Rare Footage of 1965 IFBB Mr. America and IFBB Mr. Universe

[@malinwow]

I love you Dave. I cannot believe you’re not here. May we meet again.

[@stingosdungeon]

Great narrating Norm, RIP brother Iron

[@lukeskywalker1574]

Draper looks amazing! Better looking physique than anyone competing today, and this was over 50 years ago -wow!

[@ryilpo]

That front dbl bi of Draper awesome!

[@ericjohnson9477]

This footage is great. Names and faces that inspired me in my youth. These dumb were fantastic. The size and symmetry still knock my sox off. None of this blob and cut for them. I still have a few of those old magazines that I found in the back of my parents garage. Thanks!

[@STGStrengthandPower]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Draper in particular, was out of this world.

[@stefanosprokopis6974]

These guys were absolutely phenomenal. I wish bodybuilding remained like this.

[@jonhowell5014]

Dave Draper is one of my heroes. I was super fortunate to meet him and work out in his Santa Cruz gym in the early 2000s. Even at 60+, his form and his intensity was on an entirely different level from the rest of us. I've never seen a video of him onstage from back in the day. I'm in tears right now, remembering this great man who passed away just a few short weeks ago. So many YT videos are diminished by the voice-overs of the posters. This is an exception. Your respect and knowledge added greatly. I feel the same as you do, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your presentation of this precious bit of bodybuilding history.

[@lonemapper]

Great shots of all, Dave Draper is my all time favorite bodybuilder. Great, rare shots of him.

[@megadave1197]

These guys look great compared to the guys today.

[@belingonza318]

What a difference between them and the cows they have on stage now!

[@pierrelagadec6812]

nicely put my friend.. ⛨

[@colonalklink14]

Exactly 💯. Bubble guts, overdeveloped glutes hamstrings, and deltoids. They look terrible! Old school is way better.

[@MIkeGlassProductions]

Dave Draper was my all time favorite. Nice guy too! Mike Glass

[@gerhardschelbi2302]

draper are very nice ,white and blond!☝️

[@TheSpritz0]

Dear MIKE- I remember meeting you, Chris Cormier, and Mike Mentzer who was doing personal training at Gold's in 1989 while I was on two week leave from the Army- all you guys, ESPECIALLY you were very nice to me and we had a good chat- I still have the photo we posed for just outside Gold's on my wall!!!

[@jefsky59]

Yeah Dave was always one of my childhood idols awesome awesome symmetry and forearms yep he's one of the great ones!!!!!

[@theironforce3000]

wow!! amazing footage and commentary. thanks for sharing this one! Zabo had some serious deep abdominal cuts for that age. Bravo. Chet and Draper. . easily my fave 2 in this competition

[@bandini22221]

Rest in peace Dave.

[@stingosdungeon]

Norm said he had to smuggle in his camera in a paper bag….

[@vrs195927]

This Video is gold, this is history of the sport. Thanks for sharing .

[@barrydonnachie1296]

Fabulous video, some incredible physiques back then, thanks for sharing

[@Wheels-4-Steels]

RIP Dave Draper.

[@luismartinez1058]

Awesome footage. Always great to see footage from those days when bodybuilding was still just in its infancy.

[@Keranu]

I think Dave is one of the greatest posers that's never talked about. So smooth and eloquent, and always hits his pose with the same precision over and over.

[@STGStrengthandPower]

I posted this along with the 1980 along with a few other shows from that time period and I'm still surprised today how little it's searched for by comparison. Draper was amazing.

[@Keranu]

@@STGStrengthandPower I don't know how you got ahold of this footage and others, but I'm grateful because Dave Draper sightings are rarer than bigfoot. I really think he was unstoppable in the mid-1960's when he leaned out. Absolutely phenomenal.

[@STGStrengthandPower]

@@Keranu glad you enjoyed it.

[@ericjohnson9477]

Don't know what happened but the words were those guys were fantastic.

[@robertburatt]

The main theme of bodybuilding over time was, in my opinion, this: The bodybuilders of my era (early~mid 60's) were relatively few and far between.. one rarely saw a bodybuilder on the streets (including non~contest bodybuilders). What made bodybuilders then stand out was their comparison with ordinary physiques~and since there were not many bodybuilders around then walking the streets, they were not hard to recognize. There were just a handful of gyms~the local YMCA was probably the most prevalent. There were also many "home gyms" as well. Non~contest bodybuilders also stood out as exceptional. But then bodybuilding turned into bodybuilders comparing themselves with other bodybuilders, which led to the proliferation of gyms, contests, and larger and larger size, making the professional bodybuilders of my era look less and less developed~not to mention the "ordinary" bodybuilders who lost their place as standouts from the ordinary~indeed~THEY became the new "ordinary"! There were however, a lot of "physique" magazine's that were not aimed at showing the professional contest winners but just young guys with good physiques often nude or wearing what looked like a "g~string". I remember the few real bodybuilding mags: Mr America, Mr Universe (the top shelf of bodybuilders), and Strength and Health. Those three cost then about 35 cents. Not sure if Dan Laurie had his own mag, but he did occasionally appear in the Weider mags of that era.

[@samuelclemons508]

Bought this video from Norm Komich approx 25 years ago . He was a pleasure to deal with. Talked to him on the phone and he was really a nice guy. He recorded this and several others . History !!!

[@Ease54]

I got a dvd from Norm, too. Was it 25 years ago?! Have to dig that out.

[@stingosdungeon]

I believe he di the same thing at the 1966 Mr. Universe.

[@jonahanderson2663]

I’m pretty sure Dave Draper says that he didn’t start using steroids until after this took place. So according to him, he was natural here, if he’s telling the truth that’s really impressive

[@porcupinecraig]

Yeah right. Yorton insisted he was natural too. And so did Bill Pearl. But many of Pearl's friends said that he was using, but just didnt want tp influence kids to use. Lame excuse. But there are still people today who want to believe in the Easter Bunny.

[@stefanosprokopis6974]

Amazing footage

[@georgep9059]

Wow amazing footage

[@samuelclemons508]

Norm Komich !

[@johnhowlett1502]

Bodybuilders in the 1960's were all influenced from and achieving Power and Strength. The key element back then, was to look and aquire as much Ruggedness as Humanly possible. Everyone, in the 1960's respected Bodybuilders, and the Muscle bound men, who personified their appearances, in possession, Power, Muscle and Strength. David Draper, Reg Park, Steve Reeves, Bill Pearl, Sergio Oliva, John Grimeck, Larry Scott, Clancy Ross, were all the perfect examples of Muscle, Power, and Strength, with all having the brain strength, which is also a Muscle, that is developed through being fit. The 1960's were the glorious Golden Age Era. NEVER, to Ever Return, to it's former Glory.

[@shannonmonroe5873]

Wow, really enjoyed this. Really liked your insite and the great clips.

[@neckberg2413]

big thanks

[@Goliath200]

Excellent job on this video. I like the way that you slowed the speed down. When you mentioned the seminar where the bodybuilder said that "This is not a posing exhibition " it reminded me of a seminar that I attended in Toronto Ontario Canada. One of the three top bodybuilders there was asked by an audience member to show his arms he replied "This is not a posing exhibition ".

[@TheGhost5600]

I knew Tommy Abar when he won the Mr. Teenage America. We trained at the Mid-City Health Club and he was a smart ass.

[@itsgleneaton4883]

Imagine if they made pumping iron back then and the main competitors were Larry Scott,Dave Draper,Sergio Olivia and Frank Zane.

[@lovegodrafferty8134]

I got a chance to meet Dave once he was one of my very favorites to sober you my glass Mike glass

[@drbonesshow1]

The Dave Draper Show.

[@guillermomorales4701]

Chet Yorton at 5:30!!!

[@denden6077]

The late John Norman Komisch filmed all of the footage back in 1965.

[@CaneFu]

No doubt, the vast majority of people would say Dave Draper has a more pleasing physique than any current Olympia competitor today. Shawn Roden, 2018 Mr. Olympia,, died a few days ago at just 46 years old while Draper is still training at 79 years old. Pro bodybuilding has become such a joke; nothing but a bunch of drug addicts seeing who can mix up the most potent batch of chemicals.

[@drbonesshow1]

Those calves were better than what you see today: 6:11

[@talibe801]

❤

[@skullduggery3377]

were any of those guys doing any enhancers?

[@abhineetsolomonhawes1723]

Any info about how he got his back so wide???

[@samuelclemons508]

abhineet solomon hawes Uh ,lifting weights ?

[@malinwow]

Pull ups

[@EnduringAestheticsBodybuilding]

This video is incredible! Would you mind if I sampled a small portion of Dave Draper here for a motivational tribute I'm working on? I will of course link to your channel and credit you in the credits.

[@STGStrengthandPower]

That would be fine. All the best.

[@EnduringAestheticsBodybuilding]

@@STGStrengthandPower Appreciate it very much, and all the best to you as well. I love your channel and have shared it with friends.

[@stingosdungeon]

Is this Norm Komichs footage from the lunchbag?

[@vrs195927]

Fantastic Vid, do you sell a copy ? I collect. Thanks much . I’m a bomber too .

[@lovegodrafferty8134]

Sorry about the gibberish

[@drbonesshow1]

I got a trophy just for being myself.

[@itsgleneaton4883]

Back then it was class,healthy,beautiful and ladies and gentlemen. Now they all look unattractive,immature and when they pose the expression on their faces looks like they got a stick up their you know what. It’s a mess. Now they all look talk and act like bullies. Back then they looked like gentlemen who had a sense of right and wrong and a kid could look up to them and hope that someday they will be like that to.

[@War-Hammerone]

Nothing to do with Frank being in shape or not. He charged more for a posing/seminar appearance than jut a seminar.

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

Good point. I saw Platz at a seminar and everyone wanted to see his thighs. He responded with: “Do you want me to pose in my underwear”? He did pull up his pant legs and flexed his calves

[@ganirintiniano]

I wonder what they ate for diet

[@pitbullpowersystems8704]

Eggs milk steak

[@lwskiner]

At least three of these contestants could have beat Larry Scott in my opinion. Scott had great arms and shoulders but zero legs.

[@shannonmonroe5873]

Correction insight....Lol.

[@jhgosnell]

This one was drug free....

[@antonioantonio6167]

Dave drapper young? He Was fine point

[@denden6077]

The late John Norman Komisch filmed all of the footage back in 1965.