Strongman: The Doug Hepburn Story

by Tom Thurston

Tom Thurston has written the first biography of one of Canada's athletic legends, Doug Hepburn. Born in Vancouver with a club foot and a severe alternating squint, Doug decided as a boy to surmount his disabilities by training with weights, setting his sights on becoming the world's strongest man. And this he achieved. Doug is now known as the grandfather of modern "power weightlifting." Doug was World Weightlifting Champion in Stockholm in 1953,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1553800095
• ISBN13: 9781553800095
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Ronsdale Press
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"