1971, 1972, 1973 NABBA Universes Revisited

See rare footage from these classic Universe contests that has never been seen before. The video includes such famous champions as – Frank Zane, Boyer Coe, Chris Dickerson, Bill Grant plus many more.

Photo Galleries
Frank Zane
Bill Trotter

This priceless footage was discovered in our archives and is now presented for all of the fans who appreciate these very early Universe contests. Zane later went on to win 3 Mr. Olympia titles 1977-1979 and Chris Dickerson won the 1982 Mr. Olympia crown.

This unique footage, shot on film contains highlights and various clips of many of the best guys who competed in the NABBA Universe of these 3 years from 1971 to 1973.

The RESULTS are listed below for the top guys in each class for each year. Naturally not all competitors are shown in our film footage. If video had been available back then, every single competitor would have been shown.   This is a straight transfer from the video master tape to DVD, with no added features. Background music added.

Photos by Malcolm Whyatt, George Greenwood and Wayne Gallasch.  Special thanks to Malcolm Whyatt, NABBA historian, for these results.

Overall Amateur Winner: Ken Waller

Tall Class 1
1   Ken Waller  USA
2   Paul Grant  UK
3   Dennis Wilkins  UK
4   Clement Wisdom  Jamaica
5   Bill Richardson  UK
6   Chris Keyser  South Africa

Medium Class 2
1   Albert Beckles  Barbados
2   Roy Callender  Barbados
3   Lars Lunde  Norway
4   Peter Caputo  USA
5   Ehrling Wahlgren  Sweden
6   Warren Frederick  USA
7   Roy Duval  UK
NP Ray Novak South Africa

Short Class 3
1   Chris Dickerson  USA
2   Elias Petsas  South Africa
3   Frank Colombera  Australia
4   Charles Collras  USA
5   John Holt  UK
6   Michael Baker  UK

1971 NABBA Pro Mr Universe

Overall Winner: Bill Pearl

Tall Class 1
1   Bill Pearl  USA
2   Sergio Oliva  USA
3   Reg Park  South Africa
4   John Bubb  UK
5   Roger Francois  France

Short Class 2
1   Frank Zane  USA
2   Kassem Yazbek  Syria
3   Tony Emmott  UK
4   Ludwig Ingebretsen  Norway
5   Bill Hemsworth  UK
6   Warren Langman  South Africa

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1972 NABBA Amateur Mr. Universe

Overall Amateur Winner: Elias Petsas – South Africa

Tall Class 1
1   Paul Grant – Wales/UK
2   Lou Ferrigno – USA
3   Dudley Lawson – UK
4   Bill Richardson – UK
5   Roland Schroetter – Germany
6   Bill Trotter – UK

Medium Class 2
1   Lars Lunde – Norway
2   Warren Frederick – USA
3   Bill Grant – USA
4   Roy Duval – UK
5   Roy Perrott – UK
6   Eddie McDonough – Ireland

Short Class 3
1   Elias Petsas – South Africa
2   Michael Baker – UK
3   Gerald Roach – Jamaica
4   Michael Wyatt – UK
5   Gerard Buinoud – France
6   Romeo Speccia – Italy

1972 Professional  Mr. Universe

Overall Pro Winner: Frank Zane – USA

Tall Class 1
1   Dennis Tinerino – USA
2   Sjur Hall – Norway
3   Moktari Abdelsallem – Algeria

Short Class 2
1   Frank Zane – USA
2   Boyer Coe – USA
3   Tony Emmott – UK
4   Ludwig Ingebretsen – Norway
5   Paul Wynter – UK

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1973 NABBA Amateur Mr. Universe

Overall Amateur Winner: Chris Dickerson – USA

Tall Class 1
1   Paul Grant – Wales/UK
2   Walter O’Malley – Ireland
3   Bill Richardson – UK
4   Dudley Lawson – UK
5   Tony Camilleri – Malta
6   Juan Carlos Alonzo – Argentina

Medium Class 2
1   Roy Duval – UK
2   Warren Frederick – USA
3   Rogelio Montenegro – Argentina
4   Imlach Shearer – Scotland/UK
5   Ehrling Wahlgren – Sweden
6   Eddie McDonough – UK

Short Class 3
1   Chris Dickerson – USA
2   Shigeru Sugita – Japan
3   Antonio Troyator – West Germany
4   Gerald Roche – Jamaica
5   Libero Campi – Italy
6   Ian Lawrence – Scotland/UK