Mr Southern USA 1972
Mr Southern USA 1972 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding co-winners were Glen Viltz and Frank Mule.
- Year
- 1972
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- AAU
- Divisions
- 1
- Competitors
- 5
Results by Division
| Division | Winners | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding | Glen Viltz , Frank Mule | – |
Mr Southern USA 1972 Results
Mr Southern USA 1972 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Frank Mule.
Defending champion Pat Kennedy, who won in 1971, did not return.
About this show
Men's Open Bodybuilding were contested at the Mr Southern USA 1972 in USA. 5 athletes competed.
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
Our source records 2 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 | Frank Mule | United States |
| 1st | Glen Viltz | United States |
| 3rd | Don Reed | United States |
| 4th | Billy Arlen | United States |
| 5th | Floyd Odom | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 5
- Divisions
- 1
- Size rank
- 3 of 10
The biggest field since 1970.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Toby Hoffman | Open |
| 1975 | Frank Mule | Open |
| 1971 | Pat Kennedy | Open |
| 1970 | Bob Harrington | Open |
| 1969 | Gene Massey | Open |
| 1960 | Lloyd Lerille | Open |
| 1954 | Harry Johnson | 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.

