Mr. Eastern America 1951
By Vic Boff
Reprinted with permission of AOBS
Marvin Eder, Super Iron Game Athlete, has been long recognized the
world
over--pound for pound, as one of the greatest and strongest men ever in
the
realm of human strength. His feats of incredible muscular power with a
magnificent physique will remain legendary in the records of the Iron
Game
History.
At a bodyweight of 190-200 pounds he performed:
- Olympic press - 335 lbs.
- Press behind neck - 305 lbs.
- Side press, left hand - 220 lbs.
- Press up on parallel bars with 434 lbs.
- Bench press - 515 lbs.
- Still arm pullovers - 250 lbs.
- 80 "wide arm" chins - 8 reps with 200 lbs.
- Plus many more extraordinary feats of strength.
On Saturday, October 7, 1989, at our 7th Annual AOBS Reunion, we
proudly
honored and conferred our highest achievement award to Marvin Eder.
If Marvin hadn't been deprived of his amateur status by narrow-minded
authorities, experts calculated that he would have established Olympic
lifts
and totals in the 198 lbs. class that would have staggered the lifting
world
and kept the medium heavyweight crown safely in America to this very
day.
