ALABAMA POWERLIFTING
HALL OF FAME
2019Hall of Fame Inductees
BILL KAZMAIER
BILL IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST WELL KNOWN STRENGTH ATHLETES. AS A POWERLIFTER HIS RECORDS STOOD FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS THE WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN ON THREE OCCCASIONS. AN INTERNET SEARCH WILL REVEAL MUCH OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
DWONDELL "DEE" BROWNING
POSTHUMOUS AWARD
DEE WAS FROM FAYETTE, AL. HE HAD WHAT WAS SIMILAR TO MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. HE DID NOT BECOME CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR UNTIL HIS LATE TEENS. HE WANTED TO BE A POWERLIFTER. IN THE EARLY 90'S HE STARTED TRAINING. HE HAD TO BE PLACED ON EACH WEIGHT MACHINE. HE ENTERED SEVERAL MEETS IN THE HANDICAPPED DIVISION. HE COULD BENCH AND LEG PRESS HIS WEIGHT FOR MULTIPLE REPITITIONS. DEE PASSED AWAY ON 10/27/2000. HE IS MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
GENE ROBERSON
GENE ROBERSON
GENE ROBERSON IS FROM THE HUNTSVILLE, AL. AREA. HE COMPETED IN POWERLIFTING FROM THE 1960'S THROUGH THE 1990'S. HE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE WORLDS BEST. AS A YOUNG MAN IN THE 60'S HE PLACED 2ND. AND 4TH. AT THE AAU SR. NATIONALS IN 1965 & 67. HE TOTALED 1885 WITH NOTHING BUT A BELT. AS A MASTER LIFTER HE WON NINE NATIONAL TITLES AND ONE WORLD TITLE. HE TOTALED 1780 AS A MASTER. GENE WON NUMUROUS OTHER MEETS. CHECK OUT THE INTERNET FOR A FINE ARTICLE BY TERRY TODD.
KENNY HEMPFLENG
KENNY IS FROM DAPHNE, AL. AND RECENTLY RETIRED FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A LIEUTENANT. HE COMPETED IN THE 90'S IN THE POLICE OLYMPICS AND DID A FEW OTHER LOCAL MEETS. IN THE PICTURE ABOVE HE IS ON THE TOP ROW THE FIFTH FROM THE RIGHT. THIS WAS AT THE POLICE OLYMPICS IN 1992. THIS MEET WAS ABOUT ONE YEAR AFTER KENNY WAS SHOT FOUR TIMES SERVING A WARRANT. HE WAS SHOT TWICE IN THE RIGHT ARM, ONCE IN THE SIDE, AND ONCE IN THE LOWER RIGHT CHEST. HE WAS NEAR DEATH BUT SURVIVED AFTER WEEKS IN THE ICU. HIS DOCTOR TOLD HIM THAT WHAT HELPED HIM SURVIVE WAS THE EXTRA MUSCLE HE HAD FROM POWERLIFTING. THESE WOUNDS ULTIMATELY ENDED HIS CAREER. LATER ON THEY FOUND THAT A BULLET HAD MADE A SMALL CRACK IN HIS BACK.
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STEVE GRUBBS
STEVE WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE MONTGOMERY, AL., AREA. HE WAS A POWERLIFTER, OFFICIAL, JUDGE, AND STATE CHAIRMAN. HE COMPETED IN 22 MEETS FROM 1986-1996. HE COMPETED IN THE USPF & ADFPA. IN THE 132 LB. WGT. DIVISION HIS BEST LIFTS WERE 395/200/405. IN THE 148 LB. WGT. DIVISION HIS BEST LIFTS WERE 425/225/425 IN THE MASTERS DIVISION. STEVE WAS THE USPF STATE CHAIRMAN FROM 1995-2000. HE WAS A JUDGE IN 35 MEETS FROM 1995-2011. HE IS A STATE LEVEL, AND NATIONAL LEVEL IPF JUDGE. HE WAS A DRUG TESTING OFFICIAL FROM 1997-2000. HE HAS JUDGED IN ALABAMA MEETS, USPF NTLS. IN PHILADELPHIA, AND THE NTL. SPECIAL OLYMPICS IN LINCOLN, NE. STEVE SERVES ON THE HALL OF FAME BOARD.
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DARYL HASKEW
DARYL LIVES IN BALDWIN CO., AL. IN 1988 HE BEGAN TRAINING AT THE AGE OF 40. THE SAME YEAR HE AND BILLY KEEL STARTED THE FIRST SPECIAL OLYMPICS POWERLIFTING TEAM. FOR 20 YEARS HE TAUGHT AS A SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHER AND DURING HIS FREE TIME HE TRAINED SPECIAL NEEDS ATHLETES. AFTER RETIREMENT HE TOOK A JOB WITH THE ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS OF BALDWIN COUNTY. HE ORGANIZED AND COACHED AN ADULT SPECIAL NEEDS POWERLIFTING TEAM. DURING HIS TENURE THEY COMPETED IN SIX WORLD SPECIAL OLYMPICS AS WELL AS THREE NATIONAL SPECIAL OLYMPICS. MEMBERS CURRENTLY HOLD 13 AL. USAPL ST. RECORDS. AS A COMPETITOR, HE HOLDS 6 AL. ST. RECORDS. HE WON A NATIONAL MASTERS TITLE IN 2013 AND REPEATED IN 2017. HE IS A USAPL ST. JUDGE AND IS STILL COMPETING AT AGE 72. HE WAS THE MEET DIRECTOR FOR AL. ST. USAPL MEETS HELD IN GULF SHORES, SUMMERDALE, FORT WHITTING-MOBILE AND AT THE USS ALABAMA MEMORIAL. HE IS A TEAM MEMBER FOR USA 2019 MASTER CLASSIC BENCH , IN TOKYO, JAPAN. HE ALSO SERVED ON THE HALL OF FAME BOARD.
ROBERT HUMPHREYS
ROBERT IS FROM TUSCALOOSA. HE COMPETED IN HIS FIRST POWERLIFTING MEET IN 1964, WHILE A SENIOR AT GADSDEN H. S. HE HELPED ORGANIZE THE FIRST ALABAMA STATE POWERLIFTING MEET IN 1968, AT THE TUSCALOOSA YMCA. HE COMPETED AS A 132 LB. CLASS LIFTER AND WON THAT DIVISION. THE 1969, STATE MEET WAS ALSO IN TUSCALOOSA AND ROBERT WON THE 148 LB. DIVISION WITH LIFTS OF 390/280/430. THE 1970 MEET WAS MOVED TO AUBURN. ROBERT ALSO COMPETED IN THE JUNIOR NATIONALS HELD IN DENVER, CO. HE FINISHED THIRD AT NATIONALS. AS A MASTER ROBERT COMPETED IN OLYMPIC LIFTING FOR 18 YEARS. IN HIS MID SIXTIES ROBERT GOT BACK INTO POWERLIFTING AND WON HIS DIVISION AT A MEET IN MOBILE.
GREGORY KISER
GREG WAS BORN IN 1959, IN UNION SPRINGS, AL. GREG PASSED AWAY ON JUNE 11, 2019. HE STARTED COMPETING IN POWERLIFTING WHEN HE WAS 19 YEARS OLD. HE COMPETED IN OVER 60 MEETS IN 39 YEARS OF COMPETITION. HIS LAST MEET WAS IN 2017, WHEN HE HAD TO RETIRE DUE TO PROGRESSION OF ALZHEIMERS. HE COMPETED IN TWO MEETS AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED AND WON HIS DIVISION IN BOTH AND ALSO WON BEST LIFTER IN BOTH MEETS. HE APPEARED IN POWERLIFTING USA MAGAZINE TOP 20 MASTERS AND TOP 100 LIST ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. HE STILL HOLDS MANY RECORDS IN THE 148 AND 165 WEIGHT CLASS. HIS BEST LIFTS ARE 640/385/700, AND HAS A BEST TOTAL OF 1725.
THOMAS KALEN
THOMAS HAS BEEN A POWERLIFTER AND A JUDGE FOR DECADES. AT THE AGE OF 75 AND A BODYWEIGHT OF 180 LBS. HE COMPETES IN THE UN-EQUIPPED DIVISION. HE RECENTLY WON THE 2019 USAPL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH LIFTS OF 319/203/341. HE HAS WON 12 USAPL ALABAMA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, 2 RAW NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND PLACED 2ND. AND 5TH. AT THE IPF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE HOLDS MANY RECORDS AND CONTINUES TO SET RECORDS. TOM DOES OCCASIONALLY COMPETE IN THE SINGLE PLY DIVISION. HIS BEST RAW LIFTS IN THE 70-75 AGE DIVISION ARE 347/220/374, AND HE HAS TOTALED 937 LBS. HE IS A USMC VIETNAM VETERAN.
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DR. RICHARD HERRICK
RICHARD WAS THE PHYSICIAN MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL STRENGTH RESEARCH CENTER AT AUBURN, UNIVERSITY. HE WAS A MASTERS POWERLIFTER FOR 30 YEARS. HIS BEST LIFTS, ALL AT AGE 49, WERE 550/302/550. DR. HERRICK WAS THE MEET PHYSICIAN AT OVER 50 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND 25 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE WAS ON THE USPF/USAPL SPORTS MEDICINE COMMITTEE AND IPF MEDICAL COMMITTEE FOR 25 YEARS. RICHARD IS A CAT. 1 IPF OFFICIAL.
STELLA HERRICK
STELLA HERRICK HAS BEEN AN IPF JUDGE/OFFICIAL FOR OVER 25 YEARS. SHE HAS JUDGED AT COUNTLESS USPF/USAPL STATE, NATIONAL, AND WORLD MEETS. STELLA AND HER HUSBAND LITERALLY TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD OFFICIATING. DURING THE 90'S SHE SERVED ON THE IPF BOARD AND AS A MEMBER OF THE WOMENS COMMITTEE. STELLA WAS SELECTED AS AN IPF VICE-PRESIDENT, THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE SELECTED.
DANNY DOVER
DANNY IS FROM TUSCUMBIA, AL., AND COMPETED FOR OVER 25 YEARS. HE PLACED FIRST IN EVERY MEET HE ENTERED WITH ONLY ONE EXCEPTION. HE WON 4 ALABAMA STATE POWERLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH THE ADFPA AND THE AAPF. HE WON THE GEORGIA STATE AS A 220 LB. LIFTER AND SET AN AMERICAN RECORD IN THE DEADLIFT (677.5 LBS.). HE RECEIVED THE BEST LIFTER AWARD ONE OF FOUR RECEIVED DURING HIS CAREER. IN 2002, DANNY WON THE AWPC/AAPF WORLDS IN ATLANTA, GA., AND SET A WORLD RECORD IN THE DEADLIFT 220 LB. CLASS WITH A 677.5 LB. LIFT. DANNY COMPETED FROM 1989 UNTIL 2005.
RICHARD SANDLIN
RICHARD IS A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POWERLIFTING JUDGE. HE IS A MULTIPLE WORLD POWERLIFTING CHAMPION IN THE OPEN AND MASTERS DIVISION. HE WAS THE SOUTHEASTERN BODYBUILDING CHAMPION AND IRON MAN MAGAZINE CALLED HIM THE STRONGEST BODYBUILDER IN THE WORLD. HE WAS AN ELITE CLASS POWERLIFTER AND WON BEST LIFTER AT SEVERAL MEETS INCLUDING THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. HIS BEST LIFTS WERE 581 (BENCH), 903 (SQUAT), 821 (DEADLIFT) AND A 2147 TOTAL. RICHARD DID A SQUAT EXIBITION AND SQUATTED 1003 LBS. IN 1991 AT THE AGE OF 41 HE WON THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE 125 KG. CLASS IN BOTH THE OPEN AND THE MASTERS DIVISION.
ART CLARKSON
ART CLARKSON LIVED IN THE BIRMINGHAM, AL., AREA. HE WAS A MASTERS POWERLIFTER FOR OVER A DECADE. HE COMPETED WITH THE ADFPA AND THE USPF. ART WAS THE TYPE OF INDIVIDUAL THAT MADE FRIENDS EASILY. HE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO ASSIST ANYONE THAT NEEDED HELP. MOST OF THE TIME IT APPEARED THAT HE WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH THE OTHER LIFTER THAN HIMSELF. ART DIDN'T WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS OR SET RECORDS BUT HE HAD AN IMPACT AT THE MEETS HE ATTENDED. ART HAS OWNED SEVERAL PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS INCLUDING THE BIRMINGHAM BULLS HOCKEY TEAM. ART PASSED AWAY IN 2019.
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BLANE TINDULL
BLANE WORKED AS A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER AT THE STATE CATTLE RANCH BEFORE HE RETIRED. HE WAS A GREAT BENCH SPECIALIST COMPETING IN AND WINNING MANY LAW ENFORCEMENT MEETS. IN THE MASTERS DIVISION BLANE WOULD BENCH OVER 500 LBS. AT AGE 50 HE DID A 570 LB. BENCH PRESS. HE COMPETED FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND HOLDS BOTH MASTER AND LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECORDS WITH THE SPF.
TOM OWEN
TOM OWEN IS A WELL KNOWN PROFESSIONAL STRONGMAN. HE IS THE FOUNDER OF KINGS RANCH, CHELSEA, AL. TOM WAS MASTERS MR. ALABAMA, MR. COTTON STATES, AND IN 1988 HE WAS 5TH. RUNNER - UP IN THE MR. UNIVERSE. HE WAS 9 TIME ALABAMA STATE POWERLIFTING CHAMPION, AND WON MANY OTHER POWERLIFTING TITLES. TOM AT ONE TIME WOULD GO ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND BE RUN OVER WITH A TRACTOR OR TRUCK. HE DID THIS HUNDREDS OF TIMES. TOM OWEN PASSED AWAY JANUARY 2020.
JAMES PAUL FULMER, JR.
POSTHUMOUS AWARD
JAMES WAS FROM THE SHOALS AREA. HE COMPETED IN THE SUB-MASTERS AND MASTERS DIV.181 AND 198 CLASS. HE WON MANY MEETS FROM LATE 80'S THRU 90'S. HE WAS CALLED FORKLIFT BY HIS FRIENDS BECAUSE HE DEADLIFTED AND SQUATED IN THE UPPER 500 RANGE. HE RETIRED FROM THE FULL TIME NATIONAL GUARD IN EARLY 2016 AS A MASTER SERGEANT. HE SERVED TOURS IN IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN. THE PICTURE ABOVE IS A MEET HE ORGANIZED IN KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN. JAMES PASSED AWAY 11/8/2016. HE IS MISSED BY ALL WHO CALLED HIM FRIEND.
RAY WILLIAMS
RAY GREW UP IN DEMOPOLIS, AL. HE DID HIS EARLY LIFTING WITH THE USAPL IN ALABAMA. RAY IS CURRENTLY THE PREMIER RAW LIFTER IN THE WORLD. HE HAS TOTALED 2436 AND SQUATTED 1026 AT THE 2019 ARNOLD CLASSIC. FOR MORE INFO ON RAY PLEASE SEE HIS FACEBOOK PAGE.
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BETTY LAFFERTY
BETTY IS FROM GULF SHORES, AL. SHE IS STILL COMPETING AND IS IN THE 70+ AGE DIVISION. SHE HAS SET 30+ RECORDS AS A MASTERS LIFTER. SHE HAS WON THE WABDL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 9 TIMES. SHE HAS BEEN AWARDED THE BEST LIFTER AWARD A STAGGERING 18 TIMES. SHE HOLDS THE 68-74 WR AT 114 LB. WITH A 214 LB. DEADLIFT. SHE HOLDS THE WR IN THE 61-67 114 LB. CLASS WITH A 165 LB. BENCH PRESS AT AGE 65. BETTY HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE WABDL HALL OF FAME.
D. D. NICHOLS
D.D. WAS BORN IN SELMA, AL. HE HAS BEEN TRAINING FOR OVER 30+ YEARS. HE STARTED COMPETING IN HIGH SCHOOL AND WON 3 HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM 1979-1982.AT 18 YEARS OF AGE HE DID 450 LBS. IN THE BENCH PRESS WITH NO EQUIPMENT. HE HAS OVER 30 FIRST PLACE WINS AND SEVERAL 2ND. PLACE FINISHES. HE HAS SET OVER 30 ALABAMA STATE RECORDS. IN 1987 HE WAS 2ND. IN THE USPF NATIONALS WITH A 2050 TOTAL. HIS LIFTS WERE 750/575/725 IN THE 275 WGT. CLASS. HE HAS WON 4 ALABAMA USPF STATE TITLES. HE ATTAINED USA POWERLIFTING TOP 3 RANKING FROM 1988-1991 AT 275LBS.HIS BEST LIFTS ARE 865/700/800. HIS BEST TOTAL WAS AT AN ARKANSAS SPF MEET WHERE HE TOTALED 2300 LBS. HE CURRENTLY OPERATES A GYM IN ARKANSAS.
ROBERT CRAWFORD
ROBERT RESIDES IN WHITEFISH BAY, WI. HE LIVED IN MOBILE, AL., IN THE EARLY YEARS OF POWERLIFTING. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO ROBERT IS, YOU NEED TO. IN 1980, WHILE LIVING IN MOBILE, AL., ROBERT WITH BROTHER BENNETT AND VINCE KILBOURN FOUNDED THE ADFPA. IN JUNE, 1981, THEY HOSTED THE FIRST DRUG FREE MEET IN THE NATION AT MOBILE, AL. IN 1981, THEY HELD THE MOBILE OPEN WHICH INCLUDED WOMEN, CONTROVERSIAL AT THE TIME. ROBERT COMPETED IN HIS FIRST MEET IN 1970. FIFTY YEARS LATER HE IS STILL GOING STRONG. ROBERT HAS SQUATTED AND DEADLIFTED 500 LBS. OR MORE FOR 43 YEARS. HE HAS BENCHED 300 OR MORE. ROBERT HAS COMPETED IN 180 MEETS SINCE HE STARTED. HE HAS WON FOUR IPF WORLD MASTERS TITLES AND THE PAM AM GAMES. AT THE WORLD BENCH PRESS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PRAGUE, CZE., WHILE COMPETING IN THE 60-69 AGE 120 KG. MASTERS ROBERT BENCHED 475 LBS.AT HE USAPL NATIONAL MASTERS MEET ROBERT TOTALED 1405 LBS. COMPETING IN THE 60-64 AGE GROUP. AT THE USAPL NATIONAL BENCH PRESS CHAMPIONSHIPS ROBERT DID A 496 LB. BENCH WINNING THE 60-64 LB. CLASS AND FINISHING 9TH. OVERALL. ALL OF THE ABOVE MEET HIGHLIGHTS WERE FROM THE 2013 LIFTING SEASON. ALL OF ROBERTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE TO NUMEROUS TO MENTION SPACE NOT BEING PERMITTED. IN 2021, ROBERT WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USAPL HALL OF FAME - FOUNDING MEMBER. ROBERT WAS ALSO INDUCTED INTO THE MASTERS HALL OF FAME.
TERRY TODD
POSTHUMOUS AWARD
TERRY TODD PASSED AWAY ON JULY 7, 2018, HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST NOTED STRENGTH AUTHORITIES IN THE COUNTRY, HAVING BEEN SUCCESSFUL AS A WEIGHTLIFTER, POWERLIFTER, COACH, WRITER AND RESEARCHER. IN POWERLIFTING, HE WAS THE FIRST WINNER OF THE AAU JR. NATIONALS, 1964, AND THE AAU SR. NATIONALS IN 1965. AS A SUPERHEAVY, HE WAS THE FIRST MAN TO TOTAL 1600, 1700,1800, AND 1900 LBS. HE ALSO SET 15 AMERICAN/WORLD RECORDS BEFORE RETIRING TO FINISH HIS PHD. TERRY MOVED TO ALABAMA IN 1979 & FOUNDED THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CTR., AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY. HE COACHED FELLOW HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES: LAMAR GANT, GEORGE HERRING, BILL KAZMAIER, DALE DANIELS, JOE HOOD, AND JAN TODD AS WELL AS MANY AUBURN STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE UNIVERSITY POWERLIFTING TEAM. HE ORGANIZED THE WORLD SERIES OF POWERLIFTING AT AUBURN IN 1980. HE ASSISTED HIS WIFE, JAN TODD, WITH THE PORMOTION OF THE 1982 WOMEN'S NATIONAL POWERLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIP. HE MOVED TO AUSTIN, TX., IN 1983 TO JOIN THE FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. HE AND JAN SUBSEQUENTLY FOUNDED THE H. J. LUTCHER STARK CENTER FOR PHYSICAL CULTURE AND SPORTS. READ HIS FULL ORBITUARY AT http://starkcenter.org/wp-content/uploads2019/12/terrytodd-obit.pdf
DR. JAN TODD
JAN TODD MOVED TO AUBURN, ALABAMA IN 1979, WITH HER HUSBAND TERRY TODD. SHE WAS INVOLVED WITH COACHING THE AUBURN POWERLIFTING TEAM AND SHE ASSISTED WITH RESEARCH AT THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER. 1980-81, SHE ALSO OVERSAW THE STRENGTH & CONDITIONING PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN AT AUBURN. SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO HOLD A STRENGTH COACH POSITION. SHE ALSO COACHED THE USPF MEN AND WOMEN'S POWERLIFTING TEAMS AT THE IPF WORLDS IN THE 80'S. SHE HAS BEEN LISTED IN THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS FOR OVER 12 YRS. SHE HAS SET OVER 60 AMERICAN/WORLD RECORDS. IN 1980 SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMEN TO BREAK 500 LBS. IN A POWERLIFT (507 SQ.). JAN WAS THE FIRST TO TOTAL 1000, 1100, 1200 LBS. IN POWERLIFTING. IN 1981, SHE HAD HER BEST CONTEST WITH A WORLD RECORD 545.5 SQUAT, A 479 DEADLIFT, & 1229.5 TOTAL. SHE ENTERED HER FIRST ADFPA MEET AND MADE A 446 LB. DL AT 148 LBS. SHE SET AN IPF WORLD RECORD IN THE DL PULLING 474.5 AT 146 LBS. IN 1982, SHE EARNED THE GOLD AT THE ADFPA CHAMPIONSHIPS. SHE IS A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. SHE IS A SPORTS HISTORIAN AND HAS PUBLISHED THREE BOOKS & OVER 100 ARTICLES. SHE WAS AWARDED THE 2019 ARNOLD CLASSIC LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMEN INDUCTED INTO THE IPF HALL OF FAME. SHE HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USAPL HOF, THE INTERNATIONAL SPORTS HOF AND THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF KINESIOLOGY. VIEW JAN'S 1978 INTERVIEW WITH JOHNNY CARSON ON YOUTUBE. FOR MORE INFO: http://starkcenter.org/profile/jan-todd/.
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BILLY KEEL
BILLY IS FROM TALLADEGA, AL. HE HAS BEEN A POWERLIFTER, MEET DIRECTOR, COACH AND JUDGE. AS A POWERLIFTER HE WON 3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND 10 AL. STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE IS A CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER AND HAS COACHED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS WELL AS BEING A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL OLYMPICS COACH. AS A MEET DIRECTOR HE HOSTED 12 AL. STATE MEETS AS WELL AS OTHER COMPETITIONS. AS JUDGE HE IS A CAT. II IPF JUDGE. HE HAS LITERALLY TRAVELED THE USA AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES OFFICIATING INCLUDING 7 SPECIAL OLYMPIC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. IN 2017 BILLY WAS THE ALABAMA USAPL VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR. HE ALSO SERVES ON THE HALL OF FAME BOARD
DR. CLAIRE KEEL
DR. KEEL IS FROM TALLADEGA, AL. CLAIRE IS A CAT. II IPF OFFICIAL AND HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS FOR SEVERAL DECADES. SHE AND HER HUSBAND HAVE LITERALLY TRAVELED THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND THE WORLD WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS. SHE HAS OFFICIATED AT 7 WORLD SPECIAL OLYMPICS. SINCE 2006 SHE HAS BEEN AN ANNOUNCER AT THE USA GAMES FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS. THE SEATTLE TIMES HAD AN ARTICLE ENTITLED, "MEET THE WOMAN WHO'S TRANSFORMED SPECIAL OLYMPIC POWERLIFTING".
MITCH STRICKLAND
MITCH WAS THE ALABAMA WHEELCHAIR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AND WAS INDUCTED INTO THE DIXIE WHEELCHAIR SPORTS HALL OF FAME. HE SERVES ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WHEELCHAIR SPORTS USA AS WELL AS THE PARAOLYMPIC ATHLETES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. HE WAS A SEVEN TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION, FOUR TIME WORLD CHAMPION AND WAS A FIVE TIME PARAOLYMPIAN. IN THE OLYMPICS HE EARNED A SILVER AND TWO BRONZE MEDALS. HE IS THE 85 KG. BENCH PRESS NATIONAL RECORD HOLDER (451 LBS), AND THE NATIONAL RECORD HOLDER AT 90 KG. (502 LBS.). HE IS A FORMER WORLD RECORD HOLDER. HIS CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE TO NUMEROUS TO MENTION.
RICK HAGEDORN
RICK HAS BEEN A MASTERS DEADLIFT SPECIALIST FOR OVER 20 YEARS. HE HAS WON NUMEROUS STATE, NATIONAL AND WORLD DEADLIFT COMPITITIONS. AT 181 LBS. AND LIFTING IN THE MASTERS DIVISION HE HAS PULLED OVER 600 LBS. HE HAS WON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH THE WABDL AND THE IPL. HE IS A NOTED MEET DIRECTOR IN THE GADSDEN AREA HOSTING MANY MEETS FOR THE WABDL. RICK WAS INDUCTED INTO THE WABDL HALL OF FAME. HE CAME BACK FROM HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY TO PULL OVER 500 LBS. AT 65 YEARS OF AGE HE STILL TRAINS IN THE DEADLIFT AND STILL DOES WORLD CLASS LIFTS.
LANNY SHEPARD
LANNY IS A WELL KNOWN PASTOR AND POWERLIFTER. HE IS FROM ENTERPRISE, AL. LANNY HOLDS THE RETIRED ADFPA STATE RECORDS IN THE MASTERS 120 KG. CLASS WITH A 670 (SQUAT), A 685 (DEADLIFT), AND A 1760 LB. TOTAL. HE STARTED HOSTING DRUG TESTED MEETS IN THE EARLY 80'S AT THE GYM HE OWNED IN ENTERPRISE. HE HOSTED MANY MEETS THROUGHOUT THE 80'S AND 90'S FOR THE ADFPA. LANNY IS A MANY TIME POWERLIFTING CHAMPION HAVING WON THE SENIOR NATIONALS.
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DENNIS WESTWOOD
DENNIS STARTED COMPETING IN POWERLIFTING IN THE LATE 60'S LIFTING ON HIS COLLEGE POWERLIFTING TEAM.HE MOVED TO TALLADEGA, AL. TO WORK AT FCI TALLADEGA. HE WAS THE RECREATION SPECIALIST FOR THE PRISON. HE ORGANIZED THE INSIDE/OUTSIDE MEET THAT HAD THE INMATES COMPETE AGAINST OUTSIDE LIFTERS. DENNIS IS A 4 TIME GOLD MEDAL WINNER IN THE POLICE OLYMPICS. HE WAS THE ALABAMA ST. 40-45, 220 CHAMPION AND ST. BENCH PRESS CHAMPION IN 1990. IN 1970 HIS BEST RAW LIFTS WERE 470 (SQ.), 370 (BP) AND 580 (DL) AT 220. HE WORKED FOR 25 YEARS HELPING AT YMCA, JR. COLLEGE, AND COLLEGE WITH STRENGTH ATHLETES. HE HAS COACHED, JUDGED, AND HAS BEEN A GYM OWNER WHERE HE HOSTED MEETS AS THE OWNER.