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Avery Brundage (/ ˈ eɪ v r i ˈ b r ʌ n d ɪ dʒ /; September 28, 1887 – May 8, 1975) was the fifth president of the International Olympic Committee, serving from 1952 to 1972, the only American and only non-European to attain that position.
May 3, 2024 · Avery Brundage was an American sports administrator who was the controversial and domineering president of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972 and did more to set the tone of the modern Games than any other individual.
Aug 6, 2012 · Avery Brundage was the most controversial figure in American Olympic history and its most complex, as he crossed paths with people like Jim Thorpe, Adolf Hitler, Jessie Owens and...
Avery Brundage served as the 5th President of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972. His reign was the most controversial of any IOC President. He served during a very difficult, tumultuous time politically, but his autocratic methods won him few friends.
Jun 25, 2020 · Avery Brundage consistently threaded together some of the most virulent strains of right-wing hate. The removal of his bust from the San Francisco Asian Art Museum is a righteous decision.
Avery Brundage served as the fifth President of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972. He served during a tumultuous time politically, in which the Olympic Games also evolved into one of the best-known events in the world.
May 9, 1975 · GARMISCH ‐ PARTENKIRCHEN, West Germany, May 8—Avery Brundage, the American multimillionaire who for 20 years as president of the International Olympic Committee fought for what he considered...
The implacable Mr. Brundage, who is now the most powerful man in sport, in 1952 became president of the International Olympic Committee, a position which actually has no counterpart in the world...
Jun 27, 2018 · Avery Brundage [1] (ā´vərē brŭn´dĬj), 1887–1975, American sports executive, b. Detroit, Mich. A member of the 1912 U.S. Olympic track and field team, he became a leader of the Olympic movement and an unyielding spokesperson for amateur sports.
Brundage was the first IOC president to have competed in the Olympic Games. He stepped down from his position following the Olympic Games Munich 1972 and passed away on May 8, 1975, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
