Category | Contributor Date of Birth | 04.03.1905 Date of Death | 27.06.1982 Country | USA
Highlights
Attended the Warrensburg State Normal School, where he participated in the college basketball, football and track and field teams: 1908-1912
All-Missouri Football Team: 1912
Attended the YMCA School of Physical Culture in Springfield, Massachusetts
Head coach of the University of Central Missouri’s Basketball Team: 1919-1923
In the 30s he became involved with the Rocky Mountain District Association of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) as a Secretary-Treasurer
Named member of the AAU National Board of Governors: 1932
Named Chair of the AAU Membership Committee: 1934
Elected Chair of the AAU Men’s National Basketball Committee: 1938
Named Fourth Vice-President of the AAU: 1942
Elected First Vice-President of the AAU: 1943
President of the AAU: 1944-1947
Leaded the Joint Basketball Rules Committee that adopted a unified standard set of basketball rules in the U.S.A.: 1947
Named Chair of the AAU Men’s National Basketball Committee: 1948
President of FIBA: 1948-1960
Distinctions & Recognitions
Honors Award of the American Alliance for Helath. Physical Education, Recreation and Dance: 1945
The Willard Greim Award was established to recognize distinguished services to AAU Basketball