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Thursday, January 29, 2026

Models Named Tom


Today's physique models have one thing in common besides being attractive and well built men.  
They are all named Tom.  I'm posting them in alphabetical order by photographer,
and we start with Tom Douglas by AMG's Bob Mizer.

 

Bruce of LA


Tom Mathews went on an outing to the California desert 
for this photo by Bruce Bellas, aka Bruce of LA.

 

John Graham


British photographer John Graham photographed Tom Knott (left) with an unknown model.
I posted this six years ago and thought it was worth a repeat.  I think they are beautiful.

 

Kris Studio


Chuck Renslow of Kris Studio photographed several 
models named Tom, and this one is Tom Muscolino.

 

Dave Martin


Tom West posed for Dave Martin in 1965 in a photo
 that seems better each time I look at it.

 

Scott Masters


Tom Darrin looks serious in this Scott Masters photo.

 

Metecue


We get a nice happy trail and a smile in this Metecue photo of Tom Pryor.

 

Pat Milo


Not that long ago, I posted a different Pat Milo photo of Tom Nevins.
I wish I had more than just two images of him.

 

Troy Saxon


Tom Pollack posed for Troy Saxon in the woods with a bamboo staff.

 

Unknown Photographer


I couldn't do a series on models named Tom without including Tom De Carlo.  I'm using this unattributed photo for two reasons.  First, I'm hoping someone knows the photographer,
and second, it's one of only a few photos of him that I haven't already posted.

 

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Men in Gym Shorts by Request


Greg R. of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma sent in a request for more men in gym shorts, and I am happy to oblige.  This time, I am going with mostly championship level throwing event men from track and field.  We start with W.F. Roos, a Yale shot put and hammer throw star from about 1910.

 

Klaus Wolfermann


German Klaus Wolfermann won the Gold for the javelin throw at the 1972 Olympics.
If you look closely, you'll see a peekaboo bulge coming out of his right shorts leg.
And as is typical for this type of athlete, his thighs are amazing.



 

Kenneth Carpenter


Kenneth Carpenter was an American discus thrower who appeared 
in Leni Riefenstahl's 1936 movie, Olympia.  An NCAA and AAU 
champion in the 1930s, he went on to a successful coaching career.

 

Football Team


These eleven men appear to be an American football team, 
but several searches failed to locate them.

 

Geoff Capes


Englishman Geoff Capes was a celebrated shot putter, a sport which he won at the Commonwealth Games and placed in at the European championship level.  He went on the a second career in the Highland Games throwing events and won World's Strongest Man twice.


 

Tom Petranoff


American Javelin thrower Tom Petranoff set a world record in 1983
and won Silver at the World Championship that same year.

 

Patrick Ryan


As one of the Irish-American weight throwers known as the Irish Whales, Patrick Ryan was
 phenomenal at the hammer throw.  He set a world record in 1913 that stood for 25 years,
and won the Gold as the 1920 Olympics shown above.

 

Hal Connolly


American hammer throw champion Hal Connolly gets a congratulatory handshake as he leaves the field.  (A friendly pat on the bottom might have been more appealing, but whatever.)
Mr. Connolly won the Gold in his chosen sport at the 1956 Olympics.
By the way, the thighs on both these men ae impressive.

 

Louis Hostin


This is French weightlifter Louis Hostin, and he participated in the 1928, 1932, and 1936 Olympics.
He won the Silver in '28 and Gold in both '32 and '36 for his weight class.


 

Danes


These are Danish athletes doing a physical culture demonstration
on a good will visit to Washington, D.C. in 1923.

 

Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo


Here we see Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo winding up to throw the discus.  Although he was a highly regarded Spanish athlete, he never placed at the Olympic or World Championship levels.  He did go on to a very successful career as a TV journalist specializing in "brushfire" wars, having been 
sentenced in absentia to death for filming the illegal execution of 300 Congolese rebels.





 

Bob Kuechenberg


Closing the gym shorts set with a "new" photo of pro footballer Bob Kuechenberg.  When I posted 
two other photos of this finely aged man, he got several positive comments.

 

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Les Demi Dieux

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Nestor Derkach


I think this photo of Nestor Derkach was made the anteroom to a gym locker room in New York.  Danny Fitzgerald was a small man who chatted up men in gyms by asking them for workout tips.
This often led to modeling sessions and who knows what else.



 

Richard Bennett


This is Richard Bennett, Danny Fitzgerald's lover and most frequently photographed model.  
I got tired of looking at him years ago (not my type), but I include him here because he's an 
important part of the artist's life and because I know many of you will enjoy seeing him.

 

Danny


The model here is known only as Danny, and that pipe looks like a gun.
Danny was likely one of the young men from the streets of Brooklyn
whom Danny Fitzgerald photographed clothed.

 

Johnny Dibiase


Here we have auto mechanic Johnnie Dibiase.

 

Unknown


Several bloggers and at least one archivist have tried to identify this model without success.

 

Tommy 1964


The lighting and the peekaboo view make this 1964 picture 
of a model known only as Tommy special, imho.

 

Brooklyn Street Type II


This is another of those young men Danny Fitzgerald photographed on the streets of Brooklyn.

 

Orest Daszo


Danny Fitzgerald posed Orest Daszo in front of a tombstone to make 
him look like an angel, something I'm pretty sure he was not.

 

Billly Wright


Finishing the set with Billy Wright in the woods.