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Mr Florida 1970

Mr Florida 1970 was held in Tampa, FL, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Ivor Butcher.

Year
1970
Location
Tampa, FL, USA
Federation
AAU
Divisions
2
Competitors
6

Results by Division

Division Winner Runner-up
Men's Open Bodybuilding Ivor Butcher
Men's Open Bodybuilding John Schleicher Jerry Campbell
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Mr Florida 1970 Results

Ivor Butcher Champion

1970 Tampa, FL, USA

Mr Florida 1970 was held in Tampa, FL, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Ivor Butcher.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated September 1, 2026 Accurate?

Defending champion Gene Massey, who won in 1969, did not return.

About this show

The Mr Florida 1970 was held in Tampa, FL, USA. 2 divisions were judged, across Men's Open Bodybuilding. 6 athletes competed.

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 Ivor Butcher 2nd win here United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st John Schleicher First recorded win United States
2nd Jerry Campbell United States
3rd Ellington Darden United States
4th Dennis Volaric United States
5th Bill Hilton United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
6
Divisions
2
Size rank
9 of 28

The biggest field since 1967.

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
1977 Mike Arnold Open
1976 Jorge Navarrete Open
1975 Robby Robinson Open
1974 Mike Richard Open
1973 Bill Lewis Jr Open
1971 Dennis Wood Open
1970 John Schleicher Open
1969 Gene Massey Open
1968 Craig Whitehead Open
1967 Scott Cooper Open
1966 Doug Betts Open
1965 Jim Haislop Open
1964 Harry Smith Open
1963 Jim Durrance Open
What this page holds

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 and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
  • A date shows only where the source recorded the day of the show. Most historical listings give a year or a month and nothing finer, so those editions are dated by year alone rather than by a day we would have had to invent.
  • 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.