Jules Bacon by Lon of NY

I can't believe I haven't posted any shots of Jules Bacon before!  The autographed magazine you see below is the latest addition to my collection -- and below that you'll see the uncensored version.

Ed Gloegler

1937 Strength and Health magazine!

Buddy Basil -- Mr. New Jersey, 1960

Buddy Basil (his first name has been given as both James and John, so I'll just stick with Buddy!) had a competitive and modeling career stretching from 1955 into the early 1960s. Only one of my files has the photographer ID'd -- the December, 1955 cover of "Muscle Power" is credited to the mysterious "Togof." The portrait sure looks like it could be by Danny Fitzgerald (aka "Les Demi-Dieux"), who was, like Togof, a New York-based artist. A few more shots of Buddy can be found at the fun site Classic Bodybuilders of the Golden Age.

(That's Bob Hover sharing the April, 1957 cover of "Tomorrow's Man" with Buddy.)

John Corvello, Mr. California of 1965

A good-looking young bodybuilder who continued to model into the 70s...

Competition stats (courtesy of Muscle Memory)

1960

Teen Mr America - AAU, West, 1st

1962

Mr Northern California - AAU, Junior, 1st

1965

Mr America - AAU, 20th
Mr California - AAU, Tall, 1st
Mr California - AAU, Overall Winner
Mr Northern California - AAU, Winner

1966

Junior Mr America - AAU, Most Muscular, 4th
Junior Mr America - AAU, 3rd
Mr USA - AAU, Most Muscular, 4th
Mr USA - AAU, 5th

He made two musclemag covers two years apart in 1965 and 1967 (though they look like they were taken at the same time), and ten years later bared all for Norman Eales in Playgirl Magazine (February, 1975) and for Roy Dean in his "A World of Nudes" (also published 1975). According to Classic Bodybuilders, he has done some TV and movie acting as well.