Alfred John Lill Jr. Explained

Alfred John Lill Jr.
Birth Date:	1 January 1880
Birth Place:	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Parents:	Alfred John Lill Sr.
Spouse:	Mary V. Gleason
Death Place:	Somerset Hospital Somerville, New Jersey, U.S.
Term Start:	1913
Term End:	1914

Alfred John Lill Jr. (January 1, 1880 - March 18, 1956) was the president of the Amateur Athletic Union and a member of the United States Olympic Committee for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.

Biography

He was born on January 1, 1880, to Alfred John Lill Sr. in Boston, Massachusetts. He married Mary V. Gleason.

In 1913 he was elected president of the Amateur Athletic Union running against George Franklin Pawling. He replaced Gustavus Town Kirby.^{[1] [2] [3]}

He was a member of the United States Olympic Committee for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. He and Governor George Howard Earle III of Pennsylvania and Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York City proposed an Olympic boycott.^[4]

He travelled to New Jersey to visit his daughter. He died on March 19, 1956, at the Somerset Hospital in Somerville, New Jersey.^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Lill New President Of Athletic Union. Boston Man Elected as Head of Amateur Body to Succeed Kirby. . . November 18, 1913 . 2013-12-24 .
2. News: Amateur Athletic Union . . 1914 . 2013-12-24 .
3. News: Associated Press . Alfred J. Lill, Jr., President Of A. A. U . . November 18, 1913 . 2015-01-02 .
4. News: Gov. Earl Urges U.S. Olympic Ban. He Says Here Nazis Will 'Sell' Their Philosophy to All Who Attend the Games . The New York Times . December 4, 1935 . 2013-12-30 .
5. News: Alfred J. Lill . The New York Times . March 19, 1956 .