Category | Contributor Date of Birth | 05.10.1906 Date of Death | 22.04.1981 Country | Great Britain
Highlights
Bachelor of Science (Springfield College, U.S.A.): 1928
Attended the Deutsche Hochschule für Leibesübungen, in Berlin, Germany (1929 and 1930), the Niels Bukh School of Physical Education, in Denmark (1929) and the Royal Institute in Stockholm, Sweden (1930)
Began to play basketball: 1921
Certificate in Pedagogy (University of Geneva, Switzerland): 1930
Director of Physical Education in Rome's YMCA: 1931-1939
Co-Founded FIBA on 18th June 1932, in Geneva, Switzerland
Secretary General of FIBA: 1932-1976
Orchestrated the admission of basketball into the Olympic program as of the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games
European Secretary of the YMCA World Alliance in Geneva, Switzerland: 1940-1956
Director of the UNESCO Youth Institute in Gauting, Germany: 1956-1966
Secretary General of the International Council of Sports and Physical Education: 1957-1968
Distinctions & Recognitions
German Olympic Cross, First Class: 1936
Polish Cross of Merit, First Class: 1945
Finnish Olympic Cross, First Class: 1952
Honorary Member of the French, German, Italian and Swiss Basketball Federations
Gold Badge of the German, Italian, Polish and Spanish Basketball Federations
Doctor Honoris Causa of Humanics (Springfield College): 1963
Secretary General Emeritus of FIBA: 1976-1981
FIBA Order of Merit in 1994