AAU-Censorship
LacyR
History to the Gay take over of AAU Body Building
Back in the late 70’s Ken Sprague owned Gold’s Gym on 2nd street
in Santa Monica. This is the gym shown in Pumping Iron. In the closing
credits of Pumping Iron look for a “special thank you” to Ken Sprague”
for his help in making the film. In those days Sprague and Arnold were
pals, Ken had not yet used contest footage or Arnold and Franco in his
porn film. Arnold’s mentor, Joe Gold, had sold Gold’s to Sprague.
Sprague used the name, Dakota, for his hustling and gay porn work.
At his best he was one of the most handsome men in Hollywood. Well over
6’, blonde, blue eyed, a body builders body, he had it all. Ken was
married to a lesbian named Marion, who did all the business work in
running Gold’s. Marion later died of tongue and throat cancer. Sprague
made an all male porn film entitled “California Supermen” in four parts.
In first of the segments Ken is dressed as Jesus and bangs another body
builder dressed as a priest held down on a cross by monks. In the second
segment “The Winner” Arnold’s buddy Roger Callard plays a body builder
being fondled in a fantasy of a guy in the audience at a body building
contest. It is this segment that split Sprague and Arnold. Sprague used
contest footage of Arnold and Franco as part of the porn film. Arnold
heard about it and went to the gay theater that was showing it in LA.
Arnold threaten to sue Sprague if he didn’t take he and Franco out of the
Movie. When it was released on video tape by body builder hustler David
Carter, Arnold and Franco had been cut. Sprague took legal action against
David Carter for piracy and few tapes were shipped. Sprague had released
it as film in mail order in 8 mm format but for some reason the Feds came
down on him like a ton of bricks for shipping across state lines.
Mr. Universe, Bob Birdsong, was drugged and appeared in the third
segment. Bob was only paid $75.00 and given out takes. Chet Yorton a
well known homophobe saw the film and ridiculed Bob in public on Venice
beach. Bob freaked out, move out of the gay doctors house were he had
lived with several other of Arnold pals, Roger Callard & Denny Gable, got
married and became a born again Christian minister.
Ken Sprague, Dakota, got himself on the national board of the AAU
body building due to his ownership of Gold’s and promoting many body
building contests, including the AAU Mr. America. Word got back to the
AAU board of Sprague’s alter ego Dakota. Sprague was confronted by the
board where upon he shed many tears, confessed, and blamed the whole thing
on “youthful indiscretion”. Why the board did not remove him then and
there, I will never understand. Ken left the meeting and filed defamation
suits against all the member individually. They all resigned rather than
pay for lawyers to defend them. The gays had total control of the sport.
The Weider’s handed over their body building organization AFABB
(American Federation of Amateur Body Building) to Sprague, who merged both
organization into the NPC (National Physique Committee). Sprague was
later forced to resign form the NPC due to the growing knowledge of his
alter ego, Dakota. Sprague put his pal Jim Manion in control of the NPC
and controlled the organization through Manion until he lost interest.
Manion still runs the NPC as his personal fiefdom in the Weider empire.
At first the AAU national organization washed its hand of body
building because of all this gay stuff. They later reestablished AAU
body building after the battle of Caesar’s Palace. Manion was holding a
NPC convention at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas when it became apparent
that Doc Nealey was going to make a power grab. Doc Nealey owned a gym in
Atlanta, and wanted to promote the Mr. America in Atlanta. Manion
panicked and call Sprague to come in and put down the rebellion. Sprague
came in, organized the troops, stripped Doc’s gang of their votes and
through them out of the meeting. I was standing at the door when they
filed out of the meeting. They all had the strangest stunned looks on
their faces. Doc gym was burned down in an insurance scam by one of his
sublease tenants, but he tried to make everyone believe Manion was behind
it. Manion was not. Doc was shot several times by the brother of a boy
he molested, but lived. The body building mags were barzen enough to deny
Doc was gay after the shooting. Doc started up a male strip troop that
toured the South until he was busted for making ecstasy.
The old time AAU people saw that Sprague was still in control,
and begged the AAU to reestablish Body Building.
Sprague lost interest in the NPC due to the vast amounts of money
he got form gay men. When his wife Marion died he sold Gold’s to the
current owners. Sprague had over a million dollars in cash in his
checking account when he sold Gold’s. When it became plan to Arnold’s
friends, that hustling was not going to be tolerated and they were not as
welcome as in the old days, Arnold went to Joe Gold and they open World
Gym. One to the owners of Gold’s actually chased Arnold out of Gold’s,
but that never made the magazines.
Lacy H. Rich, Jr. (213) 851-6585 Any attempt to delete or censor this
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