Avery Brundage (/ˈeɪvri ˈbrʌndɪdʒ/; September 28, 1887 – May 8, 1975) was an American sports administrator who served as the fifth president of the International...

retired from the IOC presidency in 1952 and was succeeded by Avery Brundage. Avery Brundage became vice-president of the IOC in 1945 and was subsequently...

committee. The presidential terms of Avery Brundage and Juan Antonio Samaranch were especially controversial. Brundage fought strongly for amateurism and...

the war. In 1952, he retired from this position and was succeeded by Avery Brundage. In 1931, Edström was involved in the controversial decision to ban...

Space Nine Avery Brundage (1887–1975), American sports administrator, President of the International Olympic Committee, 1952–1972 Alfred Avery Burnham (1819–1879)...

1928 and 1932, Holm was expelled from the 1936 Summer Olympics team by Avery Brundage under controversial circumstances. Holm went on to have a high-profile...

people: Amanda Brundage (born 1991), American mixed martial artist Avery Brundage (1887–1975), American sports administrator Cody Brundage (born 1994),...

The Pan American Sports Committee was formed to govern the games. Avery Brundage was elected as the first President. However, the Japanese attack on...

Berlin-Marzahn concentration camp. United States Olympic Committee president Avery Brundage became a main supporter of the Games being held in Germany, arguing...

California that specializes in Asian art. It was founded by Olympian Avery Brundage in the 1960s and has more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent...

member Avery Brundage to receive congratulations from Adolf Hitler, he is told the Hitler has left the stadium early to avoid traffic. Brundage tells Goebbels...

the restoration of Muhammad Ali's world heavyweight boxing title, Avery Brundage to step down as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)...

IOC in 1952. He became senior vice-president in 1968, and succeeded Avery Brundage, becoming President elect at the 73rd IOC Session (21–24 August) held...

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baseball's inclusion in the Olympics was opposed by powerful figures like Avery Brundage, longtime head of the United States Olympic Committee who was elevated...

including former teammate and later president of the IOC Avery Brundage, rebuffed several attempts. Brundage once said, "Ignorance is no excuse." Most persistent...

S. track team—were excluded because U.S. Olympic Committee chairman Avery Brundage wanted to avoid embarrassing Adolf Hitler by having two Jewish athletes...

In the run up to the 1968 Olympics, a committee ask Avery Brundage to be fired for racism. Brundage only takes no action: banning South Africa from the...

and The York Theater Company off Broadway. Most recently, he played Avery Brundage in the world premiere production of Kemp Power's play The Nineteenth...

Avery Brundage Collection. Japan: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. p. 11. Asian Art Museum (1977). Bronze Vessels of Ancient China in the Avery Brundage...

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Commission for general public housing. At one point, IOC President Avery Brundage suggested that Rome, which was to host the 1960 Games, was so far ahead...

Olympic champion. Avery Brundage, president of the IOC from 1952 to 1972, competed in the decathlon finishing in 16th place. Brundage did not start in...

He was determined and diplomatic. Henri de Baillet-Latour wrote to Avery Brundage in 1933: "I am not personally fond of jews [sic] and of the jewish [sic]...

five weeks with Lewald. During this trip he formed a friendship with Avery Brundage, an American Olympic official who would play a major role in the controversy...

spectators and 3,000 athletes was held in the Olympic Stadium. IOC President Avery Brundage made little reference to the murdered athletes during a speech praising...

application at an international event such as the Olympics. In 1934 Avery Brundage undertook a visit to Germany to investigate the treatment of Jews. When...

provisionally awarded the right to host the Games, but IOC president Avery Brundage warned the Organizing Committee that unless more funds were secured...

Canada. The decision was reversed in January 1970 after IOC President Avery Brundage said that ice hockey's status as an Olympic sport would be in jeopardy...

at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago. Edward Brundage was the uncle of Olympic President Avery Brundage. Brundage was also the uncle of Stanley C. Armstrong...