 AAU Senior Nationals
2nd 1936 AAU Senior Nationals
8th 1936 Olympic Games 148lb class
2nd 1937 AAU Senior Nationals
Walter Good
1/27/1908-7/8/2001
Walter is the brother of 2X Olympian Bill Good and National Professional Weightlifting Champion Harry Good. All three lifted for the York Oil Burner Weightlifting Team which later became the York Barbell Club. The brothers also manufactured weights and sold exercise programs.
4th 1933 Senior Nationals
4th 1934 Senior Nationals
2nd 1935 Senior Nationals
2nd 1936 Senior Nationals
14th 1936 Olympic Games 165lb class
4th 1937 Senior Nationals
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