Richard G. Austin (weightlifter)
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Richard G. Austin (March 17, 1931 – March 18, 2020)[1] was an American amateur weightlifter and powerlifter and a member of the Maine Sports Hall of Fame.
Life and career
Austin lived in the Virginia section of Rumford all his school age years with an exception of a year when he lived in Boston. Dick took up
In 1946 at the age of 17 he quit school and went to work for the Gulf Oil Co. in Chelsea, Massachusetts for one year. At age 20 he went to work for Oxford Paper Co., retiring in 1989. After working at Oxford for a few months he enlisted into the Army Airborne for 3 years. This was during the
His forte, so to speak, in years past, especially, was training school kids. Jerry Perkins had some of his wrestlers train with him to develop added strength. It worked out well. Several hundred kids have trained at his gym for the betterment of their sports skills and after college and during they still come to train there, I hear the price is OK, advice on training is given freely and he enjoys sharing his knowledge with anyone willing to listen. For 38 years Alan Cayer has been lifting with Dick! He now possesses 3 World Titles and has made outstanding recognition in the Power-Lifting World.
In 1999 Dick was inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame.[2] Prior to his death, he was on the board of directors and also on the Honors and Selection Committee, whose job is to select potential incoming inductees.
References
- ^ "Richard "Dick" Austin". Retrieved February 6, 2021.
- ^ "Maine Sports Hall of Fame".