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Chet Yorton In England

Enjoyed the comments about Chet but am little disappointed that we have no amatuer detectives who can track his current wherabouts down, living in England its a bit difficult but thanks for everyone's interest.

I spent some time with Chet immediately after his Mr. Universe win in London, the day after I drove him North for 4 hours to promote his posing appearance in a show in Manchester. We had some fun on the way when we stopped to ea , a large group of people gathered round the car peering in. Chet was carrying his Mr. Universe trophy and expressed surprise that so many of the public (for that time) knew about bodybulding, what he didn't realize was that he was sat in the first Ford Mustang to be imported into Britain and was quite an eye-stopper!

Once we were inside, the chef came running into the cafe to see who had ordered an 8 egg omelette! At 9pm that evening Chet was concerned that he hadn't had a workout for about 5 days with travelling and wanted to look well for his posing display the next day so I took him to my gym and he worked out for over 3 hours. By this time it had turned midnight and all the while he was worried that my wife might have gone to bed without leaving us some food. Not to worry she left all kinds of cold meats: ham, beef, chicken, eggs, tuna, salad, whole wheat bread - a whole tableful of food. I had a fairly normal plateful and Chet scarfed the rest and believe me I've never seen anyone eat as much food- he didn't leave a crumb!

That was at about 1am and off we went to bed. Next morning my wife asked what he would like for breakfast and Chet said he would like a tuna fish omelette if we had any more left. She confirmed that we had a tin in the fridge but then Chet sheepishly admitted that he had been up earlier and feeling like a snack had eaten it.

That evening he got a great reception as he posed 'tiny waist included.' I've lost track of him since I last saw him in Las Vegas. Maybe he's still there - I wouid be very grateful if someone could track him down. He is a super guy and he was in superb condition when he came over to win the Universe, in the process beating Arnold. This was our first view of Arnold who showed great promise and it was a much improved Arnold who came over the following year- but that's another story.

Regards
Bob Sweeney
Halifax England.

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