Alfred John Lill, Jr.

Alfred John Lill, Jr.

Lill circa 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
Died March 18, 1956(1956-03-18) (aged 76)
Somerset Hospital
Somerville, New Jersey
Spouse(s) Mary V. Gleason
Parents Alfred John Lill, Sr.

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]

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]

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