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By David Seibert, August 22, 2012
Paul Anderson Marker
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| On East Tugalo Street, 0 miles east of Rosedale Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | “World’s Strongest Man”
Lifted greatest weight
ever listed by a human
being: 6,270 pounds in
a backlift. (Guinness Book
of World Records)
Weightlifting
1956
Olympic Gold Medalist
Super Heavyweight
(Olympic . . . — — Map (db m59110) HM |
| On McIntosh Street (State Highway 297) near Tommie Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Paul Anderson was born October 17, 1932 in Toccoa and attended Furman University where he began lifting weights. In 1955 he traveled as a goodwill ambassador from the United States to the Soviet Union and there his lifting surpassed many world . . . — — Map (db m59111) HM |
Apr. 27, 2024