RIP Bill Pearl - one of the few from his era that admitted using PEDs

[Mobster]

Yesterday (14th Sept 2022) it was announced by his wife Judy that Bill Pearl passed away aged 91. There's a bunch of info which I'll add later but, for Evo, what IS interesting is that Bill freely admitted to using PEDs:

Pearl openly explains his steroid use in his book Getting Stronger. Pearl states that he used 30mg of Nilivar a day for 3 months in 1958 and again before the 1961 Mr. Universe contest. He said he made fast progress using the drug but didn't like the way it made him feel physically or emotionally

Nilivar is similar to dianabol

 

[stevesmi]

anyone who trained at golds before they turned corporate assholes knows who he is. he was on the wall next to the other greats as a pioneer of bodybuilding

 

[Mobster]

His book 'Keys to the Inner Universe' is one all should have. He has several others (I've 3 but will add more in the future). Myself and all the other guests at the 1995 OHF dinner and awards were given a copy.

 

[JasonPriest]

wow he lived a long life for a bodybuilder

 

[Eddie Haskell]

bill pearl was a legend

 

[Vadim Fedorov]

Great guy, lived great life

 

[BodyMonster34]

bro Bill Pearl real American hero from texas born and raised

 

[ceo]

bros RIP bill pearl

 

[ROIDDERS]

bill pearl was a legened

 

[Quadsweep]

bill pearl was good ppl

 

[e2]

bill is rip

 

[2Thick]

goodbye man

 

[StevenDarwinMD]

RIP BILL PEARL

 

[Mobster]

bro Bill Pearl real American hero from texas born and raised

No. Born in Oregon

 

[Tiger Salman Khan]

RIP bill pearl.....

 

[Masonic Bodybuilder]

Crazy to hear what he was using back then vs the grams and grams of gear guys use now. Such a different world.

 

[Tazz]

RIP to a legend