Monroe Saffold Jr.
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Monroe Saffold Jr. | |
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| Born | April 12, 1948 Lexington, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | January 6, 2025 (aged 76) Burbank, California |
| Occupations | Educator, minister, body builder |
| Years active | 1966–2025 |
| Spouse | Patricia Saffold |
Monroe Saffold Jr. (born April 12, 1948) was an American educator, minister and bodybuilder.[1] During the 1980s and early 1990s, Saffold entered the Masters Mr. America AAU national bodybuilding competition and took first place, tall division, in 1990.[2]
Saffold was born in Lexington, Mississippi, but later moved with his family to Chicago in search of better education and financial opportunities.[3] He was the eldest of six children to the union of his father, Monroe Sr. and mother Dixie Saffold. He and his wife Patricia raised two children Brian Saffold and Nicole Saffold Maskiell in Oak Park, Illinois, from 1980 to 2001 before moving to River Forest, where they lived until relocating to Burbank, California in 2024.
Weight training career
During his teen years, Saffold became serious about weight training to improve his physique for school athletics and build strength and muscle. His earlier training sessions were spent at the Duncan YMCA located in Chicago near Westside. Saffold started competing in open bodybuilding and weightlifting tournaments. He won a number of championships most notably in 1983 where he took third place in the Junior Mr. America AAU and first place in 1990 in the Masters Mr. America AAU competition. [4] He appeared in several different newscast programs such as WLS-TV sports,[5] WMAQ-Channel 5 [6] and on the Jon Gil Podcast Show.[7] He also appeared in the press, most notably in the Sunday Chicago Sun-Times[8] and Chicago Tribune.[9]