| 词条 | George F. Jowett |
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| name = George Fuisdale Jowett | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = December 23, 1891 | birth_place = England | death_date = 1969 | death_place = Ontario, Canada | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation = Strongman, weightlifter, magazine editor, author | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = Bessie Jowett | children = 1 daughter | parents = | relatives = }} George F. Jowett (1891-1969) was an English-born Canadian strongman, weightlifter, magazine editor and author. He was a co-founder of the American Continental Weightlifting Association, the editor of Strength magazine, and the president of the Jowett Institute. He became known as "The Father of American Weightlifting." LifeJowett was born on December 23, 1891 in England.[1][2] He emigrated to Canada in 1911.[2] Jowett moved to Pennsylvania in 1923,[2] where he became a strongman and a weightlifter. He competed against other strongmen at a police meet in Pittsburgh in September 1923.[3][4] By 1927, he was billing himself as the "world's strongest man" in The Morning Call.[5][6] Jowett was the editor of Strength magazine from 1924 to 1927,[7] and he authored several books about strength training. Jowett co-founded the American Continental Weightlifting Association (ACWLA) with Ottley Russell Coulter and David P. Willoughby in the early 1920s, and he served as its president.[8] He subsequently served as the director of the Breitbart Institute of Physical Culture in New York City, and he founded the Jowett Institute in 1927.[7] He later founded the Body Sculpture Club in England.[2] By 1955, he was described in Muscle Builder magazine as "The Father of American Weightlifting."[7] With his wife Bessie, Jowett has a daughter, Phyllis.[9] They resided in Riverside Heights, Ontario, Canada.[9] Jowett died in 1969 in Winchester, Ontario, Canada.[1][9] Selected works
References1. ^1 {{cite web |title=George F. Jowett |url=https://www.librarything.com/author/jowettgeorgef |website=LibraryThing |accessdate=January 5, 2019}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |title=Finding Aid: The George Fiusdale Jowett Papers |url=https://archives.starkcenter.org/bitstream/handle/11048/6606/george_jowett_papers.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |website=The H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture & Sports |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |accessdate=January 5, 2019}} 3. ^{{cite news |title=Strong Man Exhibits At Police Meet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/87625131/?terms=%22George%2BF.%2BJowett%22 |accessdate=January 5, 2019 |work=Pittsburgh Daily Post |date=September 27, 1923|page=10|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes}} 4. ^{{cite news |title=Snaps at Forbes Field During the Fifth Annual Field Meet of Pittsburgh Police Department |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/87625322/?terms=%22George%2BF.%2BJowett%22 |accessdate=January 5, 2019 |work=Pittsburgh Daily Post |date=September 30, 1923|page=24|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes}} 5. ^{{cite news |title=World's Strongest Man Is Coming Here. Milo Strength Club Will Present George F. Jowett in Y.M.C.A. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/274747459/?terms=%22George%2BF.%2BJowett%22 |accessdate=January 4, 2019 |work=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pennsylvania |date=November 6, 1927|page=5|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes}} 6. ^{{cite news |title=Strong Men Will Be At Y.M.C.A. Tonight. World's Champion and Other Muscular Marvels to Show Wares |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/274764917/?terms=%22george%2Bf.%2Bjowett%22 |accessdate=January 5, 2019 |work=The Morning Call |date=November 19, 1927|page=16|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes}} 7. ^1 2 {{cite journal |last1=Fair |first1=John D. |title=Father-Figure or Phony? George Jowett, ACWLA and Milo Barbell Company |journal=Iron Game History |date=December 1994 |volume=3 |issue=5 |pages=13-25 |url=https://www.starkcenter.org/igh/igh-v3/igh-v3-n5/igh0305d.pdf |accessdate=January 4, 2019|via=H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports}} 8. ^{{cite journal |last1=Todd |first1=Jan |last2=Murphy |first2=Michael |title=Portrait of a Strongman: The Circus Career of Ottley Russell Coulter: 1912-1916 |journal=Iron Game History |date=2001 |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=4-21}} 9. ^1 2 {{cite news |title=Jowett, George F. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/46161063/?terms=%22George%2BF.%2BJowett%22 |accessdate=January 5, 2019 |work=The Ottawa Journal |date=July 12, 1969|page=25|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes}} External links
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