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Chapters: People From Prineville, Oregon, Wally Backman, A. R. Bowman Memorial Museum, Dan Gauthier, Samuel T. Richardson, Bill Pearl, Crook County Bank Building, John N. Williamson, Pat Fitzsimons, Knlx, Charles E. Wicks, Pioneer Secondary Alternative High School, Crook County High School, Crook County Christian School, William O. Hall, Krco, Kltw-Fm, Blm Heliport, Prineville Airport, Crestview Cable, Pioneer Memorial Hospital Heliport. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 73. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: William Arnold "Bill" Pearl (born October 31, 1930 ) is a former leading competitive American bodybuilder during the 1950s and '60s. He won many titles and awards, including winning the Mr. Universe contest several times, and became a trainer and author on the subject.Biography Pearl was born in Prineville, Oregon . His first major victory was in the 1953 Mr Universe contest (in which he beat out a then 23 year old Sean Connery ). He actively competed until his retirement in 1971 after winning the Mr. Universe one last time, over superstars Frank Zane , Reg Park and Sergio Oliva . In all, he won the professional Mr Universe 4 times in an 18 year span, which was unprecedented at the time.He was the first professional bodybuilder to author bodybuilding training courses/booklets. He is also the first to pose to music, and was especially noted in performing exhibitions doing an entire posing routine of Eugene Sandow (who is known as the man who started the sport of bodybuilding). Ever the showman, along with his lifelong coach Leo Stern, Pearl would wear a fake mustache, leotards, a fig leaf, and a late-1800s backdrop, all for providing the exact effect of the Sandow era. As if that wasn't enough, Pearl was equally as famous for performing his strongman routine, which included tearing of license plates, bending penny ...