Mr California 1953
Mr California 1953 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Bill Pearl.
- Year
- 1953
- Date
- Jan 1, 1953
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Federation
- AAU
- Divisions
- 3
- Competitors
- 8
Results by Division
| Division | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding | Bill Pearl | – |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding | Bill Pearl | Irvin Koszewski (Zabo) |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior | Bert Cedillos | Phil Guarnaccia |
Mr California 1953
Mr California 1953 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Bill Pearl.
2-time winner Norman Marks, who won in 1952, did not return.
Mr California 1953 contested 3 divisions across 8 athletes. Bill Pearl took Men's Open Bodybuilding. 3 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
Men's Open Bodybuilding
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bill Pearl First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bill Pearl | United States |
| 2nd | Irvin Koszewski (Zabo) | United States |
| 3rd | Ken Cameron | United States |
| participated | Joseph Baratta | United States |
| participated | Bud Counts | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bert Cedillos First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Phil Guarnaccia | United States |
| 3rd | Ray Routledge | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated July 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 8
- Divisions
- 3
- Size rank
- 20 of 40
The biggest field since 1946.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Dave Johns | Open |
| 1976 | Kalman Szkalak | Open |
| 1975 | Dale Adrian | Open |
| 1974 | Scott Wilson | Open |
| 1973 | Mike Besikof | Open |
| 1972 | Tyrone Youngs | Open |
| 1971 | Ed Corney | Open |
| 1969 | Paul Love | Open |
| 1968 | Charles Collras | Open |
| 1967 | Chris Dickerson | Open |
| 1966 | Ralph Kroger | Open |
| 1963 | Don Howorth | Open |
| 1962 | George Sheffield | Open |
| 1960 | Larry Scott | Open |
The placings as recorded, and nothing past them
This page lists the divisions and finishing order held for this contest, with the source named on it wherever one was recorded. It reports what was published. It does not re-judge the show, and it does not reconcile disagreements between sources.
- Score and bodyweight columns appear only for divisions where those figures exist in the data. A division without them was recorded as placings only, not as a show that gave no scores.
- Where the record has two athletes sharing a place, both are listed. A tie is never broken to produce a single winner.
- Venue, federation, date and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
- A contest with no results has either not taken place yet or has no placements published. Check the status line above the results to tell which.