Bill Jones was not destined to get involved in bodybuilding, let alone win the Mr Universe. At the age of 25, Bill Jones was enjoying a successful career as a deep see diver, where he travelled all over the world to inspect oil rigs. However, things changed dramatically in the Arabian Gulf, when his ship was struck by a missile. A number of Bill’s friends were killed or badly injured, while Bill suffered burst ear drums. He would never be able to dive again.

There’s an old saying that states, “out of every seed of adversity comes an equal or greater seed of opportunity”. Being the winner that he was and still is, Bill returned to the UK, where he took up Karate and bodybuilding. And the rest, as they say, is history!