NABBA bodybuilding legend John Bubb celebrates 84th birthday

NABBA bodybuilding legend John Bubb celebrates 84th birthday.

NABBA bodybuilding legend John Hubb celebrated his 84th birthday this week.

John Hubb competed in the ‘Golden Age’ of bodybuilding. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Pearl, Reg Park, Sergio Oliva and Dave Draper were in their prime and John competed against all of them.

A memorable moment for John was in 1968 when he placed second to Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Mr. Universe Tall Class. Arnold went on to win the overall title.

According to NABBA historian Si Sweeney, John is one of the best bodybuilders to ever come out of the UK.

We at Evolutionofbodybuilding.net would like to wish John a happy and healthy birthday

Below are John’s full results:

1967 Universe – Pro – NABBA

Overall Winner Bill Pearl

Tall
1 Bill Pearl (United States)
2 Nicolas Kleber (Guadeloupe)
3 John Bubb (England)
4 Karl Bloemer (Germany)
5 Derek Gibbons
6 Roger Francois

Short
1 Charles Sintat (France)
2 Giuseppe Deiana (Italy)
3 Ludwig Ingebretsen (Norway)
4 Vincent Gilles (Guadeloupe)
5 Friedrich Weimer

1968 Universe – Pro – NABBA

Overall Winner Arnold Schwarzenegger

Tall
1 Arnold Schwarzenegger
2 John Bubb
3 Nicolas Kleber
4 Jacques Louvier

Short
1 John Citrone
2 Freddy Ortiz
3 Yves Permal
4 Abe Jordan
5 Friedrich Weimer

1968 Universe – Pro – NABBA

Overall Winner Arnold Schwarzenegger

Tall
1 Arnold Schwarzenegger
2 John Bubb
3 Nicolas Kleber
4 Jacques Louvier

Short
1 John Citrone
2 Freddy Ortiz
3 Yves Permal
4 Abe Jordan
5 Friedrich Weimer

1970 Universe – Pro – NABBA

Overall Winner Arnold Schwarzenegger

Tall
1 Arnold Schwarzenegger
2 Reg Park
3 Dave Draper
4 John Bubb
5 Jacques Louvier

Short
1 Boyer Coe
2 Kassem Yazbek
3 Fani Dutoit
4 Nicolas Kemp
5 Moktari Abdelsallem

1971 Mr Europe – IFBB

Overall Winner Karl Bloemer

Tall
1 Karl Bloemer (Germany)
2 Helmut Riedmeier (Germany)
3 Karl Kainrath (Austria)
4 Francois Labrador (France)
5 John Bubb (England)
6 Uwe Brink (Germany)

Medium
1 Janko Rudman (Sweden)
2 Ehrling Wahlgren (Sweden)
3 Guy Ignace (France)
4 Mederic Annette (France)
5 Friedrich Weimer (Germany)
6 Roland Jaux (France)

Short
1 Giuseppe Deiana (Netherlands)
2 Tony Lamouche (France)
3 Renato Bertagna (Italy)
4 Hubert Plumanns (Belgium)
5 John Holt (England)
6 Angelo Bonafelde (Germany)

1971 Universe – Pro – NABBA

Overall Winner Bill Pearl

Tall
1 Bill Pearl (United States)
2 Sergio Oliva
3 Reg Park
4 John Bubb
5 Roger Francois

Short
1 Frank Zane
2 Kassem Yazbek
3 Tony Emmott
4 Ludwig Ingebretsen
5 Bill Hemsworth
6 Warren Langman

Results courtesy of Musclememory.com