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Kenneth L Wilson

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Height
  
183 cm (6 ft 0 in)

Sport
  
Athletics


Club
  
Chicago AA

Name
  
Kenneth Wilson

Kenneth L. Wilson

Born
  
March 27, 1896
Atwood, Illinois, United States

Died
  
February 2, 1979 (aged 82) Wilmette, Illinois, United States

Event(s)
  
Discus throw, shot put, javelin throw

Personal best(s)
  
DT – 37.58 m (1920) JT – 52.55 m (1920)

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Kenneth Leon "Tug" Wilson (March 27, 1896 – February 2, 1979) was an American track and field athlete and amateur athletics administrator. He competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics, finishing tenth in the discus throw competition. Wilson served as the second commissioner of the Big Ten Conference, from 1945 to 1961, and as the president of the United States Olympic Committee from 1953 to 1965.

References

Kenneth L. Wilson Wikipedia