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Bill Melby is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States.

2 career wins

Bill Melby

GenderMale
StatusRetired
Medium confidence 7 recorded results, Historical/community source Updated July 10, 2026 Accurate?

Bill Melby is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1946–1949.

Across 7 recorded contest results, Bill Melby has 2 first-place finishes (a 28.6% win rate).

Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 7 recorded contest results. It is published only where a career holds at least five, because below that a single placing moves the figure by twenty points or more.

Missing from this profile

No height, weight or birthdate on record.

Career Record

Total Results
7
Wins
2
Win Rate
28.6%
Career
1946–1949
Country
United States
Verified
Sources
1

Every season on record

1946 to 1949 shown · 7 results on record

Peak Year 1948 (2 wins)

Measured against Bill Melby’s own seasons, not against the field.

1946
1947
1948
1949
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1946
First Win
1948
Last Contest
1949

All results

Every contest result on record for Bill Melby, 7 in all. Won by names the winner of the division Bill Melby competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
1949 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Alan Stephan
1948 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 George Eiferman
1948 Mr Pacific Coast Other Divisions #1 Winner
1948 Mr Pacific Coast Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
1948 Mr Western America Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Jack Delinger
1947 Junior Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Edward J Simons
1946 Mr California Other Divisions #4 Kenneth Graham

Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Bill Melby that source is MuscleMemory. Open any contest above and that page names its own source and links to it where the source is still reachable. That archive no longer answers at the addresses we hold, so it is credited by name here and not offered as a link.

In 4 meetings, Jack Delinger finished ahead of Bill Melby 3 times to 1.

Opponents are ranked by how often they shared a stage and how big the stage was, not by reputation. A meeting is one contest where both competed in the same division and both were placed.