Mike Katz

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Mike Katz
Bodybuilder
Personal info
BornMichael Katz
(1944-11-14) November 14, 1944 (age 79)
New Haven, Connecticut
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[ citation needed ]
Weight240 lb (109 kg) (1975)
Professional career
Pro-debut
  • IFBB Mr. America
  • 1969
Best win
  • Mr. World
  • 1972
ActiveRetired 1981

Michael Katz (born November 14, 1944) is a former American IFBB professional bodybuilder and former professional football player with the New York Jets, most famous for his appearance with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1977 bodybuilding documentary film Pumping Iron . He was paid $1,000 to sign a release for appearing in the film.

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Mike Katz played football for Southern Connecticut State University and pro football for the New York Jets before ending his football career with a leg injury in 1968.

Katz appeared in the documentary Challenging Impossibility , commenting on the weightlifting odyssey of spiritual teacher and peace advocate Sri Chinmoy. The film was an Official Selection of the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival.

He is Jewish, and was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. [1]

Early life

Katz was born in New Haven, Connecticut to Israel George and Anna Elsie Katz, and had an older sister, Linda. Katz's mother was a Swedish immigrant. [2] [3]

Bodybuilding career

Competitive statistics

Competitive history

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References

  1. "Brooklyn's Dave 'Shorty' Newmark is an exemplar of Jewish athletic excellence – Brooklyn Eagle". brooklyneagle.com. 17 April 2023.
  2. United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut; Roll: 5636; Sheet Number: 17; Enumeration District: 5-101
  3. National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Connecticut, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 211
  4. 1 2 3 Avidan, Ron. "Almanac of Men's Bodybuilding", "http://www.bodybuilding.com" , Retrieved on 9 August 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 Mike Katz (1977). Pumping Iron (documentary). Rollie Robinson, White Mountain Films.