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Melvin Anthony
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| caption    = Melvin Anthony at the 2008 IFBB in Australia
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| birth_place       ={{flagicon|USA}} [[California]]
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[[File:Melvin Anthony IFBB 2008 Australia 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Melvin Anthony at 2008 IFBB Australian Pro Grand Prix VIII]]
'''Melvin Anthony''' is an [[International Federation of BodyBuilders|IFBB]] professional [[bodybuilder]].<ref name="Fleeman2007">{{cite book|last=Fleeman|first=Michael|title=Killer Bodies: A Glamorous Bodybuilding Couple, a Love Triangle, and a Brutal Murder|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=DAhB_8o_BvoC&pg=PA132|accessdate=18 June 2011|date=2007-08-28|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-0-312-94202-1|pages=114–}}</ref>

==Early life==
Melvin Anthony grew up in the lower-middle-class neighborhoods of [[Sacramento]] and [[RiversideSan Bernardino, California]]. Melvin first started working out in his teenage years and by the time he was 18 had a solid enough physique to earn a football scholarship at [[San Bernardino Valley College (MT. Sac.]] where he was the powerback in a two running back system.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}

==Career==
It was in his late college years that Anthony hurt his knee and started competing in [[bodybuilding]] contests. In 1993 Melvin got his first major result, a 3rd place at the Fontana Miss Universe contest. His first NPC ([[National Physique Committee]]) competition came in 1995, where he placed 1st in the heavyweight class of the NPC Palm Springs competition. His first IFBB competition came in 2000,(contracted; show full)| DATE OF DEATH     =
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