remembering sonny

**bouncer dave** · 09-17-2008, 09:53 PM

we were sitting last night remembering that its the late Sonny Schmidt's birthday. top guy that helped me always with a smile when I just came down under with very little money and shit load of trouble.
excellent fighter . and the best guy to stand on a door next to you when there is real trouble.( that's right , that's why I am bouncer Dave.)
one of the best bb I have ever seen.
shame about the "friends" that helped him in the end to get in trouble ,and the suffering in the end. and the privecy that was kept by all.

but its great thing that everyone , even the worse of them last night , had only good things to say about sonny.

and wasn't he the best show in town when he was posing?

YouTube Video

**bouncer dave** · 09-18-2008, 06:39 PM

no one has anything to say about him?
he was great.

wakejump4me · 09-18-2008, 06:46 PM

wake

**bouncer dave** · 09-19-2008, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by wakejump4me

wake

thanks Alex , you are a gentleman.

jimbo1 · 09-21-2008, 09:11 PM

its nice to see somebody making posing intresting. Some people make it was to dramatic like moses delievering the 10 commandments or something.

PHIL HERNON · 09-22-2008, 02:00 PM

Sonny Was My Favorite Bodybuilder.........way Under Rated And Never Got The Exposure/acclaim He Deserved.

**bouncer dave** · 09-23-2008, 05:22 AM

Phil , do you know the sad (real) ending ?

heavyduty · 09-24-2008, 09:08 AM

The little i know about him says he was a real badass. in his workouts and his private life . A real bad person to screw around with. RIP SONNY

**bouncer dave** · 09-25-2008, 01:34 AM

a very gentle bad ass.

**Doggcrapp** · 09-25-2008, 02:46 AM

Bouncer Dave the very very first pro show I went to was the Night of Champions-----Mohamed Bennazizza winning and Dorian Yates first pro show (he placed second and everyone was abuzz about who the big thick English bloke was)....also in that show and I might be wrong about this but was Sonny Schmidt in his first pro show and if it wasnt for Dorian he would of been the talk of the show.....great build...wide shoulders....awesome standing relaxed pose....I almost felt sorry for him because if Dorian wasnt there everyone would of been talking about the "Big Aussie" instead.

He lived down here (SD) for awhile with Milos and Achim Albrecht...well liked by all.

I dont know the ending well....what i heard was he was taken advantage of by so-called friends which left him high and dry....went to a place very down on his luck and discovered a lump in his shoulder that he originally thought was built up scar tissue but turned out to be cancer that spread quickly (to his lungs if i remember right) and took his life

Am i right in that or the story was reported wrong?

**SuperD** · 09-25-2008, 03:08 AM

Dante, I agree. Sonny, along with everyone else, was really overshadowed (pun intended) by Dorians appearance on the scene. Looking back I have a whole new appreciation of just how good a bodybuilder he really was. Nothing missing...Incredible balance... And I can't hear AC/DC's 'Thundestruck' without smiling and thinking of him.

I actually think his pro debut was at the 1990 NOC where he placed 6th (Dorian second, Momo first).
It was the 91 NOC that Sonny placed runner up to Dorian.

**Doggcrapp** · 09-25-2008, 03:26 AM

yea thunderstruck....that was sonnys song and he had the physique to carry that tune too

rubinsteinnyc · 09-25-2008, 03:07 PM

o wow, i've never heard of him before (maybe cuz i was born around that time), but what an esthetic and symmetrical shape,

**bouncer dave** · 09-28-2008, 05:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doggcrapp

Bouncer Dave the very very first pro show I went to was the Night of Champions-----Mohamed Bennazizza winning and Dorian Yates first pro show (he placed second and everyone was abuzz about who the big thick English bloke was)....also in that show and I might be wrong about this but was Sonny Schmidt in his first pro show and if it wasnt for Dorian he would of been the talk of the show.....great build...wide shoulders....awesome standing relaxed pose....I almost felt sorry for him because if Dorian wasnt there everyone would of been talking about the "Big Aussie" instead.

He lived down here (SD) for awhile with Milos and Achim Albrecht...well liked by all.

I dont know the ending well....what i heard was he was taken advantage of by so-called friends which left him high and dry....went to a place very down on his luck and discovered a lump in his shoulder that he originally thought was built up scar tissue but turned out to be cancer that spread quickly (to his lungs if i remember right) and took his life

Am i right in that or the story was reported wrong?

that was the official story. should I email you what have happened?

david1304 · 09-28-2008, 06:03 AM

I believe Sonny's first pro show was here in Australia in the late 1980's. The show featured Robby Robinson (1st) and Gary Strydon in second. Another Australian pro, Ian Riley, also made in debut in that show.

I was with Sonny in 1995 when he won the Masters Olympia. He was so happy, but didn't want to celebrate too hard, because he competed in the Olympia the following evening. I really enjoyed listerning to the stories he would tell after training at Doherty's.

He was a good friend.

Future · 09-28-2008, 02:48 PM

No offense to the dead but wasn't Sonny also a coke dealer?

http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-dep...e#contentSwap2

http://www.ergogenics.org/schmidt.html

**Doggcrapp** · 09-28-2008, 03:01 PM

bouncer dave i would just throw it in this thread--i mean its time past now--the man has moved on--i doubt it going to raise any feathers

**bouncer dave** · 10-01-2008, 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Future

No offense to the dead but wasn't Sonny also a coke dealer?

http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-dep...e#contentSwap2

http://www.ergogenics.org/schmidt.html

he was being used. he was big strong and tough . and was used at first as security to his friends . he had no idea.......

**bouncer dave** · 10-01-2008, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Doggcrapp

bouncer dave i would just throw it in this thread--i mean its time past now--the man has moved on--i doubt it going to raise any feathers

he contracted HIV while in jail. was released as a skinny dieing man .
last time I saw him in a boxing match crowed. I was with a very good friend of him and a boxing promoter , we could not believe that the guy coming to us was sonny. the promotor is the one telling me about the hiv. he was helping him to the end.
hope its ok tell.

09-18-2008, 06:39 PM	#2
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09-23-2008, 05:22 AM	#7
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09-25-2008, 01:34 AM	#9
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09-25-2008, 02:46 AM	#10
Doggcrapp Super Moderator/Roundtable Expert Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 10,784	Bouncer Dave the very very first pro show I went to was the Night of Champions-----Mohamed Bennazizza winning and Dorian Yates first pro show (he placed second and everyone was abuzz about who the big thick English bloke was)....also in that show and I might be wrong about this but was Sonny Schmidt in his first pro show and if it wasnt for Dorian he would of been the talk of the show.....great build...wide shoulders....awesome standing relaxed pose....I almost felt sorry for him because if Dorian wasnt there everyone would of been talking about the "Big Aussie" instead. He lived down here (SD) for awhile with Milos and Achim Albrecht...well liked by all. I dont know the ending well....what i heard was he was taken advantage of by so-called friends which left him high and dry....went to a place very down on his luck and discovered a lump in his shoulder that he originally thought was built up scar tissue but turned out to be cancer that spread quickly (to his lungs if i remember right) and took his life Am i right in that or the story was reported wrong? __________________ For Online Training Inquiries please contact DC@cyber-rights.net http://www.trueprotein.com-the highest quality at the rock bottom lowest price Want to create your own supplement line? We can create any product you desire (powders, capsules, dieting aids, testosterone boosters, proteins, you name it, we can make it for you.) Serious inquiries only please (supplements are usually at least 250 bottle minimum, protein 100 jug minimum) just email Carl@trueprotein.com

09-21-2008, 09:11 PM	#5
jimbo1 New Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3	its nice to see somebody making posing intresting. Some people make it was to dramatic like moses delievering the 10 commandments or something.

09-22-2008, 02:00 PM	#6
PHIL HERNON Roundtable Expert Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 35	Sonny Was My Favorite Bodybuilder.........way Under Rated And Never Got The Exposure/acclaim He Deserved.

09-24-2008, 09:08 AM	#8
heavyduty New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 85	The little i know about him says he was a real badass. in his workouts and his private life . A real bad person to screw around with. RIP SONNY

09-25-2008, 03:08 AM	#11
SuperD Moderator/DC Q & A Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,886	Dante, I agree. Sonny, along with everyone else, was really overshadowed (pun intended) by Dorians appearance on the scene. Looking back I have a whole new appreciation of just how good a bodybuilder he really was. Nothing missing...Incredible balance... And I can't hear AC/DC's 'Thundestruck' without smiling and thinking of him. I actually think his pro debut was at the 1990 NOC where he placed 6th (Dorian second, Momo first). It was the 91 NOC that Sonny placed runner up to Dorian. __________________ <NOT QUITE READY FOR DC EITHER

09-25-2008, 03:26 AM	#12
Doggcrapp Super Moderator/Roundtable Expert Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 10,784	yea thunderstruck....that was sonnys song and he had the physique to carry that tune too __________________ For Online Training Inquiries please contact DC@cyber-rights.net http://www.trueprotein.com-the highest quality at the rock bottom lowest price Want to create your own supplement line? We can create any product you desire (powders, capsules, dieting aids, testosterone boosters, proteins, you name it, we can make it for you.) Serious inquiries only please (supplements are usually at least 250 bottle minimum, protein 100 jug minimum) just email Carl@trueprotein.com

09-25-2008, 03:07 PM	#13
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09-28-2008, 06:03 AM	#15
david1304 New Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 4	I believe Sonny's first pro show was here in Australia in the late 1980's. The show featured Robby Robinson (1st) and Gary Strydon in second. Another Australian pro, Ian Riley, also made in debut in that show. I was with Sonny in 1995 when he won the Masters Olympia. He was so happy, but didn't want to celebrate too hard, because he competed in the Olympia the following evening. I really enjoyed listerning to the stories he would tell after training at Doherty's. He was a good friend.

09-28-2008, 02:48 PM	#16
Future Super-heavyweight Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 5,478	No offense to the dead but wasn't Sonny also a coke dealer? http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-dep...e#contentSwap2 http://www.ergogenics.org/schmidt.html __________________ Team Skip Client Last edited by Future : 09-28-2008 at 02:53 PM.

09-28-2008, 03:01 PM	#17
Doggcrapp Super Moderator/Roundtable Expert Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 10,784	bouncer dave i would just throw it in this thread--i mean its time past now--the man has moved on--i doubt it going to raise any feathers __________________ For Online Training Inquiries please contact DC@cyber-rights.net http://www.trueprotein.com-the highest quality at the rock bottom lowest price Want to create your own supplement line? We can create any product you desire (powders, capsules, dieting aids, testosterone boosters, proteins, you name it, we can make it for you.) Serious inquiries only please (supplements are usually at least 250 bottle minimum, protein 100 jug minimum) just email Carl@trueprotein.com

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