George F. Jowett

George Fuisdale Jowett (23 December 1891 – 11 July 1969) was an English-born Canadian strongman, weightlifter, magazine editor and author. He was a co-founder of the American Continental Weightlifting Association, the editor of Strength magazine, and the president of the Jowett Institute. He became known as "The Father of American Weightlifting."

Life Jowett was born on 23 December 1891, in England. He emigrated to Canada in 1911, By 1927, he was billing himself as the "world's strongest man" in The Morning Call. Jowett was the editor of Strength magazine from 1924 to 1927, and he authored several books about strength training.

Jowett co-founded the American Continental Weightlifting Association (ACWLA) with Ottley Russell Coulter and David P. Willoughby in the early 1920s, and he served as its president. He subsequently served as the director of the Breitbart Institute of Physical Culture in New York City, and he founded the Jowett Institute in 1927. They resided in Riverside Heights, Ontario, Canada.