ALABAMA POWERLIFTING
HALL OF FAME
Alabama Powerlifting Hall of Fame 2020 Inductees
LAMAR GANT
Lamar was born in Colorado in 1957. He was a resident of Alabama at one time living near Opelika, Al. Lamar is one of the greatest powerlifters of all time. Lamar was the first to do a five time bodyweight deadlift and had a twelve time bodyweight total. He was a fifteen time IPF World Champion and was inducted into the IPF Hall of Fame in 1980. His best lift as a 123 lb. class deadlifter was 638 lbs. At 132 Lamar did a 595 squat, 352.5 bench and a 688 deadlift. He has set many world records over his lifting career. Lamar did this with severe idiopathic scoliosis. A web search will reveal a great deal of history regarding Lamar.
BROTHER BENNETT
POSTHUMOUS
BROTHER BENNETT IS THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE ADFPA/USAPL. HE WITH ROBERT CRAWFORD, AND ATTORNEY VINCE KILBOURN FOUNDED THE ORGANIZATION IN 1981 IN MOBILE, ALABAMA. THE FIRST FEW ADFPA MEETS WERE HELD IN MOBILE, AL. BROTHER BENNETT WAS A RELIGIOUS TEACHER AT ST. STANISLAUS, BAY ST. LOUIS, MS., FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE ADFPA/USAPL UNTIL HE DEATH. HE WAS INSTUMENTAL IN THE USAPL BECOMMING THE SOLE IPF AFFILIATE. THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS USAPL AWARD IS NAMED IN HIS HONOR. IN 2021, BROTHER BENNETT WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USAPL HALL OF FAME - FOUNDING MEMBER.
SCARLET BEGGS
SCARLET WAS BORN IN 1960 BUT DIDN'T BECOME INVOLVED IN POWERLIFTING UNTIL 1995. SHE DID HER FIRST COMPETITION IN 1996. HER BEST LIFTS AS A 148 LB. LIFTER WERE 270/115/270. SHE COMPETED THRU 1999, AND EITHER WON OR PLACED AT MOST MEETS. SHE IS A USAPL NATIONAL REFEREE AND HAS JUDGED AT COUNTLESS STATE, NATIONAL, AND SPECIAL OLYMPIC MEETS IN SEVERAL STATES. SHE HAS JUDGED COLLEGIATE NATIONALS, THE AMERICAN OPEN, BENCH, MILITARY, AND RAW NATIONALS. SHE WAS A SPECIAL OLYMPIC NATIONAL REFEREE ON THREE OCCASIONS AND JUDGED THE WORLDS IN 2015.
DON OSWALD
DON STARTED LIFTING WEIGHTS IN 1966 AND IS STILL COMPETING.
HIS FIRST MEET WAS THE FIRST SANCTIONED IN ALABAMA (JUNE 1968). HE HELPED ORGANIZE THE FIRST POWERLIFTING MEETS IN ALABAMA. HE DIRECTED THE STATE MEETS IN 1968, 1969, AND 1972. HE HAS LIFTED IN 44 MEETS AND HAS WON 9 ALABAMA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. HIS BEST LIFTS WITH WRAPS ONLY ARE 680/485/635. HE ALSO COMPETED IN 4 OLYMPIC LIFTING MEETS AND HELD THE 1972 STATE RECORDS. FROM 1976-1985, HE DID 9 BODYBUILDING COMPETITIONS. IN 1976, HE WAS 2ND. PLACE IN MR. ALABAMA. DON IS A CERTIFIED REFEREE AND HAS JUDGE NUMEROUS MEETS. HE HAS JUDGED AND DIRECTED PRISON MEETS AND HIGH SCHOOL MEETS IN THE MONTGOMERY AREA. HE IS ALSO A POWERLIFTING COACH.
ROBERT WILKERSON
ROBERT CURRENTLY RESIDES IN DEMOPOLIS, AL. HE IS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND FOOTBALL COACH. ROBERT FIRST STARTED COMPETING IN THE BENCH PRESS AT 17 YEARS OF AGE AND WON HIS FIRST ALABAMA STATE MEET AND ALSO WON BEST BENCH PRESS WITH A 405 BENCH. AFTER PLAYING FOOTBALL AT NORTH ALABAMA HE STARTED BACK COMPETING IN 2005. HE SET AN ALABAMA STATE RECORD OF 535 (RAW). IN 1976 HE STARTED COMPETING IN FULL MEETS DOING A 826/548/596 (RAW). BY 2010, ROBERT SQUATTED 950 AND TOTALED 2105 (RAW). IN 2011 HE TOTALED 2210 (RAW). ROBERT HAS LIFTED IN SOME OF THE MAJOR COMPETITIONS THROUGH OUT THE U. S. HE WAS THE FIRST LIFTER TO SQUAT 1000 RAW. ROBERT SERVES ON THE HALL OF FAME BOARD.
JOE HOOD
JOE WAS BORN IN 1955 AND IS A CURRENT RESIDENT OF TEXAS. HIS POWERLIFTING CAREER LASTED 25 YEARS. HE DID HIS FIRST ALABAMA MEET IN 1973 WHERE HE PLACED FIRST IN THE ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL ST. MEET. IN 1975 HE WON THE TEENAGE NATIONALS, AND IN 1975, HE FINISHED SECOND IN THE COLLEGIATE NATIONALS. JOE WENT ON TO WIN 3 ALABAMA AND ONE TEXAS ST. MEET. HE WON THE ADFPA NATIONALS 3 TIMES, ONCE AS A MASTER. IN 1997, JOE WON THE WDFPA WORLDS. JOE COMPETED IN THE 181 TO 242 LB. WEIGHT CLASS. HIS BEST LIFTS ARE A 710 SQ. AT 220,
A 460 BENCH AT 242, AND A 793 DL AT 220. AT THE AGE OF 41 HE DID A 749 DL. AT THE 1983, ADFPA NATIONALS HE BATTLED THE LEGENDARY JOHN KUC UNTIL THE LAST DEADLIFT BEFORE FINISHING 2ND. TO KUC.
BUDDY DUKE
BUDDY DUKE WAS BORN IN 1955. BUDDY IS A CURRENT RESIDENT OF ADEL, GA., HE HAS SERVED ON THE CITY COUNCIL OR AS MAYOR FOR OVER 25 YEARS. HE STARTED LIFTING IN 1977, WHILE HE WAS ATTENDING TROY UNIVERSITY IN TROY, AL. HE WAS A RESIDENT OF ALABAMA FOR 12 YEARS. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST 198 LB. POWERLIFTERS TO TOTAL 1800 LBS. HIS BEST LIFTS ARE 766 SQ., 501 BP., A 788 DL., AND A TOTAL OF 2011. HE HAS BEEN STATE CHAIRMAN AND IS AN IPF REFEREE. HE HAS WON MANY STATE, NATIONAL AND HAS WON FOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE HAS ALSO SET COUNTLESS STATE, NATIONAL AND WORLD RECORDS. BUDDY IS A WELL KNOWN MEET DIRECTOR HOSTING AROUND THREE MEETS A YEAR. IS MOST NOTED MEET IS THE SOUTHEASTERN CUP. IN 2014, HE WAS NAMED THE MAN OF THE YEAR IN ADEL, GA.
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ANTHONY HARRIS
ANTHONY WAS BORN 1964, IN MOBILE, AL. HE HAS SPENT OVER 30 YEARS IN THE U. S. ARMY ACTIVE AND RESERVE. HE STARTED POWERLIFTING 30 YEARS AGO. HE PRESENTLY RESIDES IN HAWAII. ANTHONY HAS COMPETED IN THE 198 THRU 275 LB. CLASS. HIS BEST EQUIPPED LIFTS TO DATE ARE 909 SQ., 523 BP, 793 DL AND A 2138 TOTAL. IN THE RAW DIVISION HE HAS A 834 SQ., 435 BP, 755 DL, AND A 1973 TOTAL. HE WON USAPL RAW NATIONALS IN 2019, WITH A 1840 TOTAL IN THE MASTERS 2 DIVISION. ANTHONY HAS WON FIVE IPF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE HAS WON SIX STATE MEETS, AND 21 NATIONAL MEETS. HE HAS ALSO SET COUNTLESS STATE, NATIONAL, AND WORLD RECORDS. TO DATE ANTHONY HAS COMPETED IN 75 MEETS. IN 2020, ANTHONY WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USAPL MASTERS HALL OF FAME. IN 2021, ANTHONY WAS INDUCTED INTO THE OPEN DIVISION OF THE USAPL HALL OF FAME.
BARRY LAFOY
BARRY WAS BORN 1962, IN ALABAMA. HE LIVED IN THE TUSCALOOSA AREA FOR MOST OF HIS COMPETITIVE YEARS. HE STARTED POWERLIFTING IN COLLEGE AND WON THE COLLEGIATE NATIONALS TWICE. HE COMPETED AS A 165 AND 181 LB. LIFTER. HE MAINLY COMPETED WITH THE WNPF AND WON THE WNPF WORLDS TWICE. HE STILL HOLDS MANY WNPF NATIONAL RECORDS. HIS BEST LIFTS WITH THE WNPF WERE A 630 SQ., 420 BP, 655 DL, AND A 1700 LB. TOTAL IN THE 181 LB. DIVISION.
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GEORGE HERRING
GEORGE WAS BORN IN 1959 AND IS A CURRENT RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. IN HIS EARLY LIFTING CAREER HE LIVED AND TRAINED WITH THE TODD'S IN AUBURN, AL. WHILE THERE HE WON TWO NATIONAL TITLES. SINCE THAT TIME GEORGE HAS WON 3 IPF WORLDS, 16 WABDL WORLDS, AND DOUBLE DIGIT NATIONAL TITLES WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. DURING THAT TIME HE SET 64 WORLD RECORDS. HIS BEST LIFTS ARE 870 SQ.@198, 644 BP@220, AND 822 DL@220. HE ONCE TOTALED 2429 IN AN EXIBITION @209. HE WAS ON THE COVER OF POWERLIFTING USA 6 TIMES. HE IS IN THE WABDL, AND THE SOUTH GEORGIA HALL OF FAME. HE WAS ALSO ON PLUSA MAGAZINES DREAM TEAM. GEORGE IS MOST PROUD OF THE 1000+ LIFTERS HE HAS INTRODUCED TO POWER TRAINING IN THE LAST 40 + YEARS PASSING ON THE TORCH TO A YOUNGER GENERATION.
GARRY FRANK
GARRY WAS BORN IN 1964, AND HE MAINTAINS RESIDENCY IN LOUISIANA AND ALABAMA. HE IS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTUAL SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT POWERLIFTERS OF ALL TIME. HE WAS THE FIRST TO TOTAL 2500, 2600, 2700, AND 2800. HE IS AN APF NATIONAL AND A WPC WORLD REFEREE. HE HAS PROMOTED MANY WORLD, NATIONAL AND STATE MEETS. HE IS THE FOUNDER OF HARDCORE BARBELL GYM. GARRY IS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND COACH . GARRY STARTED POWERLIFTING IN HIGH SCHOOL. HE PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR MISSISSIPPI STATE AND WAS A SHOT PUTTER. IN 1987 HE WON THE SEC INDOOR AND OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP. HE ALSO WON THE NCAA WITH A 65.5 THROW. HE WAS DRAFTED BY THE DENVER BRONCOS. HE QUALIFIED FOR THE OLYMPICS BUT WAS DISQUALIFIED FOR PLAYING IN THE SENIOR BOWL. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE MISSISSIPPI STATE SPORTS HOF.
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JEFF RAY
JEFF IS A RESIDENT OF NORTHPORT, AL. AFTER PLAYING COLLEGE BASEBALL, AND SEMI-PRO BALL HE STARTED LIFTING WEIGHTS. HE STARTED POWERLIFTING IN 1992, AND IS CURRENTLY COMPETING. HIS BEST EQUIPPED LIFTS ARE A 688 DL AT 198 LBS., AT 220 LBS., A 672 SQ., A 500 BENCH,AND A 705 DL. AT 198 RAW A 650 DL, A 501 SQ. , AND A 352 BENCH. AT 220 RAW JEFF DID A 560 SQ., 380 BENCH, AND A 660 DL. JEFF IS A 4 TIME WABDL CHAMPION, AND A SPF WORLD CHAMPION. HE CURRENTLY HOLDS APA AND SPF WORLD RECORD TOTALS IN THE RAW 50-59 AGE 198LB., CLASS. HE HAS A MASTERS ELITE CLASSIFICATION IN THE 50-54, RAW 220 LB. CLASS. JEFF HAS WON MANY DIFFERENT MEETS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. JEFF IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER. JEFF SERVES ON THE HALL OF FAME BOARD.
CHARLIE LYONS
CHARLIE IS A RESIDENT OF NORTHPORT, ALABAMA. HE STARTED POWERLIFTING AT THE AGE OF 25 AFTER PLAYING BASEBALL FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. HE HAS COMPETED IN 30+ POWERLIFTING MEETS IN THE RAW DIVISION. HIS BEST RAW LIFTS TO DATE ARE 711 SQ., 446 BENCH, AND A 766 DL. HE HAS HELD MULTIPLE STATE, NATIONAL, AND WORLD RECORDS. HE HAS BEEN STATE CHAIRMAN FOR 3 DIFFERENT ASSOCIATIONS AND IS CURRENTLY THE STATE USPA CHAIRMAN. CHARLIE HAS DIRECTED OVER 40 MEETS IN ALABAMA. CHARLIE IS AN ENTERNATIONAL JUDGE WITH THE USPA AND HAS JUDGED OVER 100 MEETS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. HE IS THE CURRENT OWNER OF STRONG INC. 24 HOUR GYM. APPROXIMATELY 50 + POWERLIFTERS TRAIN AT THIS GYM. CHARLIE SERVES ON THE HALL OF FAME BOARD.
DALE DANIEL
DALE WAS INVOLVED IN SPORTS IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT DUE TO A BRAIN INJURY AT AGE 16 HE COULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN CONTACT SPORTS. AT AGE 18, HE STARTED TRAINING AT THE AUBURN UNIVERSITY GYM. TERRY TODD ASKED DALE TO JOIN THE DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTS POWERLIFTING TEAM. DALE WON HIS FIRST ALABAMA ST. CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1982. HIS BEST LIFTS WERE 661 SQ., 441 BENCH, AND A 611 DL IN THE 220 LB. CLASS. DUE TO INJURIES DALE STARTED DOING BODYBUILDING AND BECAME VERY SUCCESSFUL. IN 1991, DALE WAS THE NPC LIGHT HEAVY CHAMPION AND OVERALL MR. SOUTHEAST CHAMPION. IN 1992, HE STARTED WORKING WITH THE POWER COMPANY FROM NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH. THEY TRAVELED ALL OVER THE SOUTH. DALE COULD BEND A 1/2" COLD ROLLED STEEL BAR INTO A PRETZEL SHAPE. DALE HAD A CAREER IN FITNESS MANAGEMENT AND JUVENILE CORRECTIONS FOR THE STATE OF ALABAMA.
BOB MCKEE
BOB IS A RESIDENT OF ALABAMA AND ONE OF THE EARLY PIONEERS OF POWERLIFTING. HE STARTED COMPETING IN THE 60'S. HIS BEST LIFTS AT 181 LBS., WAS A 580 SQ., A 395 BENCH, AND A 700 DEADLIFT. THE AAU WAS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION SACTIONING POWERLIFTING AND BOB WON THE COVETED AAU SR. NATIONALS THREE TIMES. IN 1973, BOB WON THE IPF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH A 1675 TOTAL. IN THE 80'S, BOB WON SEVERAL USPF NATIONAL MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS. BOB HAS HELD NUMEROUS STATE, AND NATIONAL RECORDS.
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BRANT BISHOP
BRANT LIVES IN THE GADSDEN, AL., AREA. HE HAS BEEN COMPETING FOR OVER 20 YEARS. HE IS A WABDL REFEREE, COMPETITOR AND MEET DIRECTOR. HE HAS HOSTED MANY MEETS IN THE GADSDEN AREA INCLUDING THE WELL KNOWN RIVERFEST POWERLIFTING CONTEST. BRANT IS A MULTI STATE, NATIONAL, AND WORLD CHAMPION. HE HAS WON THE WABDL WORLDS THREE TIMES. AT 242 LBS. HE IS RANKED #12 IN THE 40-46 AGE DIVISION WITH A 606.7 BENCH PRESS.
HIS BEST POWERLIFTS ARE 670 SQ., 600 DL, 606 BP, AND 1785 TOTAL. BRANT IS A 4TH DEGREE BLACK BELT IN KARATE. HE SERVES ON THE HALL OF FAME BOARD.
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BOBBY DRISKILL
BOBBY DRISKILL LIVES IN THE GADSDEN, AL., AREA. HE HAS BEEN COMPETING AS A DEADLIFT SPECIALIST FOR OVER 20 YEARS. HE IS A MULTI WABDL STATE, NATIONAL, AND WORLD CHAMPION. HE HAS WON 12 WABDL WORLD TITLES. HE HOLDS NUMEROUS WABDL RECORDS. HE IS RANKED #11 AT 275 LBS., IN THE 40-46 AGE DIVISION WITH A 705.2 DL. HE IS RANKED #7 AT 259 LBS. IN THE 47-53 AGE DIVISION WITH A 683.2 DL. HE IS AN INDUCTEE IN THE WABDL HALL OF FAME.