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11-13-2012, 12:17 PM #1
1980 Mr America AAU
Gary Leonard. He is still in great condition as he does both cardio and weight lifting. His diet is also good to be as lean as he is, but the Elk and Deer around here in Northern Idaho (30 miles from Canada) would like to see us eat more chicken. There is honestly more game than people. No pics
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11-13-2012, 01:05 PM #2
Here is a picture of Gary
garyleonard2.jpg
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11-13-2012, 04:48 PM #3
Oh I remember him well! I love all the Mr Americas fom the 80's!
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11-13-2012, 09:57 PM #4
He weighs 180lbs now @ 57 years old and is still strong as we loaded a 500lb commercial freezer on my trailer yesterday. His Mr America belt is in the display cabinet at the gym.
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11-14-2012, 12:17 AM #5
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The 1980 Heavyweight class was preceded by guest posing by Ray Mentzer followed by solo posing by contestants John Brown, Billy Arlen, Rufus Howard, Gary Leonard, Marlon Darton, Greg (Rocky) DeFerro, John Kemper and Lance Dreher.
The Heavyweight posedown was said by some of the judges to rival the quality of a typical Mr. Universe contest. This was one of the toughest and best heavyweight line-ups ever seen in a Mr. America contest.
The posedown featured Kemper, Arlen, DeFerro, Leonard (the winner of the class) and Dreher.
Next was the overall Mr. America posedown between the four class winners. It was a narrow victory for Gary Leonard (pictured below with his massive trophy) over Bronston Austin, with the trophy presented by Lou Ferrigno.
1980 AAU Mr. America Results
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Saturday, September 6th, 1980
Overall Winner: Gary Leonard
HeavyWeight
1 Gary Leonard
2 Greg DeFerro
3 Lance Dreher
4 John Kemper
5 Billy Arlen
6 John Brown
7 Ray Wilson
8 Rufus Howard
9 Marlon Darton
10 Stephen Sepaniak
11 Robert Reis
12 Dave Rogers
Light-HeavyWeight
1 Bronston Austin
2 Ron Teufel
3 Ernie Santiago
4 Charles Glass
5 James Seitzer
6 Robert Jodkiewicz
7 Paul Love
8 Larry Jackson
9 Raymond Gingo
10 Patrick Hayes
11 Jesse Gautreaux
12 George Palmiero
MiddleWeight
1 Richard Baldwin
2 Bill Register
3 Casey Schneider
4 Mike Torchia
5 Derek Prescod
6 Charles Colson
7 Anthony Pandolfo
8 Ed Holmes
9 Earl Herndon
10 Philip Cianciolo
11 James Gaubert
12 David Campbell
LightWeight
1 Ken Passariello
2 John Burkholder
3 Joe Distinti
4 Larry Manuel
5 Paul Daniels
6 Joe Adams
7 John Manoogian
8 Lionel Gaubert
9 Robert DePalma
10 Cornell Maye
11 Dean Tornabene
NOTE:
In the 1980 American Mixed Pairs Championships on the previous night, the winners were SHELLEY GRUWELL and JOHN BROWN.
1980 AAU American Championships Mixed Pairs Results.
1- John Brown/Shelley Gruwell
2- John Kemper/Carla Dunlap
3- Jeff Everson/Cory Kneuer
4- Ray York/Rosina Ravalli
5- Dave Dashney/Jan Bowden
6- Mauree Wooden/Stacie Reed
7- James Joseph/Karen Joseph
8- Dan Ross/Valerie Aguilar
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11-14-2012, 12:20 AM #6
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11-14-2012, 10:10 AM #7
Curt what is stunning is that line up of also-rans. Dreher, Brown, Howard, Teufel, Glass, etc. etc. These men dominated the mags as amatuers in 1980 on. The AAU reigned in those days.
BaldieMY MIND & BODY ARE AT ONE WITH MY POWER & STRENGTH............JM
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11-14-2012, 10:12 AM #8
I was there watching Ed Holmes 8th middleweight.
BaldieMY MIND & BODY ARE AT ONE WITH MY POWER & STRENGTH............JM
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11-14-2012, 10:20 AM #9
yeah when I first started training in 77 the AAU Mr. America was probably only behind the Olympia in popularity.I remember Dave Johns and Leonard and when Tony Pearson won it was controversial.Ron Teufel was one of my favorites that seemed destined to win it but never did.
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11-14-2012, 11:01 AM #10
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11-14-2012, 02:13 PM #11
Gary nailed his conditioning that year- like Ray the year before-he peaked perfectly. How'd you like to have to beat Greg Deferro AND Lance Dreyer?? Hmmm. And you're not done yet.. Too bad he didn't do more in the pros- but maybe he didn't want to risk it.
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11-14-2012, 02:54 PM #12
He had a job and a few years later got married (still is to the same wife) and had a family. You all know the situation.... priorities. He shows no regrets that I can see. If he had the desire, he could step on the stage next year at around 180 and place well. I do not post often, but I just wanted to speak of a example of how "long term" lifting can make you a physical and mental work of art regardless of trophies. Heavy DG, your last sentence probably nailed it too.
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11-14-2012, 04:33 PM #13
OMG Cook....Dave Johns. What a great man. I had lunch with him the day before he died of Valley Fever complications.
BaldieMY MIND & BODY ARE AT ONE WITH MY POWER & STRENGTH............JM
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11-16-2012, 08:32 PM #14
Middleweight winner, Richard Baldwin, my mentor in bodybuilding, still looks remarkable in his early 60's.
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11-17-2012, 01:37 AM #15
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Teufel drank himself to death, sadly.
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