Cleve Dean, USA - Hall Of Fame

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	Cleve Dean, USA - Armwrestling Championship
	Gary Goodridge - FINAL - Yukon Jack 1995
	Jerry Cadorette - Yukon Jack 1995
	Zaur Tskadadze - FINAL - Worlds 1994
Country
	USA
Date of birth
	December 15, 1953.
Education
	Two years college and two years Technical - drafting and desing.
Started armwrestling
	December of 1977 at a Georgia state championship.
Weight
	175 kg / 385 lbs.
Height
	198 cm / 6'6 ft.
Forearm
	56 cm / 22 inch.
Biceps
	61 cm / 24 inch.
Style
	Top Roll.
Toughest opponent
	John Brzenk, John Woolsey and Bob Howell.
Toughest opponent & toughest match
	It could be anyone on any given day for various reasons. I can give names of people a lot of you have never heard of and that's too bad, for you truly missed out on some of the greats. Originally Steve Woodall from Atlanta gave me the toughest matches that I ever had. Steve and I armwrestled at one tournament for 30 minutes in one match. At that time if you slipped grips then you just restarted. On that day Steve Woodall defeated me the last time that he would ever do so. There was blood running down both of our arms because both of us had severly calloused hands back then and we were sweating so bad and gripping each other so hard that the sweat started softening the skin and we were literally tearing the skin off of each others's hands. Then there was George Hood from California, an awesome opponent. I know some of you remember Virgil Arciero from California, then Dan Mason from Connecticut, Danny Stone from Alabama. There was a true technician. Some of you ought to have to try armwrestling Michael Shadduck, if he would have stayed sober then there is no telling what he might have done. He was one of the hardest men to grip up with that I have ever seen. Then David Arnold, not even a super heavy weight but completely awesome and respected by all, just ask Johnny Walker. Then there was Joe Carabetta and Moe Baker and the man from Tennessee that was a grocery clerk that I am ashamed to say that his name will not come to mind though I can still picture him so well. Scott Norton that I am sure most of you know from wrestling, and Gary Goodridge who gave me one of the toughest matches that I ever had. I hate writing something like this because I know there are so many names that I have left out and I sincerely aplogize to all of those. These are just people from the USA and when you go abroad then the names come to be so many that deserve recognition that I would have to write a book.
Best training advice
	Not much that I can say today that is not known by many others already.
Goal
	To return and reclaim my position.
Articles with Cleve Dean
	"My story" by Cleve Dean - Armwrestling24h.com - Page 1, Page 2, Page 3. Interview with Cleve Dean on Armwrestling24.com
Cleve Dean and Scott Norton - Atlanta 2007. Cleve Dean Cleve & USA Team - Japan. Cleve & Alan Karaev - Worlds in Italy 2001. Cleve Dean and Alan Karaev - Worlds 2001. Cleve Dean and Gary Goodridge - Yukon Jack. Cleve Dean - practice table. Cleve Dean vs. Michael D. Shadduck - OVER THE TOP. Cleve Dean - Over the Top 1985. Cleve Dean in a wrist wrestling tournamentin the late 70's. Cleve Dean vs John Woolsey - PETALUMA World Wrist Wrestling Championship in the late '70s. Cleve Dean's hand. (click on the photo to see the natural size of his hand)