George V. Brown
George V. Brown ( born October 21, 1880 in Boston, Massachusetts, † October 17, 1937 ) was an American sports official. His son Walter A. Brown was also a sports official.
Career
George V. Brown was one of the founders of the 1897 inaugural Boston Marathon, which he also organized in eleven years in the period from 1905 to 1937 even as a manager. From 1918 to 1937 he was manager of the Boston Garden in parallel. This post took over after his death, his son Walter A. Brown. Brown, who had previously coached an amateur team in hockey itself, in charge of the U.S. ice hockey team at the Olympic Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix, where she won the silver medal, as a manager. From 1908 to 1920 he was a member of the United States Olympic Committee. For the Olympic track and field team in the USA Brown participated in the Olympic Games in 1924, 1928 and 1936 as an assistant coach, and in 1932 as the official part.
George V. Brown 1926 helped in the establishment of professional Canadian - American Hockey League, where he worked until 1933 for the franchise of the Boston Cubs of 1931. In addition, he left off in 1928, the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League play their home games at the Boston Garden unsubscribe. Because of his service to the Hockey Brown was first taken up in the Hockey Hall of Fame, and in 1973 in the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961.