Avery Brundage
Avery Brundage (/ˈeɪvri ˈbrʌndɪdʒ/; September 28, 1887 – May 8, 1975) was the fifth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1952 to 1972. He was born in Detroit, Michigan.
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 Avery Brundage in October 1964 | |
| 5th President of the IOC | |
| In office August 15, 1952 – September 11, 1972 | |
| Preceded by | Sigfrid Edström |
| Succeeded by | Lord Killanin |
| Life Honorary President of the IOC | |
| In office September 11, 1972 – May 8, 1975 | |
| Preceded by | vacant, last held by Sigfrid Edström (1964) |
| Succeeded by | vacant, next held by Lord Killanin (1980) |
| First Vice President of the IOC | |
| In office 1946–1952 | |
| Preceded by | Sigfrid Edström (from 1942 to 1946 acted as IOC President) |
| Succeeded by | Armand Massard |
| Second Vice President of the IOC | |
| In office 1945–1946 | |
| Preceded by | office created |
| Succeeded by | vacant, next held by Lord Burghley (1954) |
| Member of the International Olympic Committee | |
| In office July 30, 1936 – September 11, 1972 | |
| Preceded by | Ernest Lee Jahncke |
| President of the United States Olympic Committee | |
| In office 1928–1953 | |
| Preceded by | Douglas MacArthur |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth L. Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 28, 1887 Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Died | May 8, 1975 (aged 87) Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany |
| Resting place | Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago |
| Nationality | American |
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| Children | 2 |
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| Alma mater | University of Illinois |
| Profession | Civil engineer, general contractor |
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Brundage died in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany on May 8, 1975 from complications of surgery, aged 87. He is buried at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago.
Avery Brundage Media
Brundage en route to victory in the 1916 all-around championship in Newark, New Jersey
Brundage (left) and other Olympic officials on board and with the captain of the SS Bremen, en route to the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Nazi Germany
Julius Lippert, Avery Brundage and Theodor Lewald, organizer of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin
Brundage addresses the media at the London Olympics, 1948.
Brundage, as USOC president, leads the American delegation at the Opening Ceremony: St. Moritz Winter Olympics, 1948.
Brundage (center, seated) surrounded by others who had served as Amateur Athletic Union officials at the 1963 AAU convention
Brundage (lower left, back to camera) presents a silver medal to Swedish cross-country skier Rolf Ramgard, Squaw Valley, 1960.
The Maison de Mon-Repos, in the Parc de Mon-Repos, was the home of the IOC between 1922 and 1967.
Brundage (left) examines the facilities at Squaw Valley, 1960 Winter Olympics.
Munich Olympic Stadium, where Brundage gave his speech on September 6, 1972
Other websites
- Avery Brundage Collection at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- I.N.A.: Avery Brundage in opening ceremony, Grenoble, 1968 (in French)
- Transcript of Brundage press conference from 1970 Archived 2010-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Avery Brundage's complicated Olympic legacy Archived 2013-12-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Avery Brundage at Find a Grave
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