Bulges Day

Today we will look at some men in tight bathing suits.

 

Muscle man

While the muscles are nice, most of your eyes will be drawn somewhere else.

 

Happy

Both of these guys have a lot to be happy about.

 

Had to know

This guy had to know what feature would dominate the picture.

 

Gone fishing

That fish on the right isn't the only big thing in the picture.

 

Three out of Five

 Three out of five ain't bad, and even the other two are OK.

Pointing

I think he's pointing at us.

 

Outline

This one is more about the outline than the bulge, although there is one.

 

Norman Ross (1895-1953) was an American swimmer who won three medals as the 1920 Olympics and held 12 world records at a variety of distances.  He filled out his onesie nicely, too.-

 

German Duo

These two friendly blond Germans took two different 

approaches to sexy dressing.  Both work for me.

 

Camera angle

I think the camera man here chose his angle of approach to accentuate a certain feature.

 

Stripes

This last photo may explain why I like striped bathing suits so much.

 

Paul Richer Goes to the 1900 Olympics

 

Paris anatomist, sculptor, photographer, and illustrator Paul Richer convinced scores of athletes 

to pose nude for him in 1900.  Many of those were competitors at the Paris Olympics of that year.  Today we will look at ten sets of these Olympian photos, with each preceded by a clothed photo.  

We start with Edgar Bredin of the United Kingdom, a runner who won three gold medals 

in a single day for 100, 400, and 1500 meters.  Quite the athlete!

 

Dick Grant

Dick Grant, shown above at right with his brother Alexander, was a Canadian distance runner 

who competed on the 1900 USA team because Canada did not field an Olympic team until 1904.  

He placed sixth, but did better in later international competitions.  Unfortunately,

the photos by Paul Richer below appear to have been damaged.

 

Michael Sweeney

Michael Sweeny was a high jumper who appears in the motion study above which was done 

by Etienne Jules Marey, a sometimes collaborator with Paul Richer.  Mr. Sweeney was 

on the USA Olympic team in 1900 and won the all around athletics gold medal 

for his combined efforts in high jump, long jump, and the 100 meter race.

 

Jack Green

English cyclist Jack Green did not win a medal in 1900,

but he had placed second in the World Championship a few years before.

 

Louis Grogna

Belgian cyclist Louis Grogna was a professional who was allowed to compete in some 

special races at the 1900 Olympics, winning several of the longer distances.

 

Eric Lemming

Sweden's Eric Lemming was one of the most acclaimed athletes of his time, 

appearing above with his collection of trophies and medals . . . and his career 

had quite a while yet to run.  For 1900, his best event was the javelin throw.

 

Eugen Schmidt

Eugen Schmidt was the first of two Danish athletes in today's series who were on the combined Danish-Swedish tug of war team.  They beat out the French for the gold medal, and then lost to the Americans in and ad hoc match after the official competition had ended.  The Olympic Committee did not recognize the USA win because it was unofficial, and the Americans blatantly cheated.

 

Richard Sheldon

Although he doesn't look as hefty as a modern shot putter, 

Richard Sheldon of the USA took the gold medal in 1900.

 

Gian Fernando Tomaselli

Gian Fernando Tomaselli (sometimes spelled Tomasselli) was an Italian cyclist who didn't win a medal in 1900 despite having placed in the top three at several European championships.

 

Charles Gustave Winckler

Our last 1900 Olympian is Charles Gustave Winckler, another Dane who was on the gold medal winning Swedish-Danish combined tug of war team  As you can see above, he also excelled at several field events that included discus and shot put.  His nude photos below show some fine beef.