-Entered his 1st contest in Garden Grove California in 1963, a year before powerlifting became a sport. It was called an Odd Lift Meet. He took 2nd place with a 500 Deadlift at age 17 at 165

Entered Olympic lifting State Tournament in 1968 and took 2nd with 300 Clean and

-Won his 1st State Championship in Michigan in 1970 and set a state raw record Dea

605 at 165# Raw

-Won 15 WABDL individual World Championships, and won 6 Silver, and 1 Bronze

-Won 7 World Championships in WDFPF, and set 11 World Records in WDFPF

-Was inducted into ADFPF Federation Hall of Fame in 2014

-Has set 10 WABDL World Records in Push/Pull and Deadlift, in 68-74/181

and 75-79/181

-Currently holds 4 WABDL World Records, 75-79/181 raw Deadlift of 451.7 and single ply 75-79/181 of 468.2 in the Deadlift, and 75-79/181 Push/Pull Raw of 622.4 and 638.9 in single ply 75-79/181