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==== Notable early bodybuilders ==== Many other important bodybuilders in the early history of bodybuilding prior to 1930 include: Earle Liederman (writer of some of bodybuilding's earliest books), [[Zishe Breitbart]], [[George Hackenschmidt]], Emy Nkemena, George F. Jowett, Finn Hateral (a pioneer in the art of posing){{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}, [[Frank Saldo]], [[Monte Saldo]], [[William Bankier]], Launceston Elliot, [[Sig Klein]], Sgt. Alfred Moss, Joe Nordquist, [[Lionel Strongfort]] ("Strongfortism"),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/Strongfort/course/lesson1.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802165327/http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/Strongfort/course/lesson1.htm|archive-date=August 2, 2008|title=Strongfortism – Lesson One}}</ref> [[Gustav Frištenský]], [[Ralph Parcaut]] (a champion wrestler who also authored an early book on "physical culture"), and Alan P. Mead (who became a muscle champion despite the fact that he lost a leg in [[World War I]]). Actor [[Francis X. Bushman]], who was a disciple of Sandow, started his career as a bodybuilder and sculptor's model before beginning his famous [[silent movie]] career.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xz2eGt6InJIC&q=Actor+Francis+X.+Bushman%2C+who+was+a+disciple+of+Sandow%2C+started+his+career+as+a+bodybuilder+and+sculptor%27s+model+before+beginning+his+famous+silent+movie+career&pg=PA1743|title=Creativity of God in the Human Body: "Bodybuilding"|publisher=Abdullah F Shrit|isbn=978-1-4840-1198-0|language=en|access-date=May 3, 2021|archive-date=April 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405222239/https://books.google.com/books?id=Xz2eGt6InJIC&q=Actor+Francis+X.+Bushman%2C+who+was+a+disciple+of+Sandow%2C+started+his+career+as+a+bodybuilder+and+sculptor%27s+model+before+beginning+his+famous+silent+movie+career&pg=PA1743|url-status=live}}</ref>
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