Rock Stonewall (Jesse)
Rock Stonewall won the short class at the Mr America three years running, in 1966, 1967 and 1968, and took the Most Muscular award at two of them. He also won the Universe and Mr World short classes in 1964.
Known for
1964 is the season that started it: the short class at the Universe, at Mr World and at the North American Championships, all in one year. The Mr America run followed, with class titles in 1966, 1967 and 1968.
He won the Most Muscular award at the 1965 Universe and at the Mr America in 1966 and 1967. That award went to the competitor judged hardest and most densely built rather than the best overall, and winning it three times says something specific about how he looked next to the men who beat him on the overall.
Early career
His record runs from 1962 to 1975 and opens with second at the Mr America. He was runner-up at the Universe in 1965 and 1967 as well.
Fifteen contests are recorded and he won ten of them, which is the highest strike rate of any 1960s competitor in our database.
Professional results
Every professional contest result on record for Rock Stonewall (Jesse), 1 in all. Won by names the winner of the division Rock Stonewall (Jesse) competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Pro Mr America | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Ralph Kroger |
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Rock Stonewall (Jesse) 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.
Amateur and other shows not counted above
14 results from amateur shows and other contests this archive does not class as professional. Every total on this page covers the professional career only, so these are listed here but never counted, and they have no contest page.
Show the list
| Year | Contest | Division | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Mr USA | Division not recorded (Medium) | #3 |
| 1968 | Mr America | Division not recorded (Short) | #1 |
| 1967 | Mr America | Division not recorded (Short) | #1 |
| 1967 | Mr America | Division not recorded (Most Muscular) | #1 |
| 1967 | Universe | Division not recorded (Short) | #2 |
| 1966 | Mr America | Division not recorded (Short) | #1 |
| 1966 | Mr America | Division not recorded (Most Muscular) | #1 |
| 1966 | Mr Eastern America | Division not recorded (Medium) | #1 |
| 1965 | Universe | Division not recorded (Short) | #2 |
| 1965 | Universe | Division not recorded (Most Muscular) | #1 |
| 1964 | Mr World | Division not recorded (Short) | #1 |
| 1964 | North American Championships | Division not recorded (Short) | #1 |
| 1964 | Universe | Division not recorded (Short) | #1 |
| 1962 | Mr America | Division not recorded (Medium) | #2 |
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Legacy
Three consecutive Mr America class titles in the 1960s, and the name means nothing to almost anyone now. The short classes of that era produced some of the most complete physiques the sport has had and none of their records survived into how it talks about itself.
Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →Only 2 head-to-head meetings on record so far, with Rock Stonewall (Jesse) ahead 1 to 0 - too thin to call a rivalry yet.
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.
Sources
Competition placings on this page come from our own contest database and cover his record from 1962 to 1975.
Contests of this era awarded a height or weight CLASS title and then a separate OVERALL title, and several also gave a Most Muscular award. In the table below, a class win and an overall placing at the same contest are both correct and are not a contradiction, and a Most Muscular row is an award given at that contest rather than a win of it.
No win rate is shown. With 1 recorded contest result on file, a single placing would move the figure by twenty points or more, so the percentage would describe how much of this career the database holds rather than anything about the athlete. The counts above are neither rounded nor capped.
No height, weight or birthdate on record.

