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IronLife Bodybuilding Tribute - Alan Stephan
by Ed Ouble, Admin at www.IronLife.com
Born: April 25, 1924 in Cicero, Illinois
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 205 lbs.
He was born Albert Steponaitis in Cicero, Illinois. He graduated from J. Sterling Morton High School there and signed up for the navy. He was discharged on April 2, 1946, exactly two months before he would win the first bodybuilding contest he entered: the 1946 AAU Mr. America. Several weeks later, he joined weightlifter Frank Kay and photographer Al Urban on television for Bob Wright's show, Human Interest in the News, which would mark the first time that posing plus lifting had been featured on American television. Stephan started his own gym and by 1947, Weider's YOUR PHYSIQUE magazine featured the Alan Stephan Health Studio in Minneapolis as a promising business.
Los Angeles was the site of Stephan's second contest, the 1948 Mr. USA, where he came in third behind winner Clancy Ross and runner-up Steves Reeves. That autumn, Stephan won the IFBB Mr. America (the 1948 contest was for 1949 honors). Coupled with his 1946 title, Stephan became the only man to win the Mr. America title in both the AAU and IFBB. Clancy Ross edged out Stephan at the 1949 IFBB North American championships, and his competitive career ended with a third-place tie in the tall class at the 1950 IFBB America's Best Developed Athlete event in New York City, which Reg Park won.
Titles
1946 AAU Mr. America
1949 IFBB Mr. America
Magazine Covers
1944 December Strength & Health
1946 August Strength & Health
1946 September Chicago Bodybuilder
1946 October Your Physique
1947 January Muscle Power
1947 April Chicago Bodybuilder
1947 August Chicago Bodybuilder
1947 November Muscle Power
1948 September Your Physique
1948 December Chicago Bodybuilder
1949 March Muscle Power
1949 March Your Physique
1949 August Your Physique
1949 December Muscle Power
1950 April Your Physique
1950 November Your Physique
1951 August Muscle Power
1951 IronMan
1953 Mr. Universe
1953 June Muscle Power
1954 June Muscle Builder
1954 November Reg Park Journal
1955 June Muscle Builder
1956 January Reg Park Journal
* Article by Ed Ouble, Admin at www.IronLife.com.
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