“The Olympic Movement is a 20th century religion, a religion with universal appeal which incorporates all the basic values of other religions, a modern, exciting, virile, dynamic religion.”

About Avery Brundage

Sports Administrator • American

Avery Brundage was an American sports administrator who served as the fifth President of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972. As an athlete, he competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm in the...