Go Funk Yourself
1. Arnold’s middle name is Alois. 2. At his biggest, he stood just under 6’2″ and weighed over 250 pounds. 3. He had an older brother, Meinhard, who died in 1971. He helped support his brother’s son, who is now a lawyer in Los Angeles. 4. He is best friends with fellow bodybuilding legend Franco Columbu, who he worked with as a bricklayer when he first came to America. Columbu served as best man at his wedding to Maria Shriver in 1986. 5. He appeared in a 1973 episode of The Dating Game. 6. He served seven days in a military prison in Austria for going AWOL to compete in Junior Mr. Europe. 7. He won a Golden Globe for “Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture” for his performance in Stay Hungry. 8. His father was a police chief and a European ice curling champion. 9. He was the first American private citizen to own his own Humvee.
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