![]() ![]() Just about everybody’s favorite William Smith movie, though, is Any Which Way You Can (1980), where as a bare-knuckle brawler he had a knock-down, drag-out fight with Clint Eastwood that wrecked about half the town. In the early 1970s, Bill got into horror films–playing a vampire slayer in Grave of the Vampire (1972)–and science fiction, in the camp classic Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973), where he fought killer insect-women wearing sunglasses. These early, ground-breaking features defined the genre, and would be imitated endlessly (but never duplicated). His first biker flick, Run, Angel, Run! (1969), was shot in 13 days for under $100,000–and made $13 million! This was followed by Angels Die Hard (1970). On the big screen, Bill is legendary for biker flicks (he does his own motorcycle riding). James “Kimo” Carew (the episode with Cathy Lee Crosby, “The Kahuna,” drew particularly high ratings). He was a series regular in Hawaii Five-O (1968), where he played Det. He’s best remembered for appearing in Batman (1966) as, appropriately, Adonis in the last episode. On TV he played in many westerns (did his own horseback riding), cop and sci-fi shows. Bill would go on to become one of Hollywood’s best-known character actors, with over 300 TV and movie credits. He studied at the University of Munich, and Syracuse University. After high school, he joined the Air Force and served during the Korean War and flew secret ferret missions over Russia while in the NSA. From 1942, when he was eight, through young adulthood, Bill appeared in many movies as an extra (uncredited). After losing everything to the dust bowl, the family moved to California. He was born on March 24, 1933, in Columbia, Missouri, on Rolling Acres, a Hereford cattle ranch. I’m pretty sure he could kill me.īiker, bare-knuckle brawler, cowboy, Bee-Girl fighter, vampire hunter … William Smith has done it all. No Doubt these are the reasons John Brezenk is called the best arm wrestler in the world.Here’s the IMDB bio of William Smith, whom I only described as a “meat log” of a human being because I was not aware that he is still alive. His static strength makes it impossible to open his wrist and to escape when his wrist is bent and his pronator is locked. Even if he lost his wrist position, somehow he might dead-wrist press a guy across the arm wrestling table. The connective tissue of his elbow and forearm makes his hand back pressure and side pressure tremendous. In every situation, his technique and sports knowledge enabled him to use his strength. Such stresses during puberty (unlike later in life) have a major effect on adult physical development. ![]() Not just the wrist, Brzenk’s elbow bone, tendons, and ligaments are perhaps strongest too. ![]() John had perhaps the best cupping (wrist) strength of all time, as could get his wrist bent on just about anybody. Brzenk defeated winners from all weight classes, earning the top spot in almost every competition he competed in, and has a cameo appearance in the 1987 Sylvester Stallone film Over the Top. Brezenk won GOLDEN BEAR Titles: SUPERMATCH (Absolut Champion), 2000,2001,2002,2009 Harley Pull Titles, Over the Top World Championship (defeating Richard Lupkes), USAA National Pro-Am Championship (defeating Ron Bath), etc. Growing the right physical structure at this age set him able to compete for a long, strong, arm wrestling career. John Brzenk is officially named by the Guinness Book of World Records, as the “Greatest Armwrestler of All Time.” His father, an arm wrestler himself, could pull him, his brother, his father’s friends, etc driving young Brzenk towards the sport. ![]()
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