Mr. America (contest) Mr. America contest is a bodybuilding competition started by the Amateur Athletic Union . It was first held on July 4 , 1939, and the winner was named "America's Best Built Man". In 1940 this was changed to what is now known as the Mr. America contest. In the mid-1940s, Joe and Ben Weider started the IFBB as an alternative to the AAU. They held their opposing contest, the IFBB Mr. America, in 1949 and then from 1959 through 1977. Rights to the Mr. America name have been sold several times after AAU discontinued holding the contests in 1999 .History The AAU voted to discontinue holding bodybuilding competitions in 1999. In March 2017 , AAU Strength Sports Chairman Martin Drake brought bodybuilding and fitness back to the AAU.the World Bodybuilding & Fitness Association announced they had acquired the rights to the Mr. America name and would resume running contests under that banner.Mr America contest under the sanction of the INBF, which is the amateur division of the WNBF. The contests were drug tested under strict WADA guidelines using U.S. Olympic laboratory testing.annual event cycle resumed via MRA Promotions. Qualifying events in spring were sponsored by the National Gym Association , Nspire Sports League , and Ultimate Fitness Events. The Mr. America Expo and contest was to have been held in Baltimore in October 2017 .the contest will resume as a non-sanctioned event promoted by Marc Tauriello of East Coast Fitness Concepts. The Mr. America Sports Festival & Expo will be held October 9–11, 2020, in Atlantic City, New Jersey .Historic winners Year Overall Winner Overall Winner Overall Winner Overall Winner 1939 Bert Goodrich 1939 Roland Essmaker 1940 John Grimek 1941 John Grimek 1942 Frank Leight 1943 Jules Bacon 1944 Steve Stanko 1945 Clarence Ross 1946 Alan Stephan 1947 Steve Reeves 1948 George Eiferman 1949 Jack Delinger Alan Stephan 1950 John Farbotnik 1951 Roy Hilligenn 1952 Jim Park 1953 Bill Pearl1954 Dick DuBois 1955 Steve Klisanin 1956 Ray Schaefer 1957 Ron Lacy 1958 Tom Sansone 1959 Harry Johnson Chuck Sipes 1960 Lloyd LerilleGene Shuey 1961 Raymond Routledge Gaétan D'Amours 1962 Joe Abbenda Larry Scott 1963 Vern WeaverReg Lewis 1964 Val Vasilieff Harold Poole 1965 Jerry Daniels Dave Draper 1966 Bob Gajda Chester Yorton 1967 Dennis Tinerino Don Howorth 1968 Jim Haislop Frank Zane 1969 Boyer CoeJohn Decola 1970 Chris Dickerson Mike Katz 1971 Casey Viator Ken Waller 1972 Steve Michalik Ed Corney 1973 Jim Morris Lou Ferrigno 1974 Ron Thompson Bob Birdsong 1975 Dale Adrian Robby Robinson 1976 Kalman Szkalak Mike Mentzer 1977 Dave Johns Danny Padilla 1978 Tony Pearson 1979 Ray Mentzer 1980 Gary Leonard 1981 Tim Belknap 1982 Rufus Howard 1983 Jeff King 1984 Joe Meeko 1985 Michael Antorino 1986 Glenn Knerr 1987 Richard Barretta 1988 William Norberg 1989 Matt DuFresne 1990 Peter Miller 1991 Joe DeAngelis 1992 Mike Scarcella 1993 Billy Nothaft 1994 Andrew Sivert 1995 Terence Hairston 1996 Doug Rieser 1997 Bill Davey 1998 Harvey H. Campbell 1999 Tracey Dorsey 2011 Rawle Greene 2012 Daniel White 2013 John Heart 2014 2015 Cleveland Thomas 2016 Shevon Cunningham 2017–
1988 AAU Mr. America winners Tall Place Tall 1st Rory Leidelmeyer 2nd Bob Gosch 3rd Jim Badra 4th Alex Sicignano 5th Bob Good
Medium-Tall Place Medium-Tall 1st William Norberg 2nd Peter LaReau 3rd Peter Moen 4th Greg Ladd 5th Braulio Medina
Medium Place Medium 1st Casey Kucharyk 2nd Abe Cuesta 3rd Doug Brown 4th Greg Long 5th Brian Silk Sr
Short Place Short 1st Bryan McCluskey 2nd David Brown 3rd Don Lemieux 4th Brian Homka 5th Rod Ketchens
Recent winners
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