tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post5940012102517331370..comments2024-02-17T04:06:00.805-05:00Comments on Just Not Said: George KennedyJohn Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-68123197711492712682016-03-16T18:33:03.360-04:002016-03-16T18:33:03.360-04:00Anon --
Thank you. I guess I should have said, &qu...Anon --<br />Thank you. I guess I should have said, "before steroid use was widespread." (I don't think too many people used it in this country before the 1970's; the East Germans themselves didn't really start to systematically dope their athletes until the early 70's.) John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-81833226820638810042016-03-16T18:27:40.980-04:002016-03-16T18:27:40.980-04:00Excellent post (as usual!) ... one minor correctio...Excellent post (as usual!) ... one minor correction: steroids have been around since the mid to late 1930s ... this from Wikipedia --<br /><br />"Testosterone, the most active anabolic-androgenic steroid produced by Leydig cells in the testes, was first isolated in 1935 and chemically synthesized later in the same year. Synthetic derivatives of testosterone quickly followed. By the end of the following decade, both testosterone and its derivatives were applied with varying degrees of success for a number of medical conditions. It was not until the 1950s, however, that athletes began to discover that anabolic steroids could increase their muscle mass. According to sports physician John Ziegler, the first confirmed use of an anabolic steroid in an international athletic competition was at the weightlifting championships in Vienna in 1954, when the Russians weightlifters used testosterone."<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com