Paul Anderson papers, 1955-1992.

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Paul Anderson papers, 1955-1992.

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This collection contains books, photographs, correspondence, and an audiocassette regarding the weight lifting career of Paul Anderson from 1955 to 1992. The audiocassette is entitled, The World's Strongest Man Becomes a Christian and the books were written by Anderson and include: A Greater Strength and The Home: Society's Pacemaker.

2 folders (.25 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7625020

Georgia Historical Society

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Paul Anderson Youth Home (Vidalia, Ga.)

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Anderson, Paul, 1932-1994

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Paul Anderson was an amateur weight lifter and professional strongman who gained recognition in the 1950s and 1960s as the strongest man in the world. He was born on 17 October 1932 in Toccoa, Georgia to Ethel Bennet and Robert Anderson. Anderson attended Furman University for one year on a football scholarship before moving to Elizabethton, Tennessee where he met weight lifter Bob Peoples who influenced and inspired Anderson to start training to enter weight lifting competitions. Anderson enter...