Some believe Tommy Kono became the United States' best lifter in the 1950s.
York Barbell weightlifter Tommy Kono won two Olympic golds and one silver.
Some experts believe he's the best American lifter ever.
Who was Tommy Kono?
See:York Town Square post - Tommy Kono: 'He's the greatest weightlifter -- and I'm talking worldwide'
This panel, part of the Murals of York series, features two York-based Olympic weightlifters, Tommy Kono, center, and John Grimek, right. That's York Barbell's Bob Hoffman, four-time Olympic coach, at left.
York Barbell and Bob Hoffman turned out many Olympic weightlifters.
One of Hoffman's favorites was 1936 Olympian and two-time Mr. America John Grimek.
Read more about Grimek at John Grimek lifted up musclemen of York, Pa..
