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Roar of the Crowd: Last of the Amateurs alias Avery Brundage

on BBC Two England

The series in which famous sports personalities talk about themselves and express their own opinions against the backcloth of sport's exciting action
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alias (according to critics) 'Slavery Avery,' 'Avery Bondage,' or 'The Most Unpopular Man in Sport'
Brundage, eighty-two, an old-fashioned millionaire, is head of the Olympic movement; an idealist, the arch-apostle of true-blue amateurism. Said one writer: 'Where everybody else has a heart, Brundage has a discus.' Now, filmed in Chicago, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara, he defends his outlook.
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Professional Sport: It's not sport at all, it's like the circus
The Berlin Olympics: The Hitler and Jesse Owens story isn't true
Black Power: Coloured athletes should support the Olympic movement unanimously
Sports That Should go: Soccer? Ski-ing? Boxing?
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(Colour)

Contributors

Subject:
Avery Brundage
Production team:
Ken Hawkes
Production team:
Bob Abrahams
Production team:
Terry Long
Film editor:
Noel Chanan
Series producer:
Phil Pilley

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