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Fat men's clubs were a status symbol in the early 20th century — and you had to meet the minimum weight requirement to be eligible for membership

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fat Men's club members A Rockwitz (312lbs), comedian Eddie Carvey (250lbs), David Burns (475lbs) and F C Kupper (351lbs) at a ...
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Fat men's clubs were a status symbol in the early 20th century — and you had to meet the minimum weight requirement to be eligible for membership

Being rotund used to be seen as a status symbol in the US, so much so that men formed high-society clubs based on their weight. Fat Men's clubs popped up across the US in the early 1900s, with one New ...