Saint Patricks Day, Part One - Assorted Irish-Americans

For Saint Patricks day I have a two parter plus intermission for you.  Part one features Irish-American men and artists, starting with George O'Mara photographed by Chuck Renslow of Kris.

 

Kenny Mullins

I got this AMG photo of Kenny Mullins from frequent commentator 

and contributor Cambria.  Thanks, as always!

 

Michael Kelly

This untitled 1978 work by Michael Kelly is from the Leslie-Lohman Museum.

 

Pat O'Hara

Bruce of LA took this photo of Pat O'Hara.

 

William Muldoon

This is Irish-American champion wrestler William "Bill" Muldoon.

Some body grab the smelling salts.  I think I'm gonna faint.

 

Bob Cutlass by Ralph Kelly

For our last entry in part one, both the photographer, Ralph Kelly, and the model were Irish-American, .  The model is the always pleasing and often smiling Bob Cutlass.

 

Saint Patricks Day - Intermission

This is Irish pub owner Butty Sugrue lifting a supposedly full barren of Guiness.  He did a lot of other stunts and appears again at the end of this intermission.  "Butty" is Irish and Yorkshire slang for a butter sandwich.  Mr. Sugrue must have been quite fond of those.

 

Horace the Irish Hare

Horace the Irish Hare was briefly a celebtity in 1956 when Carl Mydans got some pictures of him into LIFE magazine.  He was the personal pet of the Dublin Zoo director and enjoyed being a house pet.  He was housebroken and would scratch on the kitchen door to get in or out.

Horace would stand on his hind legs for a treat.

Once done with his tricks, he like to relax on a nice wool rug.

 

Butty II

Here we see Butty a second time.  This time he's hefting a woman and her chair with his teeth.  

Butty also did a stunt where tug of war teams of six men tried to pull him apart.

 

Saint Patricks Day, Part 2 - Men Named Sullivan

Sullivan is a fairly common Irish surname, and all of the men in part two of our Saint Patricks Day series bear it.  We start with Jerry as photographed by Bruce of Los Angeles.

 

Scott

In the first of two Sullivans by Dave Martin in part two, we see Scott.

 

John L.

Couldn't do a Sullivan hunk set without one of the last bare knuckles boxers. John L.

 

Gary

The second Dave Martin photo in part two is Gary Sullivan beside a pond.

 

Wayne

Our final man named Sullivan is Wayne as photographed by Vulcan.

 

Poolside Nudists

Just about every nudist resort had a swimming pool, and today's men are all beside one.

We start with a guy who's ignoring the fawning female next to him.

 

Big smile

We get a big smile from this fellow.

 

Oddball

The ball has some sort of odd harness on it.

 

Listening

This guy seems to be earnestly listening to someone.

 

Reaching out

This guy seems to be reaching for something at left.

 

Chatting

I think this guy was chatting up a female off camera right.

 

Grainy

The grainy picture doesn't detract from this well built and proportioned male.

 

Slicked back

This guys has sideburns and slicked back hair.

 

Desert Hillside

The desert hillside backdrop takes precedence over the pool, but not the man.

 

Nerdy

The last poolside nudist of the day is one for those of you who like the nerdy type.

 

Men in Gym Shorts

Some guys get excited by men in gym shorts, and apparently some get excited by wearing them as shown by the model above.  Today we look at a dozen photos of classic gym wear.

If there is interest, I have enough of these for another series.

 

Aussies

These are Australian paratroopers in training during World War II.

 

Open field

This is what you call running an open field . . . very, very open.

 

Shot put

This man putting the shot shows the advantage of strength over sheer bulk.

 

Military?

I think this may be a post World War II military group.

 

Davis

I think this athlete had "DAVIS" stenciled on his shorts.

 

Weight room

I have no info on this one, but it looks like a college weight training room.

 

Basketball Team

This basketball team looks Italian to me.

Third from left is playing barefoot.

 

Frederick College

I really like this guy cropped from an otherwise lackluster group at Frederick College.

 

One stands out

The guy at center may not be wearing regulation gym shorts, and that's OK as a certain

 outstanding feature comes to the fore.  Oh, and we've got a little hug going on at right.

 

Beating Dad Bod

This one goes to show that fighting off dad bod has been around quite a while.

 

1938 Redskins

Closing the set with some of the 1938 Washington Redskins