PHOTOGRAPHS OF
PEOPLE ASSOCIATED
WITH EUGEN SANDOW

Professor Attila
Sandow's early inspiration
and mentor

Florenz Ziegfeld
The man who made Sandow famous

Martinus Sieveking
Sandow's companion and "great
and inseparable friend"

Blanche Brookes Sandow
The lovely lady Sandow
married in 1894

Arthur Saxon
In 1898, Sandow's challenger
in a test of strength

Nat Pendleton
The actor who portrayed
Sandow in the 1936 motion
picture "The Great Ziegfeld"

 

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THE SANDOW GALLERIES
 

Sandow's two children,
Helen and Lorraine Sandow

 

 

  

THE STORY OF THE
MR. OLYMPIA TROPHY,
A STATUE OF SANDOW

The most prestigious prize in professional bodybuilding today is the Mr. Olympia contest. The trophy is a statue of the Great Sandow. Read the incredible story of this magnificent award and be surprised to find out who was the first recipient!

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