BOB GALLUCCI, Ed.D.

Inducted 2010

Dr. Bob Gallucci was born March 21, 1951. He started weight training at age 15 (1). He competed in bodybuilding from 1968 until 1981. As of the Spring 1982 issue of The Natural Bodybuildier, Gallucci had competed in 41 contests (1). Notable titles include the 1969 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Teen Mr. America, the 1974 AAU Collegiate Mr. America and the 1981 Natural Bodybuilders of America (NBBA) Natural Mr. America. During the 1970’s and 1980’s he wrote articles for Iron Man and Muscular Development, which suggested the healthy lifestyle and to not use drugs. He appeared on covers of Muscular Development (November 1974), The Natural Bodybuilder (Spring 1982), and the Christian Bodybuilding Association’s (CBA) Power (March 1982). With his father, Bob owned and operated a successful bodybuilding gym called Gallucci’s Gym from 1975-1985. He promoted an annual Mr. Gallucci’s Gym competition in Connecticut (3).

Dr. Gallucci has been committed to a life-long pursuit of drug-free bodybuilding and has never taken any form of anabolic/androgenic steroid or growth hormone (2). He worked with approximately 22,000 students during a 32-year career and has always encouraged his students to remain drug-free. Bob and his wife Patty raised two children in Connecticut. Bob was a high school principal, a school superintendent and an assistant dean at Central Connecticut State University. Bob earned his doctoral degree in educational leadership in 1998. Today, Bob is retired, lives in Florida with Patty and he still trains six days a week.

Bob competed against Iron Age bodybuilders such as Mike Mentzer, Boyer Coe, Chris Dickerson, Ken Waller, Paul Grant, Albert Beckles, Steve Michalik, Mike Dayton, Greg Deferro, Kalman Scalik, Dave Johns, Tom Platz, Ken Covington, Bill St. John, Will Witaker, Bill Seno, Bob Birdsong, Pete Grymkowski, Anibal Lopez, Chuck Buser, Curt Haywood, Tyrone Youngs, Ed Corney, Carl Smith, Ellington Darden, Jim Morris, Casey Viator, Bill Grant, Ron Tuefel and more. Some of his friends included Dennis Tinnerino, John Grimek, Bob Hoffman, John Terpak, Leo Stern, Mike Katz and Joe Nista, Jr.

Partial Contest History

1968 AAU Mr. Muscles, Boston, 4th (First contest; age 16)

1968 AAU Mr. North Shore, 1st

1968 AAU Mr. Connecticut, 1st

1968 YMCA Mr. New England, 1st

1968 AAU Teen Mr. America, 11th; 4th Most Muscular

1968 AAU Mr. Nutmeg State, 1st

1968 AAU Teenage Mr. New England, 1st

1969 AAU Mr. East Coast, 6th

1969 AAU Mr. Muscles, 1st

1969 YMCA Mr. East Coast, 1st

1969 AAU Mr. Region I, 2nd

1969 AAU Mr. Silver City, 1st

1969 AAU Junior Mr. America, 8th

1969 AAU Junior Mr. USA, 4th

1969 AAU Mr. New England, 1st

1969 AAU Teen Mr. America, 1st

1970 AAU Mr. East Coast, 2nd

1970 AAU Mr. Atlantic Coast, 1st

1970 AAU Mr. Eastern America, 1st

1970 AAU Junior Mr. America, 10th

1970 AAU Mr. USA, 5th

1970 AAU Mr. Northeastern States, 1st

1971 AAU Mr. Eastern United States, 1st

1971 AAU Mr. Region I, 1st

1971 AAU Mr. America, 9th

1971 AAU Mr. East Coast, 3rd

1971 AAU Junior Mr. USA, 4th

1971 AAU Mr. World, 5th Medium

1972 AAU Connecticut 242 lb Weightlifting Champion

1972 AAU Mr. America, 14th

1972 AAU Mr. Eastern USA, 1st Tall

1973 AAU Mr. Apollo, 1st

1973 AAU Collegiate Mr. America, 2nd

1973 AAU Mr. East Coast, 1st Overall

1974 AAU Collegiate Mr. America, 1st

1975 AAU Mr. USA, 5th

1976 AAU Mr. America, 5th Medium

1978 NBA Natural Mr. America, 2nd

1981 NBBA Natural America, 1st Overall

References

(1) The Natural Bodybuilder, Spring 1982

(2) Natural Bodybuilding Radio Interview, December 2008

(3) CBA Power March 1982

Muscle Memory.com

Communications with Bob Gallucci, July 2010