Tommy Kono, Coach Tommy Kono at work. The location is unclear but those are York Barbells waiting to go airborne. Background posts: Olympian/lawyer Whitney Metzler comes home to York County, Who were most prominent 20th-century sports heroes in York and Adams counties? and York Barbell blog category.
Who was the greatest weightlifter in York's storied past?
Many believe it was three-time Olympian Tommy Kono.
And make that the greatest in America's past ... .
Tommy Kono was America's best weight lifter in the 1950s. He won eight world titles and went undefeated from 1952-59. Kono lifted for York Barbell, the answer to a quiz question below. Background posts: 20 questions and answers to prove your York County smarts, Part I, A short test of your women's history knowledge , A short test of your York black history knowledge, Part I, Black history quiz, Part II.
The York Daily Record used this quiz in the mid-1990s to orient new employees. The questions and answers, some tongue in check and often tied into then-recent news stories, will continue to pique interest.
Some may seem easy to veteran York Town Square readers. Consider this a review. Others will seem arcane.
See how you do:
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.
Angela Grimek's grandchildren want to recognize their grandmother's June 24 birthday.
The wife of the late Mr. America and Mr. USA weightlifter John Grimek is turning 90.
This is a reminder that York County is not long past those days when it billed itself as Muscletown USA.
John Grimek was among the most successful of the musclemen training under the tutelage of Bob Hoffman, founder of York Barbell Co.... .
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