Jack Delinger, "the new wonder muscular" (so dubbed by Ed Yarick 1947), was born on April 22, 1926 in Oakland, California. At age 16, Delinger begins with his training, with the local YMCA where he began to develop their potential. In 1946 he won his first title: Mr California AAU. A year earlier he had competed for the Mr. America AAU but not ranked. Hand in hand with Yarick (Yarick Gym), famed coach of the time who was a mentor to athletes such as Steve Reeves and Clarence Ross, Delinger developed a highly successful competitive career, obtaining for the 1949 AAU Mr. America. In 1952, competing in the Mr. World, being third in the Overall and second in the medium category. Travels In 1956 London, where he won the NABBA Mr Universe Pro where he won his category (low) and win the Overall, sharing jurisdiction with Bill Pearl who ranked first in its category (high).
With approximately 1.68 meters. and 88 kilos in weight, had a body mass Delinger and quality muscular pride, all qualities that led him to pose for numerous magazines of the era such as the Strength and Health Hoffman, the Reg Park Journal, Iron Man, Muscle Power, Muscle Builder, among others. But Jack Delinger not only looked like an athlete, but also was known for his acts of gymnastic skill and balance. Among one of their events, you remember the make and sustain the movement of "iron cross" on the rings while her two-year and 12 kilos hanging from his legs.
Four years after winning the Mr. America, Jack Delinger opened his own gym in Oakland, a task to which he devoted himself for a long time. Finally in 1992, who was in that golden age of bodybuilding "the muscular newest marvel, dies three days after Christmas, but Yarick words, whenever we see him in a photograph Delinger, far from having been in those years, become timeless. pictures: www.musclememory.com - http://www.classicbodybuilders.com/
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