PERTH AMBOY — In this photograph, taken sometime in the 1940s, John Grimek performs what is known as a Kelly Snatch or Reverse Swing lift. Grimek was born in Perth Amboy on either June 17, 1910, ...
This panel, part of the Murals of York series, features two York-based Olympic weightlifters, Tommy Kono, center, and John Grimek, right. That's York Barbell's Bob Hoffman, four-time Olympic coach, at ...
Look mom, only one hand. Legendary bodybuilder John Grimek lifts a York Barbell. Grimek scored a ninth-place finish in heavyweight competition in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Everytime you go into John D ...