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Avery Brundage
Avery Brundage (Executive. Born, Detroit, MI, Sept. 28, 1887; died, Garmisch-Partenkirschen, West Germany, May 8, 1975.) A wealthy contractor from Chicago, Avery Brundage became the most important administrator in U.S. amateur athletics ever. Brundage participated in the 1912 Stockholm Olympiad in the decathalon and pentathlon. In 1921, he founded his construction company. In 1928, he was […]