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ALABAMA POWERLIFTING
HALL OF FAME
THE HALL OF FAME BOARD MET ON JULY 31, 2021, AND APPROVED THE HALL OF FAME CLASS FOR 2022. THOSE SELECTED ARE AS FOLLOWS:
POSTHUMOUS
DOUG BORDEN
DOUG WAS BORN IN FLORENCE, AL. HE BECAME INTERESTED IN POWERLIFTING WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL. HE STARTED COMPETING WHILE HE WAS IN THE U. S. NAVY. DOUG WAS KNOWN AS 2 X 4 FOR THE ODD WAY OF USING THAT BOARD. HE COMPETED IN OVER 60 MEETS AND WON MOST OF THEM. DOUG WON ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, THREE NATIONAL TITLES, AND 13 ALABAMA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE ALSO WON ONE U. S. STRONGEST MAN COMPETITION. DOUG'S HIGHEST TOTAL WAS 2088 LBS. HE OWNED UNIQUE PHYSIQUE FITNESS CENTER IN HUNTSVILLE, AL. HE WAS ALSO A CONTRACTOR. HE PASSED AWAY IN 2009.
CLAUDE BOUYER
CLAUDE LIVED IN ALABAMA FROM AGE 6 UNTIL HE WAS 33. HE IS THE FIRST AND ONLY PERSON BORN WITH SPINA BIFIDA TO OFFICIALLY BENCH PRESS 500 LBS. RAW AT 220 BODYWEIGHT. CLAUDE HAS DONE A 455 BENCH AT 198 LBS., AND A 405 BENCH AT 165 LBS. HE IS A THREE TIME WORLD CHAMPION. IN 2011 HE WAS THE KINGS OF BENCH LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION. HE HAS ALSO WON 13 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH THE SPF, APF, AND APA. HE WON 12 ALABAMA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND 1 GEORGIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. HE HAS SET WORLD AND NATIONAL RECORDS WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. HIS BEST RAW SQUAT IS 500 AT 181, AND HIS BEST DEADLIFT IS 540 AT A BODY WEIGHT OF 175.
JEROME BAILEY
JEROME WAS BORN IN THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF MARCOOT, AL. HE WORKED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 30 YEARS. HE RETIRED AS AN ALABAMA STATE TROOPER. HE AND HIS WIFE OWN A CATERING BUSINESS, BAILEY'S BBQ. HE STARTED COMPETING IN 1984 AT LOCAL COMPETITIONS. IN 1989, HE STARTED TRAINING WITH THE PEGASUS GYM POWERLIFTING TEAM. HE COMPETED IN THE NATIONAL PEANUT FESTIVAL MEET IN DOTHAN, AL., WINNING THE 220 LB. DIVISION AND ALSO TAKING HOME THE BEST LIFTER AWARD. HE COMPETED AT VARIOUS OTHER MEETS FINISHING IN FIRST PLACE. HE COMPETED IN THE SR. NATIONALS SEVERAL YEARS. HIS BEST LIFTS ARE A 909.4 LB. SQUAT, A 435 LB. BENCH, A 705.4 DEADLIFT, WITH A 1984.1 TOTAL IN THE 220 LB. CLASS.
ANDREW "BULL" STEWART
BULL LIVED IN TUSKEEGEE, AL., SEVERAL YEARS WHILE HE ATTENDED TUSKEEGEE INSTITUTE. HE EXCELLED IN FOOTBALL AND TRACK WHILE IN COLLEGE. HE CURRENTLY LIVES IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, WHERE HE OWNS COLUMBIA CITY FITNESS. HIS BUSINESS HAS BEEN AWARDED THE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR. BULL EXCELLED IN POWERLIFTING SETTING MANY STATE, NATIONAL, AND WORLD RECORDS. HE HAS WON FIFTEEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE WON HIS FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN REDDING, ENGLAND, IN 1988. HE APPEARED ON THE COVER OF POWERLIFTING USA ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. IN 2008, BULL WAS NAMED TO THE POWERLIFTING USA TOP 10 ULTIMATE POWERLIFTERS. IN 2016, HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE AAU STRENGTH SPORTS HALL OF FAME. HIS BEST LIFTS AS A 242 LB. LIFTER ARE 850 SQUAT, A 520 BENCH PRESS, A 830 DEADLIFT, AND A 2200 LB. TOTAL. BULL HAS TRAINED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES OVER THE YEARS. HE ALSO PROMOTES POWERLIFTING MEETS IN THE SEATTLE AREA.
MILTON PEPPER
MILTON IS FROM ATHENS, ALABAMA. MILTON STARTED POWERLIFTING AND BODY BUILDING IN THE EARLY 80'S. HE WAS MR. TEENAGE ALABAMA AT AGE 16, AND MR. ALABAMA AT 22 YRS. OF AGE. IN 1986 HE WAS THE ALABAMA NPC OVERALL CHAMPION. TEN YEARS LATER HE WAS THE OVERALL CHAMPION AGAIN. IN 2010 HE WAS 3RD. MASTERS 40+, AND IN 2015 HE WAS 2ND. MASTERS 50+. HE COMPETED AS A 242 LB. POWERLIFTER. HE COMPETED PRIMARILY WITH USPF. HIS BEST LIFTS ARE 810 DEADLIFT, 510 BENCH, 780 SQUAT, AND A 2050 TOTAL ALL AT 242 LBS. HE WAS RANKED IN THE POWERLIFTING USA TOP 100.
DAVID SEWELL
DAVID HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH POWERLIFTING AS A COMPETITOR, OFFICIAL, BODY BUILDER, AND COACH SINCE THE LATE 1970'S. HE CONTINUES TO BE ACTIVE IN THE SPORT. HE HAS COMPETED ON THE INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL AND STATE LEVEL FOR OVER 30 YEARS. HE BECAME A POWERLIFTING OFFICIAL IN 1979. HIS EARLY TRAINING PARTNERS WERE BUDDY DUKE, AND JAMES HAWKINS, SR. HE STARTED WORKING WITH THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND HAS OFFICIATED AT NUMEROUS MEETS INCLUDING THE WORLDS IN IRELAND AND CHINA. HE COMPETED WITH SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS. HIS BEST LIFTS SINGLE PLY WERE AS A 220 LB. LIFTER. HE HAS A 666.9 SQUAT, 474 BENCH, 749.5 DEADLIFT, AND A 1890.4 TOTAL. HE WON THE USAPL RAW NATIONALS IN 2013 AT AGE 57 AND TOTALED 1273 LBS.
CHRIS LENTINI
WHEN CHRIS TURNED 38 YRS. OLD HE HAD SPENT YEARS WITH POOR EATING AND DRINKING HABITS. AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY ANOTHER DRIVER TORE HIS MENISCUS IN HIS LEFT LEG IN FOUR PLACES. AFTER SURGERY AND GOING THRU PHYSICAL THERAPY HE DECIDED TO CHANGE HIS HABITS AND TO START WEIGHT TRAINING. IN 2016, HE STARTED TRAINING FOR A USPA MEET NEAR HIS HOME. AT THAT MEET HE TOTALED 1135 RAW AT 165 LBS. SINCE THEN HE HAS WON 3 ALABAMA STATE MEETS AND TWO NATIONALS. HE HAS COMPETED IN AROUND 20 MEETS. HE NOW COMPETES IN THE MASTERS 40+. HIS BEST LIFTS AT 165 LBS. RAW ARE AN 501.5 SQ., A 380.3 BENCH, A 573.2 DEADLIFT, WITH A 1444 TOTAL.
SHELBY ROBBINS
SHELBY WAS BORN IN MOBILE, AL., IN 1971. HE WAS AN ALL STATE FOOTBALL PLAYER AT MURPHY HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD HE COULD SQUAT 500+ LBS. AT 200 LBS. HE PLAYED COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. HE WAS ALSO A STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH AT THE U OF A. HE IS A CERTIFIED STRENGTH & CONDITIONING SPECIALIST AND COACHED MANY ATHLETES OF ALL AGES INCLUDING COLLEGIATE AND PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES. HE IS THE FORMER ALABAMA APF CHAIRMAN, AND HAS BEEN A MEET OFFICIAL SINCE 1997. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WPO COMPETITORS TRAINING WITH SCOTT ALBANO AND JOHN GROVE. HE COMPETED OVER 3 DECADES. HIS BEST LIFTS ARE A 881 SQUAT, 650 BENCH PRESS, A 705 DEADLIFT, AND A 2236 TOTAL.
TONY CAPRARI
TONY LIVED IN ALABAMA FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS. HE IS A GREAT POWERLIFTER BUT HE IS ONE OF THE BEST DEADLIFTERS IN THE WORLD. HE HAS WON MANY STATE MEETS (INCLUDING ALABAMA), NATIONAL AND WORLD EVENTS. HE HAS SET STATE, NATIONAL, AND WORLD RECORDS TO NUMEROUS TO MENTION. HE ALSO HAS BEEN AWARDED MANY BEST LIFTER AWARDS. HE HAS BEEN RANKED FIRST IN THE DEADLIFT ON MANY LISTS INCLUDING POWERLIFTING WATCH. HE STARTED COMPETING AS A TEENAGER IN THE 1990'S. HE COMPETED IN THE WPO AS A TEENAGER. HE PRIMARILY LIFTED WITH THE WABDL WINNING SEVERAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE WAS THE IPF JR. WORLD CHAMPION IN TAIPEI, TAIWAN, IN 2000. HE COMPETED IN THE 165, 181, AND 198 LB. DIVISIONS. HIS BEST LIFTS ARE A 688.9 DEADLIFT (RAW), 551 SQUAT, 369 BENCH, 766 DEADLIFT (SINGLE PLY), AND 832 SQUAT, 518 BENCH, 760 DEADLIFT, AND A 2110 TOTAL (MULTI PLY). HE HAS APPEARED ON THE COVER OF SEVERAL MAGAZINES.
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