THE HISTORY OF BODYBUILDING - HISTORIC LINKS



The History of Bodybuilding LINKS SANDOW: HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF EARLY BODYBUILDERS An on-line museum and gateway to the history of bodybuilding from the beginnings of the sport! "Sandow Plus" This wonderful website which includes the complete text of the Sandow books. Allow download time, but it's the only other significant page on Sandow! The grave of Eugen Sandow on the "FIND A GRAVE" Website This website has a huge database, and Sandow is included in the "Famous Grave" section "Maxalding: The Story of Maxick and Saldo" The lost art of muscle control display in the sport of bodybuilding. A must see! Visit the new site of the I.F.B.B.'s Bodybuilding Hall of Fame! IRON GAME HISTORY WITH JOE ROARK This is the site of the Offical Historian of the I.F.B.B. Links to Historic Film Clips on the Web The History of the Mr. Olympia Contest Greatest Prize in Professional Bodybuilding The First Bodybuilding Contest Ever Held September 14, 1901 "Frank Gotch " The wrestler who beat Hackenschmidt! Very interesting website here about an interesting man! "Brian's Drive-In Theatre" The "golden age" here is the 1950's, and this site is a favorite of mine! Many of the nearly forgotten B-movie musclemen are featured on this great site. "Frank Gotch " The wrestler who beat Hackenschmidt! Very interesting website here about an interesting man! MuscleMemory - a fine and massive site dedicated to the history of competitive bodybuilding - you can spend hours here, be prepared Bill Hinbern's SUPER STRENGTH BOOKS Reprints of many of the best known bodybuilding books of the past century! Tell Bill, you saw it here! "Russian wrestler Viktor Solovev" - The website dedicated to the famous Russian strongman and wrestler of the Victorian age! - This is a Russian website. The Story of Bernarr McFadden - A strength and health celebrity Inspired by Sandow, he also published some of Sandow's later writings during the early 1920's in his magazine "Muscle Builder" The History of Muscle Beach - Smithsonian Magazine - The Sandow site was honored to be used as the first reference point for this November, 1998 article The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Research their vast collection of books, documents and photographs on bodybuilding, physical culture, weightlifting or any other subject. The Silents Majority - A film preservation society with a huge site dedicated to the history of silent film. They own an original print of a Sandow film . TONY SANSONE - The complete photographs taken in 1932 of famous bodybuilder, Tony Sansone . The Exercise Archives - the resource for rare books on exercise the site for the exercise and bodybuilding purist Houdini - A contemporary of Sandow, was a master magician - this museum quality site is a masterpiece of simplicity and the designers art International Federation of Bodybuilders See the history of the Mr. Olympia contest. GO TO MODERN BODYBUILDING LINKS Biography.com "BIOGRAPHY" on the Biography Channel and the Arts and Entertainment (A&E) cable network. One of the finest programs on television, they show biographical documentaries of some of the most interesting people in history! I am hoping that one day they will produce a biography of Sandow. Turner Classic Movies They often show the original silent Sandow film and "The Great Ziegfeld" With more than 350 movies a month featuring the biggest stars of all time, Turner Classic Movies truly is Movie Heaven! Feel free to use the following banner if you would like to link to this website... copyright �1998 - 2001 R. Christian Anderson - All Rights Reserved