Robert Kane (sports administrator)

Robert Kane (1911–1992) was a sports administrator.

Kane attended Ithaca High School and Cornell University, where he established himself as a sprinter. As a senior at Cornell, he was elected to the Sphinx Head Society.

In 1936, Kane was the manager of the U.S. Olympic track team. He became Acting Director of Cornell Athletics from 1941 to 1944 and then served as the Director of Cornell Athletics from 1944 to 1971, succeeding James Lynah.^[1] Kane served as the Dean of Physical Education and Athletics before from 1971 to 1976.^[2] Kane was also a leader of national and international influence who capped three decades in the Olympic movement as president of the United States Olympic Committee from 1977 to 1980.^[3] He founded the National Sports Festival, later renamed the U.S. Olympic Festival. Kane was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1986.

Kane is also the author of Good Sports: A History of Cornell Athletics.^[4]

References

↑ "Robert J. Kane Succeeds Lynah as AA Director". Cornell Daily Sun. March 3, 1942. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
↑ Cornell Athletics - History of Athletics At Cornell University
↑ Cornell Athletics - The Robert J. Kane Sports Complex
↑ Kane, Robert J. (1992). Good Sports: A History of Cornell Athletics. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell Magazine. ISBN 0-9633274-0-2.

Cornell Big Red athletic directors

G. Ervin Kent (?–1919) Romeyn Berry (1919–1935) James Lynah (1935–1944) Robert Kane (1944–1971) Dick Schultz (1976–1981) Michael Slive (1981–1983) Laing Kennedy (1983–1994) Charles Moore (1994–1999) J. Andrew Noel (1999– )

Presidents of the United States Olympic Committee

Albert Spalding (1900–1904)
David R. Francis (1904–1906)
Caspar Whitney (1906–1910)
Frederic B. Pratt (1910–1912)
Robert M. Thompson (1912–1920)
Gustavus T. Kirby (1920–1924)
Robert M. Thompson (1924–1926)
William C. Prout (1926–1927)
Henry G. Lapham (interim 1927)
Douglas MacArthur (1927–1928)
Avery Brundage (1928–1953)
Tug Wilson (1953–1965)
Doug Roby (1965–1968)
Franklin Orth (1969–1970)
Clifford H. Buck (interim 1970, elected 1970–1973)
Philip Krumm (1973–1977)
Robert Kane (1977–1981)
William E. Simon (1981–1985)
John B. Kelly Jr. (1985)
Robert H. Helmick (interim 1985, elected 1985–1991)
Bill Hybl (interim 1991–1992)
LeRoy T. Walker (1992–1996)
Bill Hybl (1996–1999)
Sandra Baldwin (2000–2002)
Marty Mankamyer (interim 2002, elected 2002–2003)
William C. Martin (interim 2003–2004)
Peter Ueberroth (2004–2008)
Larry Probst (2008–present)

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