Looking Back
Mr. T. Turns 60: A Look Back at His Rise to Fame, from Bodyguard to Superstar
Mr. T never let anything get him down. He might have sometimes had a "bad attitude" when he served in the military as a young man, then later in his breakout role on The A-Team, but his winning personality and desire to beat all the odds made him the most popular bodyguard on the planet. By Romi Stepovich
Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library
Mr. T. (Laurence Tureaud), Wrestling Photo, Junior Year, 1969
Laurence’s older brothers encouraged him to work out and body-build in order to survive the tough neighborhood. This led him to become a city-wide wrestling champion two years in a row for Dunbar Vocational High School.
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