Barry Hostetler - THE BEST OF PLAYGIRL - 1974

 THE BEST OF PLAYGIRL 

 1974 

Peter Lupas (cover & Lifesize Poster (paste-together)

Discoveries

Lloyd Beardsley, Ron Smith, Greg Wainwright, Roger Huckstep, Bill Cookson, Ernie Langeberg, Darris McCord, Marc Hampton.

Fantasies

In April-In Spring 

Men of the Month

Lyle Wagner, George Maharis, Gary Conway, Fabian Forte, Fred Williamson, Don Stroud, Jean-Paul Vignon, John Ericson, Barry Hostetler, Bill Douglas, Garrison Wayne

 According to information which accompanied his "centerfold" in the February 1974 issue of Playgirl Magazine, Hostetler grew up in Oakland, California, where he got to know some of the notorious Hell's Angels. His employments prior to nude modeling included writing a music column, driving a truck for the Salvation Army, performing jobs for a detective agency, and doing minor stage and film work in San Francisco. Among his interests he cited weight-lifting, motorcycle racing, wrestling, and skiing. At the time he modeled for Playgirl, at age 30, he had relocated to the Los Angeles area in the hope of breaking into the movies, either as an actor or producer.

 In his Playgirl photo spread, the mustachioed, hairy-chested Hostetler posed with a motorcycle and with a bow-and-arrow. In several photos, Hostetler assumed poses and used props which limited his exposure, but in the actual centerfold -- which opened out into a four-page square -- he directly faced the camera to provide Playgirl with, at that time, one of its boldest and most unapologetic examples of male nudity.