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1974 NABBA Mr. Universe – Show
The 26th NABBA Universe contest was staged at the wonderful New Victoria Theatre situated in the heart of London, on Saturday, 21st September, 1974.
This video includes Amateurs and some Professionals with solo posing and some group posing by the biggest stars. These included Roy Duval, Chris Dickerson, Ian Lawrence, Ron Thompson, Warren Frederick, Pete Caputo, Bill Richardson, Elias Petsas, Bill Trotter, Helmut Riedmeier and many more. *Please note that the solo posing of Roy Duval was lost.
Overall winners (Chris Dickerson – Pro and Roy Duval – Amateur) are pictured front cover. Rear cover photos highlight the battle between Chris Dickerson and runner up Boyer Coe. It was a very close thing with Chris coming out on top by the narrowest of margins.
Shot on film by Wayne Gallasch and digitally transferred to DVD with background music added. Because it is a long contest, only the highlights have been captured on film. It is not a complete coverage of the whole event, amateur and professional. It is however the only film record.
1974 NABBA Mr. Universe Results
Overall Amateur Winner: Roy Duval UK
Tall Class 1
1 Chen Wint Jamaica
2 Walter O’Malley UK
3 Francois Labrador France
4 Tony Camilleri Malta
5 Bill Richardson UK
6 Josef Laufer Germany
Medium Class 2
1 Roy Duval UK
2 Ron Thompson USA
3 Warren Frederick USA
4 Eddie McDonough UK
5 Peter Caputo USA
6 Ehrling Wahlgren Sweden
Short Class 3
1 Ian Lawrence UK
2 Antonio Trovato Italy
3 Shinichi Udo Japan
4 Ferrucio Viola Italy
5 Graham Brogden UK
6 Peter Vickery UK
1974 NABBA Pro Universe
Overall Pro Winner: Chris Dickerson USA
Tall Class 1
1 Helmut Riedmeier Germany
2 Don Ross USA
3 Ray McCauley South Africa
4 Sjur Hall Norway
Short Class 2
1 Chris Dickerson USA
2 Boyer Coe USA
3 Tony Emmott UK
4 Elias Petsas South Africa
5 John Isaacs USA
6 Roy Perrott UK
7 Roger Beringuer France
Photos by George Greenwood and Gregor Arax.