Mr Southern States 1980
Mr Southern States 1980 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Tony Little.
- Year
- 1980
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- AAU
- Divisions
- 8
- Competitors
- 25
Results by Division
| Division | Winners | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding | Tony Little | – |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium | Don Pietro | Paul Santos |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short | Tony Little | Gerardo San Antonio |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short Teen | Spencer Baron | David Fasano |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall | Howard Immanuel | Curt Mann |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall Teen | Les Brennan , James Hensley , Manny Neyra | – |
| Other Divisions - Masters Short | Don Pietro | Harold Collins |
| Other Divisions - Masters Tall | Howard Immanuel | – |
Mr Southern States 1980 Results
Mr Southern States 1980 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Tony Little.
About this show
Men's Open Bodybuilding, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short Teen, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall Teen, Other Divisions - Masters Short and Other Divisions - Masters Tall were contested at the Mr Southern States 1980 in USA. 25 athletes competed.
Masters divisions 2
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 | Tony Little First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Don Pietro First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Paul Santos | United States |
| 3rd | Larry Gnat | United States |
| 4th | Mike Dunton | United States |
| 4th | Michael Fleming | United States |
| 6th | Ray Clark | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tony Little | United States |
| 2nd | Gerardo San Antonio | United States |
| 3rd | Jose Ruiz | United States |
| 4th | James Knight | United States |
| 5th | Lewis Franklin | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short Teen
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Spencer Baron First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | David Fasano | United States |
| 3rd | Gary Beacham | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Howard Immanuel | United States |
| 2nd | Curt Mann | United States |
| 3rd | Jim Green | United States |
| 4th | Donald Desenso | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Multiple class winners. This division was recorded without its weight classes, so several athletes share first place - each won a different class. These placements are not a single ranking and no overall champion can be identified from them.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall Teen
Our source records 3 athletes in first place for this division, which cannot all be right. The placings below are shown exactly as recorded, and this division is being checked against the official scorecard.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Les Brennan | United States |
| 1st | Manny Neyra | United States |
| 1st | James Hensley | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
Other Divisions - Masters Short Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Don Pietro | United States |
| 2nd | Harold Collins | United States |
| 3rd | John Myers | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters Tall Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Howard Immanuel | United States |
| 3rd | Norris Aldridge | United States |
| 3rd | Nat Sheppard | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 25
- Divisions
- 8
- Size rank
- 2 of 9
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Robby Robinson | Open |
| 1973 | Joe Medeiros | Open |
| 1972 | Gene Massey | Open |
| 1971 | Richard Baldwin | Open |
| 1968 | Frank Szymanski | Open |
| 1967 | Jim Haislop | Open |
| 1964 | Billy Fraser | 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 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.