1932 USA Weightlifting Senior Nationals

1932 USA Weightlifting Senior Nationals

YMCA – YORK, PA

JUNE 4, 1932

(Except as indicated in the note below the results table, these results are from the September 1932 issue of Arena and Strength Magazine – Copy Provided by David Meltzer)

NAME	CLUB-CITY	BWT	PRESS	SNATCH	C&J	TOTAL	PLACE
112 lb. Categ.
Robert F. Knodle	Hagerstown, MD (UNA)	110	148 1/2	137 1/2	181 1/2	467 1/2	1
Harry Thomasielle	Norristown, PA – UNA	107 1/2	110	115 1/2	143	368 1/2	2
Joseph Fanta	G.A.A.C.	105	88	99	137 1/2	324 1/2	3
Robert Pentz	Y.O.B.A.C.	101	82 1/2	82 1/2	99	264	4
118 lb. Categ.
Joseph Fiorito	Norristown, PA – Y.O.B.A.C	117	137 1/2	137 1/2	192 1/2	467 1/2	1
Lucien LaPlante	Gardener, MA – West End A.C.	116 1/2	126 1/2	137 1/2	170 1/2	434 1/2	2
126 lb. Categ.*
J. Arthur Levan	Reading, PA					540	1
132 lb. Categ.
Anthony Terlazzo	York, PA – UNA	131 1/2	176	170 1/2	225 1/2	572	1
Richard Bachtell	York, PA – UNA	132	159 1/2	176	236 1/2	572	2
John F. Britt	Pittsburgh – Milo A.C.	131	143	165	214 1/2	522 1/2	3
Lewis Schell	Y.O.B.A.C.	131 1/2	148 1/2	159 1/2	209	517	4
148 lb. Categ.
Arnie Sundberg	Portland, OR – Multnomah A.A.C.	145	176	198	247 1/2	621 1/2	1
George Horn	G.A.A.C.	147	187	181 1/2	236 1/2	605	2
Max Rohrer	Brooklyn – Cooper A.C.	143	159 1/2	181 1/2	253	594	3
Fritz Weckert	G.A.A.C.	147	165	192 1/2	231	588 1/2	4
James Gehrmann	Baltimore “Y”	147 1/2	159 1/2	181 1/2	236 1/2	577 1/2	5
Robert Mitchell	Henderson, KY – UNA	144	143	181 1/2	236 1/2	561	6
Will Schaeffer	Baltimore “Y”	145 1/2	181 1/2	159 1/2	220	561	7
Willie Goeltz	G.A.A.C.	145 1/2	143	187	231	561	8
Earl Rollison	Baltimore “Y”	147	159 1/2	176	220	555 1/2	9
Clarence Williams	Detroit Weight L.C.	142 1/2	148 1/2	165	225 1/2	539	10
Tony Maniscalco	Norristown, PA – Y.O.B.A.C.	148	159 ½	159 ½	220	539	11
George Petroski	Gay’s – Rochester, N.Y.	145	165	148 1/2	198	511 1/2	12
Jack Lipsky	Baltimore “Y”	147	148 1/2	137 1/2	192 1/2	478 ½	13

165 lb. Categ.
Stanley Kratkowski	Detroit W.L.C.	161 1/2	187	231	264	682	1
John Miller	Y.O.B.A.C.	164	198	220	264	682	2
Walter Zagurski	York, PA – UNA	161 1/2	198	203 1/2	269 1/2	671	3
Adolph Faas	Brooklyn, NY – C.A.C.	160 1/2	192 1/2	209	264	665 1/2	4
Clifford Claycomb	Detroit (United G.A.	163 1/2	176	198	253	627	5
Otto Hottendorf	G.A.A.C.	164 1/2	159 1/2	187	247 1/2	594	6
Myron Culber	Rochester “Y”	165	187	170 1/2	236 1/2	594	7
John Opatchen	Pittsburgh – Milo A.C.	162 ½	154	181 1/2	209	544 1/2	8
Reed Swartz	Y.O.B.A.C.	151	159 1/2	159 1/2	220	539	9
Edward Sauerwald	Y.O.B.A.C.	162	143	154	198	495	10
181 lb. Categ.
William Good	Reamstown, PA – Y.O.B.A.C.	181	209	214 1/2	291 1/2	715	1
Henry Duey	Detroit – United G.A.	176	203 1/2	214 1/2	280 1/2	698 1/2	2
Steve Brodsky	G.A.A.C.	170 1/2	176	192 1/2	258 1/2	627	3
Walter Good	Reamstown, PA – Y.O.B.A.C.	172 1/2	181 1/2	187	258 1/2	627	4
Anthony Zagurske	Clinton, Ind. – UNA	175 1/2	170 1/2	176	258 1/2	605	5
Ben S. Markley	Baltimore “Y”	168 1/2	170 1/2	187	242	599 1/2	6
Hans Ehrhardt	G.A.A.C.	174	165		253	418	7
Stoddard Lawyer	Gay’s Rochester, NY	177	192 1/2	203 1/2		396	8
Heavyweight (above 181 lb.)
Albert Manger	Baltimore “Y”	186	220	203	280	704	1
Joseph Repak	Pittsburgh – Milo A.C.	199	198	198	264	660	2
Alfred Hoffman	G.A.A.C.	212 1/2	170 1/2	187	253	610 1/2	3
Weldon Bullock	Creedmoor, NC – UNA	185	154	181 1/2	247 1/2	583	4
Robert Hoffman	Y.O.B.A.C.	Didn’t weigh-in	137 1/2	170 1/2	253	561	5
Gerard Maier	Rochester “Y”	200	165	159 1/2	231	555 1/2	6
Clark Haskins	Detroit Police Force	232 1/2	176	182 1/2		357 ½	7
Jack Schwed	G.A.A.C.	184	170 1/2	159 1/2		330	8

*Arena and Strength Magazine omitted results for the 126 lb. category in their article, but did mention J. Arthur Levan as the winner of that category in the text accompanying the article. The AAU Weightlifting 1965-6 AAU Official rulebook results includes the results of the 126 lb. category in 1932 but only indicates the winner Art Levan, as shown above, and the total he made, not his individual lifts. Bob Hoffman’s book Weight Lifting provides the same kind of results for Levan, so while we can be confident he won the 126 lb. category with a 540 total, we don’t know what his individual lifts were, or what others who competed in that category did. However, we can infer from the magazine’s report that there were 55 lifters in all, that the 126 category must have had 6 athletes (as the number shown in the results the reported were 49 without the 126 lb. category results). Of particular note was Stanley Kratkowski’s 231 which, although he weighed only 162.5 lb., was the heaviest snatch of the meet, and according to the magazine the heaviest snatch ever made at a Nationals thus far.