In 1946 at the age of 17 he quit school and went to work for the Gulf Oil Co. in Chelsea, Massachusetts for one year.
It 1958 he broke all the existing two and one arm weight lifting records in Maine.
Regular training took place until Mike Roy talked him into power-lifting competition.
In fact, Sunday, April 5 he broke 2 world records but there wasn’t any listed.
In 1998 a huge party at the Legion hosted by his sister- in-law, Lucy Day was given for him.
From there he traveled to Austria with son Dicky and won a world title in which 16 countries competed.