Rise To Fame
An avid bodybuilder, Dalton has appeared in bodybuilding ("muscle" or "fitness") magazines as well as erotic and/or pornographic publications. Dalton was "a pole vault champion at the University of North Texas, as well as a football player at a small Christian school." He won state championships in both sports. He began filming solo videos and went on to pose for "a slew of mags, from HX to Instinct. According to his website, Dalton's appearances in adult magazines have not been limited to same-sex publications; the site states that he has appeared on the back cover of an issue of Playgirl magazine and was included in its "100 Sexiest Men Alive" in 2002, ranking in the top 50.
Dalton appeared on the cover of the July 2002 of Men and was selected as "Man of the Year" for 2002. He appeared on the cover of the July 2006 issue of Unzipped; he was also cover model for the 2003 Adam Gay Video Directory, the definitive guide to gay pornographic films.
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