October 12, 1938 -
Blackfoot, Idaho, USA
Mr. Olympia
1965, 1966
Larry
Scott, “The Legend”, established and personified bodybuilding’s beach
Adonis image, and duly became the sport’s Golden Boy after winning the IFBB
Mr. America title in 1962 and the IFBB Mr. Universe in 1964. He was the
first-ever IFBB Mr. Olympia in the contest’s initial two years of life, 1965
and 1966. Joe
Weider’s brainchild of a competition got the perfect first-time winner in
Larry. Of all the Hall of Fame inductees, perhaps Scott started with the
least raw potential. Told he was too narrow-shouldered – a condition
then considered insurmountable – he persevered and packed on prodigious mounds
of delt muscle which, coupled with the greatest arms in bodybuilding, enabled
him to present front double-biceps shots that worked up a crowd like no other. Witnesses
still say that the audience reaction to his 1966 IFBB Mr. Olympia entrance was
the most vociferous and emotional ever seen at a bodybuilding contest. A
devout Mormon, Larry lives in Salt Lake City, where he runs his own bodybuilding
advisory company.
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