Description
See the 2 Mr. America Contests for 1977 in one classic DVD!
1977 AAU Mr. America
July 17, 1977 Santa Monica Civic, CA.
You will see the following stars: Andreas CAHLING, Dave JOHNS, Greg DeFERRO, Chuck WILLIAMS, a very young Lance DREHER, C.F. SMITH, Dave ROGERS, Ron TEUFEL, Tom PLATZ and many, many more.
Massive 44 image Photo Gallery
This version was shot by Wayne and we transferred his complete original film footage and used every part of it. The running time of this contest is 60 mins. This is the complete premium version in this DVD of the AAU Mr. America contest!
The Overall Winner was DAVE JOHNS.
See our PHOTO GALLERY. It covers both contests.
1977 IFBB (AFAB) Mr. America
June 18, 1977 Los Angeles, CA.
What a wonderful catalogue of surprises we found when logging this video for inclusion in to the web site and no onto DVD. The list of competitors shown reads like a who’s who of Bodybuilding in 1977. Wayne shot this particular contest but even he didn’t remember the half of what we found!
For example, there’s a rare appearance of Mike Mentzer guest posing, Franco Columbu guest posing and doing a strength act of repetition deadlifts, a young guy called Arnold presenting the trophies, plus some judging highlights – and here’s the list of contestants you will see:
Mike SABLE, George NAVARETTE, Bronston AUSTIN, Dave MASTORAKIS, Len ARCHAMBAULT, Skip ROBINSON, John DEFENDIS, Steve DAVIS, Ray MENTZER, Dave DUPRÉ and the three class winners: DANNY PADILLA, ROGER CALLARD and PETE GRYMKOWSKI. Overall winner – DANNY PADILLA.
A classic contest indeed – shot on silent film and transferred to video, now to DVD, with music added. Very good quality, given the technical standards of the day.
The running time of this segment is 49 minutes.
Total running time of the DVD is 109 mins.
All photos used on the cover are by Wayne Gallasch, copyright GMV Productions.
1977 AAU Mr. America – Results:
*These RESULTS are not meant to infer that every person listed is seen in the DVD, as this was not possible.
Overall Winner Dave Johns
Tall Class
1 Manuel Perry
2 Clint Beyerle
3 Pete Grymkowski
4 Dave Rogers
5 Dave Dupree
6 Saladin Ibn El Amin
7 Floyd Odom
8 Dennis Holmes
9 Louie Perotta
Medium Class
1 Dave Johns
2 C F Smith
3 Douglas Beaver
4 Lawrence Gordon
5 Patrick Ruelle
6 Charles Amato
7 Dominick Coroniti
8 Robert Reis
9 Lance Dreher
10 Nathan LeBlanc
11 Vic Seipke
12 Alan Katoa
13 Alex McNeil
14 William Chapoton
15 Tom James
16 Benny Crawford
17 Sam Sanchez
18 James Pittman
Short Class
1 Ron Teufel
2 Tom Platz
3 Don Peterson
4 Andreas Cahling
5 Ron Neff
6 Robert Jodkiewicz
7 Bill Register
8 Bob May
9 Larry Gordon
10 Dominick DiBetta
11 Donald Dawson
Most Muscular Man Award
1 Dave Johns
2 Ron Teufel
3 Clint Beyerle
1977 IFBB Mr. America – Results:
Overall Winner: Danny Padilla
HeavyWeight
1 Pete Grymkowski
2 Ray Mentzer
3 Dave Dupree
4 Steve Davis
MiddleWeight
1 Roger Callard
2 Jorge Navarrete
3 Charles Thomas
4 Len Archambault
LightWeight
1 Danny Padilla
2 Eddie Giuliani
3 David Mastorakis
4 John Burkholder?
5 Scott Pace?
(These 5 guys are pictured below)
(We are still looking for the missing names/results, so email me with any info at wayne@gmv.com.au)