ALABAMA POWERLIFTING
HALL OF FAME
2019 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
GREG WARR
GREG IS FROM CLAYTON, AL. HE WAS A COMPETITOR FROM 1988-2000. HE IS ONE OF THE TOP BENCH PRESSERS OF ALL TIME. AT A BODYWEIGHT OF 133 LBS. GREG BENCHED 535 LBS. A FOUR TIMES BODY WEIGHT PRESS. HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON TO DO THAT UNTIL THE BENCH SHIRTS STARTED BEING TRIPLE KEVLAR. GREG BENCHED 550 LBS. AT 165 LBS. FOR A WORLD RECORD. AT THE 1997 USPF NATIONALS HE DID 475 LBS AT 145 BDW. HE WAS THE BEST LIFTER OVERALL. AT THE 1992 WORLDS IN TIPAE, TIAWAN HE DID 405 at 140 BDW. FOR A WORLD RECORD. AT THE USPF NATIONALS IN BALTIMORE HE DID 469 LBS AT 154. THEN AGAIN AT THE 1994 WORLDS IN FINLAND HE BENCHED 496 LBS. AT 150 BDW. HE WAS THE BEST LIFTER AND THAT LIFT SET A WORLD RECORD. AT NATIONALS IN ROCKINGHAM HE DID 517 AT 150. HE DID THE HAWAII RECORDS BREAKER MEET TWICE. THE FIRST ONE HE DID 453 AT 142 FOR A WORLD RECORD. HE FOLLOWED UP THE NEXT YEAR WITH 469 AT 146. THAT WAS ALSO A WORLD RECORD. HE THEN DID 429 AT 132 FOR A WORLD RECORD AT PORTLAND, OR. GREG THEN SHOWED WHAT HE COULD DO WITHOUT A SHIRT BY GOING 505 AT 140 IN MARIANA, FL.
TIM WOMACK
TIM IS FROM FALKVILLE, AL. HE HAS BEEN COMPETING FOR 15 YEARS. HE HAS COMPETED IN APF, WABDL, AND USAPL MEETS. HE HAS BEEN THE ALABAMA USAPL STATE CHAMPION 13 TIMES AND HAS WON 3 BEST LIFTER AWARDS WITH THE USAPL. HE HAS ALSO BEEN THE APF/AAPF STATE CHAMPION ON TWO OCCASIONS. HE HAS 35 ACTIVE RECORDS WITH THE USAPL. HE ALSO HAS 8 REGIONAL USAPL RECORDS, 5 APF/AAPF, AND 5 WABDL STATE RECORDS AND 4 WABDL NATIONAL AND WORLD RAW RECORDS. HE HAS COMPETED IN THE USAPL NATIONAL MASTERS FROM 2008-PRESENT TIME. HE PLACED EACH TIME AND WON IN 2014. HE WAS NOMINATED TO THE USAPL WORLD TEAM IN 2014-2015. HE IS CURRENTLY THE USAPL STATE CHAIRMAN AND HAS BEEN THE RECORDS CHAIRMAN SINCE 2007. HE IS A STATE CERTIFIED USAPL REFEREE. TIM HELPED DESIGN THE ORIGINAL USAPL WEBSITE. TIM IS ALSO CERTIFIED AS AN ISSA STRENGTH & CONDITIONING SPECIALIST. TIM HAS BENCHED PRESSED OVER 400 LBS. IN COMPETITION 76 TIMES. HE HAS COMPETED FROM 220 UP TO 275 WGT. CLASS.HIS BEST LIFTS ARE 611/463/573. TIM WAS THE NUMBER 1 RANKED USAPL MASTER IN THE STATE FROM 2008-2016. HE SERVES ON THE HALL OF FAME BOARD.
CURTIS WAINWRIGHT
CURTIS LIVES IN SARALAND, AL. HE STARTED TRAINING IN THE LATE 70'S. HE STARTED COMPETING IN THE EARLY 80'S. HE STOPPED COMPETING FOR AWHILE BUT STARTED BACK IN 2003 AND CONTINUES TO COMPETE. HE COMPETES WITH THE USAPL. CURTIS HAS 6 WORLD RECORDS AND HAS BEEN A WORLD CHAMPION 3 TIMES. HE IS A MANY TIME STATE AND NATIONAL CHAMPION. HE IS ONE OF ONLY FIVE LIFTERS TO SQUAT 600 LBS. WHILE BEING OVER 60 YEARS OLD. IN 2014, CURTIS BROKE THE RAW M3 SQUAT RECORD OF 501 LBS. AT THE ALABAMA ST. MEET. CURTIS SET THE TOTAL RECORD IN THE CLASSIC WORLD'S IN FINLAND A FEW YEARS AGO. CURTIS WAS INDUCTED INTO THE BATESVILLE, AR., HIGH SCHOOL HOF AND THE BATESVILLE SPORTS HALL OF FAME. HE HOLDS MANY ALABAMA STATE RECORDS INCLUDING MASTER 2 120 KG. SQUAT WITH A 277.5 KG. LIFT. THE MASTERS 3 120 KG. SQUAT WITH A 272.5 KG. SQUAT. HE HOLDS THE MASTERS 3 120 KG. TOTAL RECORD WITH 705 KG. CURTIS PASSED AWAY AUGUST 2021. HE WAS SERVING ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT HIS PASSING.
FRED RICE
FRED RICE LIVED IN MADISON, AL., FOR 7 YEARS WHERE HE SERVED AS A CHURCH PASTOR. FRED STARTED LIFTING WEIGHTS WHEN HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN LIFTING FOR 60 YEAARS. FRED HAS WON THE USAPL NATIONAL MASTERS TITLE 14 TIMES, 7 WHILE LIVING IN ALABAMA. DURING HIS YEARS OF POWERLIFTING HE HAS SET THE IPF WORLD DEADLIFT RECORD, THE AMERICAN RECORDS IN THE SQUAT, DEADLIFT AND TOTAL. HE STILL HOLDS MANY RECORDS. HIS BEST TOTAL AS A MASTERS WAS WHEN HE WAS 50 YEARS. HE DID 575/315/650 FOR A 1540 TOTAL AT 198 WGT. CLASS. WHEN FRED WAS 51 YEARS OLD HE PULLED HIS BEST DEADLIFT A 670 LB. PULL. FRED HAS BEEN THE USAPL NATIONAL MASTERS CHAMPION IN HIS 40'S,50'S, 60'S, AND 70'S., AS WELL AS A WABDL, IPF, AND WDFPF WORLD CHAMPION.
TOM GONNERING
TOM IS FROM TUSCALOOSA, AL. HE HAS BEEN COMPETING FOR 35 YEARS +. HE HAS LIFTED IN BETWEEEN 80-100 MEETS. TOM COMPETES WITH THE WABDL, NASA, USAPL, AND SPF. TOM HAS BEEN TO 11 WABDL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE HAS BEEN THE WABDL WORLD CHAMPION 7 TIMES AND WAS AWARDED THE BEST LIFTER AWARD 5 TIMES AT THOSE CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE HAS BEEN RANKED AS HIGH AS # 3 IN THE BENCH PRESS BY THE USAPL. HE IS RANKED #4 ALL TIME BY THE WABDL WITH A 452.8 LB. BENCH PRESS. THIS WAS IN THE 61-67 AGE DIVISION IN THE 220 LB. WGT. CLASS. TOM ALSO COMPETES OCCASIONALLY IN THE DEADLIFT. TOM WAS INDUCTED INTO THE WABDL HALL OF FAME. TOM SERVES ON THE HALL OF FAME BOARD.
GARY REYNOLDS
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GARY LIVES IN PISGAH, AL. HE COMPETED FOR 11 YEARS IN USPF AND NASA MEETS. HE HAS WON STATE AND REGIONALS A NUMBER TIMES COMPETING IN 20 + MEETS. HE HELD THE 275+ RECORDS WITH LIFTS OF 760/475/840 FOR A 2055 TOTAL. GARY HAS BEEN A TOP DEADLIFTER FOR YEARS. WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN HE DEADLIFTED 840 LBS WHEN ONLY A FEW PEOPLE IN THE WORLD HAD DONE SO AT THE TIME. WHEN GARY STARTED BACK LIFTING AS A MASTER HE DID A 770 LB. DEADLIFT WHICH, AT THE TIME, WAS THE NUMBER ONE DEADLIFT IN THE COUNTRY. GARY PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR BEAR BRYANT AS A FRESHMAN. GARY SERVED ON THE HALL OF FAME BOARD.
DAN DAVIDSON
DAN LIVES IN TUSCALOOSA, AL. HE HAS BEEN POWERLIFTING SINCE HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD. DAN CONTINUES TO LIFT AT 60 + YEARS OF AGE. HE HOLDS NUMEROUS STATE, NATIONAL AND WORLD RECORDS. HIS BEST POWERLIFTING TOTAL WAS 750/501/750, AND HE HAS A 2001 TOTAL. DAN WAS RANKED IN THE POWERLIFTING USA MAGAZINE TOP 20 SEVERAL TIMES AND IN THE TOP 100 OVERALL. HIS BEST WABDL LIFTS AT 242 LBS. AND IN THE 47-53 AGE GROUP IS A 733 LB. DEADLIFT. IN THE 54-60 AGE GROUP HE HAD A 672 DEADLIFT AND IN THE 61-67 A 661 DEADLIFT. DAN HAS WON THE WABDL NATIONALS AND THE WABDL WORLDS ON 3 OCCASIONS. DAN HAS SET NATIONAL AND WORLD RECORDS WITH USAPL, WNPF, APA, APF, USPA, AND USPF. IN THE APA DAN PULLED A 661 DEADLIFT WITH NO EQUIPMENT. DAN HAS WON SEVERAL BEST LIFTER AWARDS AND HAS TOTALED ELITE CLASS WITH THE USPF AT 198 LB. DAN HAS BEEN A POWERLIFTER FOR OVER 45 YEARS.
BUDDY ALLAN MCKEE
BUDDY LIVES IN RAINBOW CITY, ALABAMA. HE COMPETED IN POWERLIFTING FROM 1984-86 AND THEN FROM 2000-13. BUDDY PLAYED SEMI-PRO FOOTBALL WITH THE ALABAMA RAIDERS, WAS A BODYBUILDER FOR 10 YEARS, HAS BEEN A FULL CONTACT KARATE COMPETITOR, AND HAS RECORDED CHRISTIAN MUSIC. BUDDY HAS COMPETED AS A POWERLIFTER WITH MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. HE HAS SET APPROXIMATELY 50 ALABAMA STATE RECORDS, 32 AMERICAN RECORDS, AND 28 WORLD RECORDS. BUDDY HAS SQUATTED AN ALL TIME 55 + AGE SQUAT OF 830 LBS. HE HAS WON 14 MASTERS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH 4 ORGANIZATIONS. HE ALSO HAD A 2ND. PLACE FINISH AT THE IPA WORLD'S. HE WAS SELECTED CAPTAIN OF THE WPC USA WORLD'S TEAM THAT COMPETED IN HELSINKI, FINLAND. BUDDY WAS STATE APF CHAIRMAN FROM 2004-12. HE COACHED TEAM MONSTER BARBELL FROM 2008-13. HE ALSO SERVED AS THE COORDINATOR FOR THE ALABAMA SPECIAL OLYMPICS. BUDDY HAS NUMEROUS OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS. BUDDY SERVES AS THE HALL OF FAME CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
TED BUTLER
TED IS FROM FAYETTE, AL. HE BEGAN COMPETING IN THE EARLY 80'S. HE COMPETED IN 111 MEETS AS A POWERLIFTER, AND PLACED FIRST IN 100 MEETS. TED WON 26 ST. CHAMPIONSHIPS, 9 NATIONALS, AND 6 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. TED RECEIVED 15 BEST LIFTER AWARDS. HIS BEST TOTAL AS A 60-64 YR. OLD 220 LB. LIFTER WAS A 1510. IN THE 55-59 AGE GROUP HE DID 1545, AND AS A 50-54 AGE 198 LB. GROUP HE DID 1500 LBS. IN THE WABDL HE IS RANKED # 8 ALL TIME AS A 220 LB. 54-60 AGE GROUP WITH A 611.7 DEADLIFT AND # 8 IN THE 198 LB. 54-60 AGE GROUP WITH A 600.7 DEADLIFT. TED WAS RANKED SEVERAL TIMES AS A TOP 20 MASTERS BY POWERLIFTING USA MAGAZINE AND AT 55 YRS. WAS IN THE TOP 100. HE HAS BEEN A POWERLIFTING JUDGE FOR OVER 30 YEARS. HE IS A NATIONAL AND WORLD CERTIFIED JUDGE. HE IS IN THE FAYETTE COUNTY SPORTS HALL OF FAME. IN 2007, TED WAS A GEEZERJOCK MAGAZINE 60-69 NOMINEE FOR GEEZERJOCK OF THE YEAR. TED SERVED AS THE HALL OF FAME CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FROM 2019-2020.