Happy Birthday to Ron Teufel! (video from 1975)

[Curt James]

[Ibarramedia]

Looks like he added some mass by 1980.

[Curt James]

Hnh! Today is the anniversary of his birth on January 1, 1957. That would have made him just 18 years old in 1975.

"On December 22nd, 2002 Roland S. (Ron) Teufel died at the age of 45."

More @ http://www.mariostrong.com/ronteufel.html

I posted this in 2007 on BB.com:

Joe Meeko states it was liver failure that sadly took Teufel too soon. I met him in Lancaster, PA, USA years and years ago. He was guest posing at the Mr. Lancaster and even invited me on stage with him to thank me for a drawing I had done of him. I made photocopies and asked him to sign the original. He graciously signed the original and also gave me a free t-shirt. A friend of his remarked that my reference picture was of him with his hair much longer. Something like, "Woah, that pic's from your wild child days!" (Don't hold me to that quote as it's been almost 30 years, but that was the gist of it.)

By that time, 1979 at the latest, Teufel had (what looked like) burned off a really cool tattoo (the skull and dagger on his shoulder). I've often thought that Oscar State's "no tattoo" edict played a part in that, but wouldn't have dared ask Teufel his motivation. Anyway, he asks me up on stage in front of the entire Mr. Lancaster viewing audience and off the cuff says that he'd autograph the Xeroxed illustrations for a buck or two. I forget exactly what amount he asked for or if anyone took up the offer, but I'll never forget the teenaged thrill of meeting the repeat AAU Mr. America competitor and former Mr. USA. Rest in Peace to you, Ron Teufel.

[Curt James]

January 1, 1957 - December 22, 2002

Eighteen years old in that video and just 45 years old at his death.

[hifrommike65]

I miss Teufel & wish he were still with us.

[Curt James]

Life is fragile and, all too often, fleeting. :-(