Earl Maynard is a bodybuilder and professional wrestler as well as a film actor, producer and director from Barbados.
At the age of 17, Earl was 5’ 10” tall and weighed only 130 pounds. Despite poor health, he had a happy childhood in Barbados. Maynard left the island when he was 18 and moved to England where he completed his education. He earned a degree of M.S.F. in Physiotherapy in London.
Maynard won the 1964 Universe - Pro - NABBA bodybuildi...
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Earl Maynard is a bodybuilder and professional wrestler as well as a film actor, producer and director from Barbados.
At the age of 17, Earl was 5’ 10” tall and weighed only 130 pounds. Despite poor health, he had a happy childhood in Barbados. Maynard left the island when he was 18 and moved to England where he completed his education. He earned a degree of M.S.F. in Physiotherapy in London.
Maynard won the 1964 Universe - Pro - NABBA bodybuilding competition - part of the Universe Championships, the 1965 Universe - IFBB - now the World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships and the 1978 Masters Mr. America - AAU contest. He was also the winner of Mr. Europe 1959 and Mr. England 1960 early in his career.
Maynard started wrestling while he was in the Royal Air Force. He was stationed on Cyprus. The sports facilities were very limited, so the implements for his weightlifting and conditioning had to be improvised with what materials he could find. While He was on Cyprus, a British wrestling...
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