Avery Brundage
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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
Brundage in 1964
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.
1956 Summer Olympics
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The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 Nov
Torch relay monument, Cairns
The heritage registered former Olympic Pool (now the Holden Centre), viewed from the Yarra River