Bob Hoffman

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Bob Hoffman

American athlete

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Weightlifting
…these two fitness strands was Bob Hoffman, founder of the York (Pennsylvania) Barbell Company, publisher of Strength & Health, and the acknowledged “father of American weightlifting.” Although he believed that no race or ethnic group was superior, he believed that America, as the melting pot of nationalities and a leading…
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…these two fitness strands was Bob Hoffman, founder of the York (Pennsylvania) Barbell Company, publisher of Strength & Health, and the acknowledged “father of American weightlifting.” Although he believed that no race or ethnic group was superior, he believed that America, as the melting pot of nationalities and a leading…
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