Avery Brundage was the fifth president of the International Olympic Committee, serving from 1952 to 1972, the only American and first non-European to attain that position. Brundage is remembered as a zealous advocate of amateurism and for his involvement with the 1936 and 1972 Summer Olympics, both held in Germany.
- Occupation
- art collector, basketball player, athletics competitor, modern pentathlete
- Position held
- president of the International Olympic Committee, President of the Amateur Athletic Union, president
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 28, 1887
