How tall is Avery Brundage?

Avery Brundage's listed height was 183 cm (6'0"). He was taller than about 95% of men in the United States.

Where 183 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 95% of men in the United States born in 1887 (average 171.1 cm).

About Avery Brundage

Avery Brundage was an American sports administrator who served as the fifth president of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972, the only American and first non-European to hold that position. He was born on 28 September 1887 in Detroit to a working-class family, and he died on 8 May 1975. When he was five his family moved to Chicago, and he was raised mostly by relatives.

Brundage studied engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and became a track star. He competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics in the pentathlon and decathlon, and won national championships in track three times between 1914 and 1918. He founded his own construction business and later became a sports administrator. He was elected to the IOC in 1936 and is remembered as a strong advocate of amateurism and for his involvement with the 1936 and 1972 Summer Olympics, both held in Germany.

Brundage stood a listed 183 cm (6'0"). He never accepted pay for his involvement in sports.

Frequently asked

How tall is Avery Brundage in feet and inches? Avery Brundage was 6'0" tall, which is 183 cm, 72 inches or 1.83 m.

Is Avery Brundage tall for men in the United States? At 183 cm he was taller than about 95% of men in the United States born in 1887, whose average height is 171.1 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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