AVERY BRUNDAGE ALL-AROUND ATHLETE-ADMINISTRATOR (Inducted 1974)

Born September 28, 1887, Detroit, Mich. Died May 8, 1975.

Whatever Avery Brundage tried was a success and in the area of track and field, he was equally successful as an athlete and administrator. Renowned as the president of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972, Brundage also was president of the U.S. Olympic Committee from 1929 to 1953. He also served seven terms as president of the National AAU. As an athlete, he was the three-time National AAU champion in the all-around and pentathlon. He represented the U.S. at the 1912 Olympic Games, finishing 22nd in the discus, fifth in the pentathlon and 14th in the decathlon. A graduate of the University of Illinois, Brundage later became a multimillionaire contractor who devoted a large part of his fortune to amateur athletics. He was elected to U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1983.