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ALABAMA POWERLIFTING
HALL OF FAME
THE ALABAMA POWERLIFTING HALL OF FAME BOARD MET ON AUGUST 1, 2020, TO SELECT THE HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES FOR THE YEAR 2021. THE FORMAL INDUCTION WAS HELD ON JULY 31, 2021. THIS IS THE 2021 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES.
POSTHUMOUS
KWAME WOOD
KWAME WAS A SPECIAL ATHLETE NOMINATED BY DARYL HASKEW. KWAME WAS COACHED BY HASKEW AND BILLY KEEL. HE PARTICIPATED ON THE TALLADEGA SCHOOL POWERLIFTING TEAM. HE PARTICIPATED IN MANY MEETS AND WON ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.
POSTHUMOUS
ROY HUGHLEY
ROY WAS FROM VALLEY, AL., AND COMPETED IN POWERLIFTING. HE HELD ALABAMA ST. RECORDS, BUT WAS KNOWN AS A COACH AND MEET DIRECTOR. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PEGASUS GYM, LANETT, AL., AND STARTED THE GYMS POWERLIFTING TEAM. HE ENDED UP PURCHASING THE PEGASUS GYM FOR THE MANY LOCAL LIFTERS. HE COACHED AND MANAGED THE GYM WHILE WORKING THE 3RD. SHIFT AT THE COTTON MILL. AT ONE TIME THE POWERLIFTING TEAM HAD AROUND 20 MEMBERS FROM TEEN TO 70 PLUS. ROY HAD A WAY OF DRAWING PEOPLE TO HIM. HE WOULD HELP ANYONE AND HE DID. ROY DIED IN JAN. 2006, AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS.
ROGER HOPKINS
ROGER COMPETED FROM THE EARLY 70'S THRU THE 80'S. HE COMPETED IN THE 114 AND 123 WEIGHT CLASS. HE COMPETED WITH THE AAU AND USPF. IN 1974 HE WON THE AAU SR. NATIONALS AT 114 BODYWEIGHT. IN 1980 HE WON THE USPF ALABAMA STATE AT 123 BDY.WGT. AND TOTALED 1000 LBS. HIS BEST LIFTS ARE 410, 180, 410, AND A 1000 LB. TOTAL. ON MICHAEL SOONG'S LIST OF THE ALL TIME BEST RAW LIFTERS ROGER IS #19 IN THE SQUAT AND TOTAL. HIS TOTAL WAS 7.79 X BODYWEIGHT.
CHUCK ROEDELBRONN
CHUCK WAS BORN IN NEW JERSEY BUT NOW LIVES IN TUSCALOOSA. HE IS A PARALYMPIC LIFTER AND HAS WON 2 GOLD AND 2 SILVER MEDALS AT THE PARALYMPICS. HE WON THE GOLD IN 1988 AT SEOUL, AND IN 1992 IN BARCELONA. HE HAS SET OVER 30 NATIONAL RECORDS AND OVER 12 INTERNATIONAL/WORLD RECORDS. HE HAS BENCH PRESSED 485 LBS. AT 165 BODY WEIGHT. CHUCK HAS TRAINED COUNTLESS OTHER LIFTERS OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES.
HOWARD UPTON
HOWARD LIVES IN BOAZ, AL. HE COMPETED WITH THE USPF AND NASA. HIS LIFTING CAREER WAS CUT SHORT BY A SERIES OF INJURIES. HOWARD PLAYED COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL AND WON THE USPF COLLEGIATE NATIONALS IN 1993 WITH A 1741 TOTAL AT 275 LB. BODYWEIGHT. HIS BEST LIFTS ARE A 860 SQ., 575 BENCH, AND A 640 DEADLIFT AT 275 LBS. HE IS A 7TH. DEGREE BLACK BELT IN YOSHUKAI KARATE. HE IS ALSO A BEST SELLING AUTHOR.
WILLIAM BURRELL
WILLIAM HAS BEEN COMPETING SINCE 2013. IN 2017 HE WAS HONORED AS THE ALABAMA USAPL LIFTER OF THE YEAR. HE COMPETES IN THE 275+ DIVISION. IN THE CLASSIC DIVISION HE HAS TOTALED 2000 LBS. HIS BEST LIFTS ARE A 733 LB. SQ., A 501 BENCH, AND A 788 DEAD LIFT. HE PRIMARILY COMPETES WITH THE USAPL. HE IS THE BROTHER OF POWERLIFTING GREAT RAY WILLIAMS.
FRANK WATTS (NO PHOTO)
FRANK IS FROM JASPER, AL. HE COMPETED AS 198 AND 220 LB. LIFTER THROUGHOUT THE 1970'S AND 1980'S. AT 220 LBS. HIS BEST LIFTS WERE A 720 LB. SQ., A 410 BENCH PRESS, AND A 650 DEADLIFT. HE COMPETED WITH ON SINGLE POLY GEAR. HE COMPETED WITH THE USPF AND WON SEVERAL SOUTHEASTERN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS. FRANK WATTS TRAINED COUTLESS LIFTERS OVER HIS CAREER.
SCOTT ALBANO
SCOTT IS A RESIDENT OF BIRMINGHAM, AL., AND OWNS A SUCCESSFUL CHIROPRACTIC BUSINESS. SCOTT WAS THE FIRST ALABAMA NATIVE TO BENCH PRESS OVER 700 LBS. HE WAS THE FIRST LIFTER TO BENCH OVER 700 (705) IN THE 220 WEIGHT CLASS. HE COMPETED PRIMARILY IN THE APF AND WPC BUT HE BECAME A PROFESSIONAL WITH THE WPO. SCOTT HAS BEEN IN POWERLIFTING USA TOP 100 AND AS A 220 LB. LIFTER HE TOTALED 2005 LBS. IN 2005. AS A YOUNG MAN HE WAS A SUCCESSFUL BODY BUILDER. HE WAS TEENAGE MR. BIRMINGHAM IN 1994. HE ALSO FINISHED 2ND. IN THE OPEN DIVISION IN 1994 AND 1997. HE SERVES ON THE HALL OF FAME BOARD. HE HAS WON COMPITITIONS TO NUMEROUS TO MENTION.
PHIL DUKE, JR.
PHIL STARTED COMPETING IN 2004 AS A TEENAGER. HE COMPETED AT 132 AND 148 BDY.WGT. HE SET STATE AND NATIONAL RECORDS IN THE DEADLIFT WITH A 501 LB. LIFT AT 148. AS A JUNIOR IN THE 165 LB. CLASS HE HELD WORLD RECORDS IN ALL THREE LIFTS WITH THE SPF. HE BECAME THE WORLD CHAMPION AS A JUNIOR IN 2008. IN THE MEN'S OPEN DIVISION (RAW) HIS BEST LIFTS ARE 479/314/550, AT 165 WHILE COMPETING IN THE USPA. A PEC TEAR IN 2019 FORCED HIM TO RETIRE FROM COMPETITION. HE RUNS A SUCCESSFUL REAL ESTATE COMPANY IN THE TUSCALOOSA/NORTHPORT AREA AND HE IS AN OFFICER WITH THE ALABAMA NATIONAL GUARD. HE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF THE HALL OF FAME AND WAS THE CHAIRMAN FOR THE 2021 INDUCTION YEAR.
CASEY DUNAWAY
CASEY LIVES IN THE NORTHPORT, AL. AREA. HE IS THE FOUNDER OF THE ALABAMA POWERLIFTING HALL OF FAME AND CONTINUES TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. SINCE CASEY WAS 15 YEARS OLD HE HAS BEEN TRAINING IN POWERLIFTING. HE WAS COACHED BY JEFF RAY AND ROB WATKINS. HE DID HIS FIRST MEET IN 2002 WITH THE WABDL. HE SET A STATE RECORD IN THE BENCH PRESS AT 181 BODY WEIGHT. HE HAS HELD STATE RECORDS AS A 181, 198, AND 220 LB. LIFTER. IN 2002 HE PLACED FIRST AT THE WABDL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN RENO, NV. HE WAS 2ND. IN THE DEADLIFT. CASEY HAS PULLED A 545 DEADLIFT AND A 440 BENCH AT 198 LBS. HE ALSO DID A 480 BENCH PRESS AS A 220 LB. LIFTER IN A POLY SHIRT.
LAMAR PARKER
LAMAR LIVES IN MONTGOMERY. HE HAS BEEN POWERLIFTING FOR OVER FOUR DECADES. HE STARTED COMPETING IN 1981. HE WON USAPL NATIONALS IN 2016. AT 74 YEARS OF AGE HE DID A 181 SQ,, 176 BENCH, AND A 303 DEADLIFT. LAMAR HAS SET MANY STATE RECORDS AND COMPETED IN NUMEROUS MEETS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. WHEN HE WORKED FOR THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS HE STARTED A POWERLIFTING TEAM AT KILBY PRISON. THE INMATES HAD COMPETITIONS AT EACH INSTITUTION ENDING WITH A STATE MEET. HE WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING PERMISSION FOR THE INMATES TO COMPETE OUTSIDE THE INSTITUTION.
JOE LADNIER
JOE LIVED IN MOBILE, AL. HE IS NOW A RESIDENT OF MISSISSIPPI.
JOE STARTED LIFTING AT AGE 15 COMPETING AS A 165 LB. LIFTER. HE WON 3 TEENAGE NATIONALS. BY 1983 AT THE AGE OF 19 HE DEFEATED THE LEGENDARY JIM CASH & DR. SQUAT AT THE SR. NATIONALS. HE TIED WITH FRED, DR. SQUAT, HATFIELD AT 83 IPF WORLDS IN SWEDEN. HE WON THE HAWAIIAN WORLD RECORD BREAKERS IN 1984 AS A 220 LB. LIFTER. IN 1986, HE BENCHED 601 WEIGHING 232 LBS. JOE ONLY BENCHED IN A FEW CONTESTS FROM 90-97. IN 2000 HE BECAME THE FIRST STRENGTH ATHLETE TO BE SPONSORED BY UNIVERSAL NUTRITION. HE DID EXIBITIONS AT THE ARNOLD CLASSIC IN THE "ANIMAL CAGE". DURING ONE CAGE EVENT HE PULLED AN 800 LB. DEADLIFT AND BENCHED 405 FOR 40 REPS. FROM 2000-2010 JOE DID SIMINARS & EXIBITIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD. HE WAS THE FIRST LIFTER TO TOTAL 2100 AT 220 LBS. AT THE SPF RECORD BREAKERS AT THE AGE OF 51 JOE SQUATTED 800, BENCHED 585, AND DEADLIFTED 738 WHICH IS A 2123 TOTAL. JOE'S RECORDS AND MEET WINS ARE TO NUMEROUS TO LIST.
FLOYD GIVENS
FLOYD WAS BORN IN 1951 IN ENSLEY, AL. HE NOW RESIDES IN DETROIT, MI. FLOYD IS A RETIRED MICHIGAN STATE POLICEMAN. HE HAS COMPETED WITH MOST OF THE ASSOCIATIONS. FLOYD HAS COMPETED AS A 181, 220, AND 242 LB. LIFTER. FLOYD HAS COMPETED IN WELL OVER 70 MEETS. HE HAS WON 8 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. HE HAS WON NUMEROUS NATIONAL MEETS. HE HAS SET NUMEROUS STATE, NATIONAL AND WORLD RECORDS. HE HAS COMPETED IN THE 80'S, 90'S, 2000'S, AND THE 2010'S. HIS BEST SINGLE PLY LIFTS ARE 666.9 SQUAT, 451.9 BENCH, AND A 711 DEADLIFT. HIS BEST TOTAL IS 1780. HE HAS A 650 RAW DEADLIFT TO HIS CREDIT AND A 1805 TOTAL WITH MULTI PLY GEAR. FLOYD HAS COMPETED IN ABOUT A DOZEN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. FLOYD NEVER MEETS A STRANGER.
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