Three Former DU Players Inducted Into B.C. HOF

(above) 1985-86 Penticton Knights

The 1985-86 Pentiction Knights [BCHL] hockey team was inducted into the British Columbia Hall of Fame on July 22nd.  Three members of that Canadian national championship team went on to play at the University of Denver.  Leading scorer Dave Shields, Defensemen Rod Summers and Marc Rousseau.

Dave Shields scored an amazing 54 goals and 76 assists in 51 games that season.  Shields would go onto become a Hobey Baker finalist his Senior season at DU.

Today Rod Summers is a very active member of the DU Hockey Alumni Association.  He has raised thousands of dollars for the DU hockey program and lives in Denver.

Marc Rousseau was drafted by the NHL Hartford Whalers but never played professionally.  He played four seasons on the blue-line at DU alongside Summers and Shields.

All three DU alums were reunited at the event.

The Knights posted a 44-8-0 regular season record and went 25-5 in the playoffs.  They won the Canadian Junior-A National Championship against host the Cole Harbor Colts [Nova Scotia] in the 1986 championship game.

Former Colorado Avalanche player and current Denver resident Joe Sakic was also inducted into the B.C. Hall of Fame on the same night as the DU alums. 

Former DU star and six-time Stanley Cup winner Glenn Anderson was inducted into the B.C. Hall of Fame  in 2001.

Former DU Players With Stanley Cup Ties

(above) DU alum and NHL Hall of Famer Glenn Anderson won the Stanley Cup six times

With Boston's Stanley Cup victory last night it brings up University of Denver alumni with connections to the Stanley Cup.  For all DU's success on the ice in college hockey, the Stanley Cup has remained an elusive prize for DU Alums.

DU alum and NHL Hall of Famer Glenn Anderson won six Stanley Cup as a player with the Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers..

DU star John MacMillan played on two Stanley Cup winning teams in Toronto in the early Sixties  and has his name engraved on the Cup. MacMillan is the only DU player to ever win a National Championship at DU and a Stanley Cup.  He won each twice.

DU alum Ron Grahame's son and wife's names are engraved on the Cup.

Incoming Freshman forward Larkin Jacobson's step-father Ruslan Fedotenko has won it twice.

Former DU coach Ralph Backstrom won the Cup six times with Montreal.

Former DU player and head coach Marshall Johnston's name is engraved for being the Director of Pro Personnel for Carolina Hurricanes in 2005.

Former DU star Craig Patrick's name is on the Cup twice as General Manager of the Penguins in '91 & '92. Craig also won two National Championships at DU.  He is probably best remembered for being Herb Brook's assistant coach on the Miracle on Ice Team in 1980.  Craig's father and grandfather are also engraved on the Cup.  All three of them are NHL Hall of Famers.

DU star and current head coach of the Florida Panthers, Kevin Dineen, doesn't have his name on the Cup yet, but one of his brothers and father are on there.

Former DU Captain, Paul Messier's little brother Mark, won the Cup six times.

Former DU player Keith Seabrook's older brother Brent won the Cup with Chicago last season.

DU Alum Patrick Mullen is the son of 3-time Stanley Cup winner and Hall of Famer, Joe Mullen.

Former DU player Alex Shibicky's father, also Alex, won the Cup with the Rangers in 1940.

Danny Talbot's father, Jean-Guy, won 7 Stanley Cups with Montreal between 1956 and 1966.

Jim Bales uncle, Bobby Taylor, won 2 Cups with the Flyers in 1974 and 1975.

Brian Morenz's distant cousin was NHL Hall of Famer Howie Morenz who won 3 Cups with Montreal.

Jim Wiste, Keith Magnuson, Peter McNab & Matt Carle lost Stanley Cup finals.  Peter McNab's father and brother are engraved on the Cup.

There may be others....

Stastny Embodies Old-Time Hockey

(above) DU alum Paul Stastny still uses a wooden hockey stick

From: Denver Post
by Adrian Dater

Hockey dressing rooms are notorious for their smells. If you have a weak stomach, you do not want to get a whiff of an NHL player's sweaty glove. Another olfactory hallmark around the locker room used to be the smell of propane-torched wood and glue, from players molding wood hockey sticks to their liking.

But that smell is drifting away from the room because wood sticks are nearly extinct. The Avalanche's young star, Paul Stastny, is one of the last holdouts, one of an estimated 10 players in the NHL who still uses an all-wood stick.

Wood's obsolescence is startling when you consider just 25-30 years ago every NHL player used all-wood sticks. But, starting with aluminum shafts in the 1980s and the evolution to today's one-piece sticks made of graphite, Kevlar and fiberglass, wood sticks are going the way of wooden drivers in golf (read rest of article).

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Oilers To Retire DU Alum Glenn Anderson's Number

From: CBC.com

It looks to be a memorable winter for former University of Denver hockey player Glenn Anderson.

Anderson, who will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Nov. 10, was told Wednesday that his No. 9 will be retired to the rafters of Edmonton's Rexall Place on Jan. 18, when the hometown Oilers welcome Wayne Gretzky and the Phoenix Coyotes.

He is the seventh member of the Oilers so honoured, joining Al Hamilton (3), Paul Coffey (7), Mark Messier (11), Jari Kurri (17), Grant Fuhr (31) and Gretzky (99), now head coach of the Coyotes.

"Putting Glenn's number up with the other honoured players at Rexall Place is absolutely deserving," Oilers president Kevin Lowe said. "It is the right thing for our organization to do."

Anderson only played one season at the University of Denver (1978-79) but he recorded 26 goals, 29 assists in 41 games. After playing for DU, Anderson played on the Canadian Olympic team in the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid. The Edmonton Oilers drafted Anderson in the 4th round of the 1979 NHL Draft. He won five Stanley Cups with Edmonton and won a final Cup with the New York Rangers.

Anderson, 47, had 498 goals and 601 assists for 1,099 points in 1,129 games over 16 NHL seasons with the Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, St. Louis Blues and the Rangers.

Anderson was drafted 69th overall by Edmonton in 1979, and was a teammate of Coffey, Gretzky, Fuhr, Kurri and Messier during the Oilers' dynasty years.

HOF Bound Anderson Mentions DU At NHL Draft

(Above) DU hockey legend Glenn Anderson (right) poses with Edmonton Oilers first round pick Jordan Eberle and current Oiler Sam Gagner last night in Ottawa

The Edmonton Oilers flew recently elected Hall of Fame player and DU Alum Glenn Anderson to Ottawa to remember one of the greatest scouts in NHL history, Lorne Davis, who died of cancer on Dec. 20.

Anderson made an tearful speech dedicating the Oilers First Round Draft pick to the long-time scout and recalled how Davis found him as a Freshman winger at the University of Denver.

Anderson is regarded as one of the greatest finds by Davis, who was instrumental in stocking the NHL club with talent during its dynasty years in the 1980s. The Oilers drafted Anderson in the 4th round of the 1979 NHL Draft.

This was Edmonton's first draft without Davis in almost 30 years.

Anderson's Hall Of Fame Invite Finally Arrives

From: Edmonton Journal
by Jim Matheson

EDMONTON - Former DU player and Edmonton Oilers right-winger Glenn Anderson, who was part of five Stanley Cup celebrations here with his reckless, drive-to-the-net style, finally scored enough votes Tuesday to get elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Anderson, who retired in 1996, has been eligible for entry to the hallowed hall since 1999 but has continually been overlooked -- until Tuesday.

He joins earlier Oilers entrants Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Jari Kurri, Paul Coffey and Grant Fuhr from the glory years of the 1980s, along with coach-general manager Glen Sather, who was elected in the builder's category.

The indelible memory everyone has of Anderson is seeing him drive towards the net, often looking as if he had just stepped on a banana peel and was trying mightily to keep his balance -- his legs akimbo, his stick waving menacingly in the air.

"Guys didn't want to defend him because they always knew they were going to get something, like a stick on the head, and he made it look so accidental. They'd get hit and their gloves would be flying," laughed Coffey.

This would happen just before or after Anderson would come racing in at breakneck speed, leaving the poor sap in goal waving at thin air as he scored.

His style of play was infectious.

"Today, you've got (Alexander) Ovechkin and (Sidney) Crosby scoring some highlight goals and it's all pretty good stuff ... but nobody was like Glennie. He could deke a goalie who was standing on the goal line. Who else could do that?

"It was unbelievable," said Coffey.

Anderson, who also won a sixth Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers in 1994, is fourth all-time in career playoff points with 214. Only Gretzky, Messier and Kurri have more. He also scored five playoff overtime goals, third all-time behind Rocket Richard and Joe Sakic.

He finished with 498 goals and 601 assists in 1,129 regular-season games. He was an integral part of the Oilers landscape through the Cup years.

"I'm very humbled by this honor," the 47-year-old right-winger said during a conference call. "I guess I don't have to answer the question, 'Why are you not in?' anymore. If it was meant to be, it was meant to be."

"I had pretty good faith in the people doing the selecting, although you don't know if this was his last go-round," said Messier, who was Anderson's linemate for most of his time in Edmonton.

Anderson was a fourth-round draft pick by the Oilers in 1979, 21 spots after the team took Messier. He played for Canada in the 1980 Olympics, then joined Edmonton. He had 85 game-winning goals, more than anybody else.

"We had a chemistry from the first training camp," said Messier. "We were good friends and as friends the trust was there on the ice. It was one of those partnerships where you stop thinking on the ice and you just do it.

"He was a very dynamic player. He played hard, he'd take a lot of body contact when he'd go to the front of the net. He wouldn't go behind the net with the puck," said Messier, who went out of his way to praise Anderson in his Hall of Fame acceptance speech in Toronto last November.

You can bet Anderson will return the favor Nov. 10 when he's formally inducted.

Anderson had a perpetual sloppy grin on his face when he played. He didn't ingratiate himself with the media and talk about himself or anything else. It looked like he didn't care, but it was all an act, according to Messier.

"He had this loosey-goosey attitude (outwardly), but he was hard on himself, like most great players. He hated losing."

Just like Messier. Just like current Oilers GM Kevin Lowe and everybody else from those glory days.

"He would cut to the net like Maurice Richard," said Lowe, who admired his devil-may-care attitude on the ice. "Andy scored a lot of big goals for us, even when he went to New York, I think he had two goals the year we won the Stanley Cup and both were game-winners."

Anderson had three that spring, actually, but he didn't waste any.

"Glennie was quiet and did his own thing ... he cruised in and cruised out, but when he got in those games he was arguably one of the strongest skaters who ever played," said Coffey.

Anderson, who also loved to pass from behind the net on the shortside to players for easy tap-ins, scored very few ho-hum goals of his own. He loved driving the net.

"That went back to the Olympic team where (coach) Clare Drake had a drill we worked on every day for six months," Anderson recalled. "That's probably why I liked to go to the net."

"Some of the guys thought we did the drill too often, but never Glenn," laughed Drake. "He was such a good skater -- he'd get his body low when he was going to the net and he'd be like he was scooting on one leg."

Anderson's No. 9 will likely go up in the rafters at Rexall Place some time this year, too, maybe when Phoenix comes to town. It makes sense because Gretzky, the Coyotes coach, and Fuhr, their goalie coach, will be here to take part in the ceremony. Coffey pledges to be there, too.

"Looking forward to the party," said Coffey, whose No. 7 is up on the Rexall roof along with Gretzky's 99, Kurri's 17, Messier's 11 and Fuhr's 31.

"I have to thank the guys whose sweaters are hanging up there," said Anderson. "They were unbelievable hockey players ... (and) if I can be in that category, I'll be lucky."

DU Alum Elected Into Hockey Hall Of Fame

TORONTO (June 17, 2008) — The Hockey Hall of Fame's Selection Committee, announced today that DU Alum Glenn Anderson and Igor Larionov have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Player Category. The vote took place today at the annual meeting of the Selection Committee in Toronto.

Anderson joins fellow DU Alum Craig Patrick in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Patrick was elected to the Hall in 2001 in the Builder Category.

“It’s very emotional,” said Anderson upon hearing of his election. “This is right up there with one of the great things I’ve done in life.”

The induction ceremony will be held on Nov. 10.

DU Alum Glenn Anderson Battled With Media

(above) These days you're more likely to find former DU hockey player Glenn Anderson helping six year olds to their feet than hoisting the Stanley Cup

Today former DU player Glenn Anderson will hear his fate from the Hockey Hall of Fame Committee. His career numbers, playoff stats and six Stanley Cups would suggest he's a shoo-in, but a contentious relationship with the media and some highly publicized off the ice incidents, including the death of his best friend, have blocked his induction in the past.

Anderson only played one season at the University of Denver (1978-79) but he recorded 26 goals, 29 assists in 41 games. After playing for DU, Anderson played on the Canadian Olympic team in the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid. The Edmonton Oilers drafted Anderson in the 4th round of the 1979 NHL Draft. He won five Stanley Cups with Edmonton and won a final Cup with the New York Rangers.

This excellent article from the Edmonton Journal documents Anderson's often rocky relatiship with the media.

Glenn Anderson's Hall of Fame numbers should speak for themselves, but his Hall of Fame friends have felt the need to lobby on his behalf for ages.

Because until now two equally influential factors have conspired to bar the former Oiler from the shrine to hockey greatness.

Some years, it was all about the competition; too many automatics like Mark Messier, Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Scott Stevens and Al Macinnis. But more often, Anderson's failure to garner enough support was related to an unflattering public persona, one shaped by the dark and negative headlines that followed him around the National Hockey League from Edmonton to Toronto, New York, St. Louis and even into retirement.

The problem will disappear forever today if at least 12 of the 16 selection committee voters agree that 1,099 points and six Stanley Cup rings amount to an admittance fee paid in full. Up to four players can get the nod and competition isn't stiff - Doug Gilmour, Steve Larmer, Adam Oates, Igor Larionov and Pavel Bure. The timing seems right. But just in case he needed to tip the scales, Anderson has been working on perception, reaching out to suggest his problem with the media has been rooted in misunderstanding.

We didn't understand him, he said, because we didn't take the time. I would counter that he wouldn't give us the time of day, or a thoughtful answer to most of our questions, and his standoffish attitude was detrimental.

What cannot be argued is the fact his relationship with the media went sideways and every negative headline played a role, however small, in keeping him on the outside of the Hall looking in at teammates Jari Kurri, Grant Fuhr, Paul Coffey, Gretzky and Messier. Though only five committee members are from the media, a larger consensus suggests Anderson has been left wanting with regard to the off-ice component of the voting.

He contends the negative media coverage has never told the real story of his personal life.

"Back then, I don't think they really knew who I was," he said of the Edmonton media. "They only wanted the story. I was categorized as a person before I was even interviewed. It was already determined and I was hung out to dry.

"That's not the individual I was. As years went by, we developed relationships. It changed. We finally came to a very civilized balance."

It didn't happen quite that easily. The bridge was burned in Edmonton and is only now being rebuilt. He returns phone calls, entertains questions, gives thoughtful answers.

For those who knew Anderson as cool, distant and occasionally antagonistic, his recent evolution can be traced to media courses he took in a continuing effort to educate himself and establish a healthy life after hockey. He has gained an appreciation for the role of the media and has been busily re-establishing relationships with sports writers he came to view as irritants; people who wouldn't look past the wacky grin and outlandish statements for any deeper meaning.

Anderson said he didn't want to think outside the box, he wanted to saw through it, and believes that oblique focus was misconstrued and he was written off.

But his larger problem with the Edmonton media can be traced to 1988 when his friend George Varvis died after collapsing in Anderson's pool.

"In Edmonton there were some things that were really blown out of proportion, especially when my very good friend died. I ended up getting death threats and hate mail. Everyone knew where I lived because the pictures of my house were on the front page. Every week I got a different letter in a different colour in an envelope. In Latin. Whoever was sending it was threatening to kill me.

"If it weren't for the media reports they wouldn't have had my address. I thought, 'Geez you guys have no idea what you opened up.' Then there was all the innuendo and false accusations of what transpired. I thought, 'Guys, do a little research. Find out what happened because that's not what went down.'

"Not only did I lose my best friend, but I'm getting wounded by all this other stuff."

He said the manner in which his friend died was misconstrued.

"I dove in to the pool and revived him by giving him mouth-to-mouth. He walked out of the house with paramedics and went to the hospital, where he had a relapse. People said he died right there (in the pool). Not true.

"It just showed me that I got treated unfairly. It snowballed from there and I'd always had to have my guard up.

"Now, I'm over it. I forgave and forgot. Life goes on. I'm not holding a grudge. Life is too short for that."

LAUGHTER COMES EASILY

He is 47, living in New York with wife Susan and five-year-old daughter Autumn. He said he has resolved a contentious child support issue regarding a teenager from a previous relationship and continues to make regular payments, even though he still considers them too large because his income has been drastically reduced from that of his playing days. He runs a fantasy camp, plays in charity and oldtimers games and operates a hockey school in Connecticut, his wife is in the real estate industry and his daughter has done some acting.

"She makes more money than me now, because she's in commercials," he chuckled.

The laughter usually came easily to Anderson when he was an Oiler. He was, as he still states today, a free spirit. I bumped into him in Quebec City during the world hockey championship and sensed he is trying hard to engage. Skeptics would point to the timing, but I don't think he's simply shilling for votes.

"I feel way more comfortable talking to the media now, especially the guys I had been around for years," he said. "I respect them for what they have to do."

What they and other committee members ought to do now is put him in the Hall of Fame. His numbers say he belongs there and if voters embrace

Anderson's new persona, it's a slam dunk. After years of shrugging off disappointing results with an ambivalent tone, as if to deny the media any satisfaction, Anderson admitted to nervousness on Monday.

"For the first time," he said. "I don't know if we'd celebrate like we did after a Stanley Cup.

"But we'll be pretty happy. And if it doesn't happen this year, it's going to be pretty tough because of the players coming up and eligible for next year (Steve Yzerman, Brian Leetch, Luc Robitaille and Brett Hull). I know that.

"If it happens, great. If not, who knows what happens down the road."

DU Ranked #8 All-Time In NHL Draftees

(left) DU Alum Craig Patrick was the longtime General Manager of the NHL Pittsburgh Penguins during the "glory years"

AskMen.com ranked the Top 10 College Hockey Programs based on the number of players that have been drafted by NHL teams over the years. Not surprisingly, DU checked in ahead of Colorado College (#10). DU earned the ranking based on 50 players having been drafted by NHL teams over the years.

University of Denver

Players drafted into the NHL: 50

With seven national hockey championships, the University of Denver has produced as well as any school in the country, aside from Michigan. The Pioneers have a perfect environment for success: strong coaching, a frozen environment and a commitment to winning. Denver has sent a slew of players to the NHL and young high school hockey players want to play here for a shot at the big time.

Honors list: Glenn Anderson, Paul Stastny, Matt Carle

Class of 2008: Forward Rhett Rakhshani has all of the tools to succeed at the next level and compiled 36 points for Denver in 2006-‘07.

Puck Swami's Ranking of Most Famous DU Athletes in History

(Left) Penguins GM Craig Patrick at the NHL's Draft Lottery Board

1. Keith Magnuson (Hockey) - Two time Denver all-American defenseman who won two NCAA titles with Pioneers in 1968 and 69 and went on to long career with Chicago Blackhawks as both a player and coach. Best known of the 50+ NHL players to come out of Denver. Died in 2003 car crash.

2. Glenn Anderson (Hockey) - Played in 1979 for Denver and Canadian Olympic team and went on to a 500+point NHL career, mostly with the Edmonton Oilers glory teams of their Stanley Cup era in the 1980s.

3. Craig Patrick (Hockey) - Captain of an NCAA title team in 1969 with Denver, Patrick played in the NHL for many years, was the assistant coach of the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" Gold Medal US Hockey team, became AD at Denver, GM of the New York Rangers and is now president and GM of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

4. Dan Schatzeder (Baseball) - Former Pioneer pitching and hitting star turned journeyman pitcher for a number of MLB teams for 15 years, but won a World Series Ring with the Minnesota Twins (1987). Best known of Denver's six players to make it to major league baseball.

5. Vince Boryla (Basketball) - Was an All-American at Denver in 1949-50 and went on to become a US Olympic and NBA player, head coach and GM all with the New York Knicks, as well as an basketball executive with other teams. Best known of the 5 DU players to play in the NBA.

6. Kevin Dineen (Hockey) - Former Pioneer captain played 20+ years in the NHL, including all-star years with Hartford and Philadelphia. Retired in 2003.

7. Sam Etcheverry (Football) - Was a star QB for many years in the Canadian Football League from the 50s to the 70s and is a member of the CFL Hall of Fame. Brief NFL Stint with St. Louis Cardinals. Probably DU's best known football player.

8. Jerome Biffle (Track and Field) - DU's 1950 NCAA long jump champion who won 1952 Olympic Long Jump Gold Medal at Helsinki Olympics (24 feet, 10 inches). Died in 2002 after three decades coaching at Denver's East High School.

9. Peter McNab (Hockey) - Played long career with Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils. Now Broadcaster for Colorado Avalanche

10. Byron Beck (Basketball) - Shooter played 10 years for Denver Nuggets in both ABA and NBA. Had his number retired by the Nuggets.

Honorable Mentions:
DU Basketball: David Adkins is a former Pioneer basketball player now known as "Sinbad" -- a moderately famous comedian. Former DU coach Stan Albeck coached at DU and later with San Antonio, New Jersey and Chicago in the NBA. Current San Antonio coach Greg Popovich has a masters' degree from DU. Denver's NBA players include Byron Beck (Denver Nuggets), Vince Boryla (NY Knicks) Jimmy Darden (Denver Nuggets) Don Putnam (St. Louis Bombers) Winfred Jacobs (St. Louis Bombers) and Bob Warlick (Detroit Pistons, San Fran Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns). Misa Pavlickova played in WNBA (Utah Starzz and Phoenix Mercury) and for the Czech Republic in the 2004 Athens Olympics.

DU Baseball: Six DU players have made it to the big leagues. Henry Bostick (Philadelphia As), Ray Boggs (Boston Braves), Jack Tising (Pittsburgh Pirates) Steve Blateric (Cincinnati Reds, NY Yankees and California Angels), Craig Stimac (San Diego Padres) and Dan Schatzeder (Expos, Tigers, Giants, Phillies, Twins, Indians, Astros, Mets and Royals).

DU Hockey's NHLers: DU has produced about 50 NHLers including Keith Magnuson, Glenn Anderson, Craig Patrick, Kevin Dineen, Peter McNab, Bill Masterton, Bruce Affleck, Erik Andersson, Adam Berkhoel, Doug Berry, Ken Berry, Lyle Bradley, Matt Carle (Current), Cliff Korroll, Pete Lo Presti, Ron Grahame, Rich Preston, Marshall Johnston, Ed Beers, Rick Bragnalo, Mike Busniuk, Mike Christie, Antti Laaksonen (Current), Paul Comrie, Ed Cristofoli, Wade Dubielewicz, Dallas Gaume, Lex Hudson, Chris Kenady, George Konik, Mike Lampman, Jim Leavins, John MacMillan, Tom Martin, Dwight Mathiasen, Derek Mayer, Paul Messier, Gavin Morgan, Rob Palmer, Matt Pettinger (Current), Craig Redmond, Mark Rycroft (Current), Wayne Smith, Paul Stastny (Current), Vic Venasky, Bob Shires, Jim Wiste, Joe Noris, Tom Miller, George Morrison, Lynn Powis

DU's NFL players - Bob Balog (1949 - 1950 Pittsbugh Steelers), Greg Browning (1947 NY Giants), Fred Dreher (1938 Chicago Bears), Sam Etcheverry (1961 - 1962) (St. Louis Cardinals), Tom Fena (1937 Detroit Lions), Bob Gifford (1942 Brooklyn Dodgers), Bob Hazelhurst (1948 Boston Yanks), Ray Johnson (1937 - 1940) (Cleveland Rams, Chi Bears, Chi Cardinals), Mike Jurich (1941 - 1942 Brooklyn Dodgers), Don Stansauk (1950 - 1951 Green Bay Packers), Morgan Tiller (1941 - 1945) (Pittsburgh Steelers, Boston Yanks), John Woudenberg (1940 - 1949) (Pittsburgh Steelers, SF 49ers)

DU Soccer - Nat Borchers plays for the Colorado Rapids, and has appeared with the US National Team.

Administration - Lyman Bingham was the a star multisport athlete at DU from 1911-1915, and eventually become the first executive director of the US Olympic Committee in 1950.