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As
a teenager, Ferrigno trained in his home basement in Brooklyn,
New York.Ear
infections as a youngster caused Ferrigno to suffer permanent
hearing loss, but he continued to hear the call of iron and
entered his first contest, the 1970 Mr. New Jersey Open
Hercules, which was staged in Trenton.Twenty-one
men placed ahead of him, but last place would not last long on
Ferrigno’s agenda.
After
several more minor contests, Ferrigno switched to the IFBB in
1973, winning the Mr. America and the tall class of the Mr.
Universe in Geneva.The
next year, he won the Mr. Universe in Verona, Italy.Then,
in the 1975 Mr. Olympia in South Africa, Ferrigno faced Arnold,
whose physique he had tried to emulate.Ferrigno
came in third, and he was done with physique competitions for
17 years, until 1992, when he appeared in Helsinki, finishing
12th in the Olympia.
In
1993, a final try for the Olympia yielded 10th place, so he
switched to the Masters Olympia in 1994, but was edged out by
Robby Robinson for that inaugural crown.It
would be Ferrigno’s last contest.
Ferrigno played the Incredible Hulk on
television from 1978-1982, where fits of rage would hurl him
from quiet to chaotic when his 6’5” body would explode
with green-tinted muscularity.Other acting appearances have been TV’s Trauma
Center in 1983 and several movies including Hercules,
Sinbad and Cage.
Currently, he occasionally appears on the TV show The
King of Queens, and he has a role in the upcoming movie
release The Hulk.Ferrigno
married Carla Green on May 30, 1980.They
have three childrens: Shanna, Lou Jr. and Brent
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