Alfred John Lill Jr.

Alfred John Lill Jr. (January 1, 1880 - March 18, 1956) was the president of the Amateur Athletic Union and a member of the United States Olympic Committee for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.^[1][2]

Alfred John Lill Jr.
Lill, c. 1913
President of the Amateur Athletic Union
In office 1913–1914
Preceded by	Gustavus Town Kirby
Succeeded by	George J. Turner
Personal details
Born	(1880-01-01)January 1, 1880 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	March 18, 1956(1956-03-18) (aged 76) Somerset Hospital Somerville, New Jersey, U.S.
Spouse	Mary V. Gleason
Parent	Alfred John Lill Sr.

Biography

He was born on January 1, 1880, to Alfred John Lill Sr. in Boston, Massachusetts. He married Mary V. Gleason.

In 1913 he was elected president of the Amateur Athletic Union running against George Franklin Pawling. He replaced Gustavus Town Kirby.^[1][3][4]

He was a member of the United States Olympic Committee for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. He and Governor George Howard Earle III of Pennsylvania and Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York City proposed an Olympic boycott.^[2]

He travelled to New Jersey to visit his daughter. He died on March 19, 1956, at the Somerset Hospital in Somerville, New Jersey.^[5]

Footnotes

1. "Lill New President Of Athletic Union. Boston Man Elected as Head of Amateur Body to Succeed Kirby" (PDF). The New York Times. November 18, 1913. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
2. "Gov. Earl Urges U.S. Olympic Ban. He Says Here Nazis Will 'Sell' Their Philosophy to All Who Attend the Games". The New York Times. December 4, 1935. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
3. "Amateur Athletic Union". Mind and Body. 1914. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
4. "Alfred J. Lill, Jr., President Of A. A. U". The Cornell Daily Sun. Associated Press. November 18, 1913. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
5. "Alfred J. Lill". The New York Times. March 19, 1956.