Frank Rothwell's Photo Album.

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The Sandow Club 1952
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Me at 16
Training at the Green
Mr Munster Junior 1954
With British Champion Ben Helfgott

The Clonmel WL Team 1956
The Clonmel and Limerick WL Teams

215 lbs Jerk

260 lbs clean

Physique photo 1957

Training 1956

Split Clean 1956

210 lbs Snatch 1957

Training at Jeff's 1958
Trophies

Huddersfield Club 1958

Training at Ripponden 1958

Full extenstion Snatch Pull

Training Jerk 1958

Split Clean Ripponden 1958

Yorkshire Champion

Jeff Birkenshaw Yorkshire Champion, competing at Huddersfield Club 1961
Jeff Birkenshaw, my training partner.
Winning Irish Championship 1963

TV Interview

With my wife,Angela

Winning lift in Wales

Irish Record Snatch 1964

The Huddersfield WL Team

Training in the Kitchen with gear wheels.

Receiving Sports Star Award 1964

Receiving Sports Star Award 1965

The Winning lift Bergson Trophy Final

Competing at World Championships East Berlin 1966

145 kg Jerk World Championships East Berlin 1966

With British Team East Berlin 1966

155 kg Clean

Irish Lt Heavy Champion 1970
165 Jerk at Leeds
145 kg Power Clean Bradford

127 kg Snatch Bradford
130 kg Record Snatch Leeds 1971
145 kg Record Press Olympic Trials 1972.
137 kg Record Snatch Olympic Trials 1972.
Training for the Olympic Games

My family is received by the Mayor of Clonmel 1972
Irish Olympic Team at Dublin Airport.
With Jeff Birkenshaw and Kevin Thorp 1972.
Strength Athlete Magizine Cover 1973.
Photo taken after the Games

England vs Ireland 1970
England vs Ireland 1970
132.5 Kg Snatch British Championships 1972


World Champion Louis Martin.
Kevin Thorp British Champion
137.5 Kg Snatch in Scotland 1971
British Champion Kevin Thorp.
Present Day 2004 L to R Myself, Louis Martin, and Kevin Thorp.

News of The Knocknagow Award January 2008
With the Mayor of Clonmel
L to R.Mayor of Clonmel, Cllr Richie Molloy, Frank Rothwell, Aidan Murphy, MD Bulmers Ltd,and James Holohan, chairman United Sports Panel.
With Aidan Murphy, MD Bulmers Ltd,Sponsers of the Award.






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The Sandow WL Club 1952

L to R.Front;F.Rothwell,M.Condon,J.Power. Back;P English,B.Cronin,J.Keane,J.Cronin,M.Arrigan and T.Guiry.






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Me at 16 years.






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TRAINING AT THE GREEN.







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MR MUNSTER JUNIOR 1954.






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WITH BRITISH CHAMPION BEN HELFGOTT.






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CLONMEL WL TEAM 1956.

L.toR.;M.Condon,J.Collins,M.Arrigan and F.Rothwell.



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THE CLONMEL and LIMERICK WL TEAMS.

Front;M.Condon,M.Manning,?,-?.Back;J.Collins,F.Rothwell,M.Arrigan,P.McMahon,?- P.Phelan,andW.Kennedy,



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215 lbs JERK 1956.






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260 lbs CLEAN.






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1957.






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Training 1956




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220 lbs Clean 1956




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210 lbs Snatch 1957






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Training at Jeff's 1958






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Trophies







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Huddersfield Club 1958






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Training at Ripponden 1958






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Full Extension Snatch Pull







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Training Jerk Ripponden 1958






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Split Clean Ripponden 1958






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Yorkshire Champion




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Jeff Birkenshaw Yorkshire Champion, competing at Huddersfield Club 1961.




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Jeff Birkenshaw, my training partner.




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Winning All Ireland Championship.




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TV Interview.




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With my wife,Angela.




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Winning lift in Wales.




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Irish Record Snatch 1964




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Huddersfield WL Club. Front: P.Kilroy,A.Grey. Back: K Thorp J Sykes and F Rothwell.

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Training in the Kitchen with Gear wheels.




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RECEIVING 1963 SPORTS AWARD.






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RECEIVING 1964 SPORTS AWARD.






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WINNING JERK BERGSON TROPHY.






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115 kg PRESS at 1966 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.





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145 kg JERK at WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.






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WITH THE BRITISH TEAM BERLIN 1966.

L to R.;L.Martin,M.Pearman,K.W.Chung,and F.Rothwell.




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155 kg CLEAN.






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AT 181 lbs BODYWEIGHT .






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165 kg JERK at LEEDS.






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145 POWER CLEAN for PRESS.






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127 kg SNATCH at BRADFORD.






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130 kg YORKSHIRE RECORD SNATCH.






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145 PRESS OLYMPIC TRIALS DUBLIN 1972.






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TRAINING for OLYMPICS in KITCHEN.






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MY FAMILY RECEIVED BY THE MAYOR OF CLONMEL 1972.






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137 kg RECORD SNATCH OLYMPIC TRIALS DUBLIN 1972.






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IRISH OLYMPIC TEAM at DUBLIN AIRPORT.






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L to R, FRANK ROTHWELL, JEFF BIRKENSHAW and KEVIN THORP 1972.






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STRENGTH ATHLETE COVER 1973.






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AFTER THE OLYMPIC GAMES.






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ENGLAND vs IRELAND, 1970






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ENGLAND vs IRELAND 1970.






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132.5 Kg British Championships 1972






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WORLD CHAMPION LOUIS MARTIN.






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Kevin Thorp British Champion






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137.5 Kg Snatch,Scotland 1971







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BRITISH CHAMPION KEVIN THORP.






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L to R. Frank Rothwell, Louis Martin and Kevin Thorp.

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News of The Knocknagow Award January 2008.

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With the Mayor of Clonmel,Cllr Richie Molloy.

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L to R.Mayor of Clonmel,Cllr Richie Molloy, Frank Rothwell,Aidan Murphy, MD Bulmers Ltd,and James Holohan, chairman United Sports Panel.

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With Aidan Murphy, MD Bulmers Ltd,Sponsers of the Award.

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