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Goerner, Les, Gray, Scott


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Some interesting happenings in grip history

happened pertaining to October 20th:

1916 Les Stockton was born, so today turns 85!

Still has a wonderful sense of humor, is alert, and

is still married to the delightful Pudgy Stockton. The

connection to grip is that Pudgy owns a special

Olympic bar milled to 1" diameter which she still

uses to this day, and which one very famous

weightlifter enjoyed using for competitions so his

small hands could grasp the bar more easily.

1920: Goerner's famous two hands deadlift record

was created 81 years ago today when he pulled

about 793.66 lbs !

1954: Henry Gray, unable even to lift the 445 lb

Dinnie Stone off the ground, did elevate and carry

the 340 lb Dinnie stone for 18 yards.

1966: This is a stretch, but Larry Scott, the first

IFBB Mr. Olympia married Rachel Ichikawa 35 years

ago today, and they still have a grip on their

successful marriage!

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