On January 30 , 1878, rower and runner William B. Curtis founded what became the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) in New York City. The name was formally adopted in 1887. The AAU governed the sport of ...
The success came a year after the U.S. won 14 golds and 34 total medals in track and field at the Paris Olympics — the most ...
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