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FRED
SCHMERTZ
Sport: Track & Field
Inducted: 1989
Country: United States
Born: November 10, 1888, in New York,
New York
Died: March
25, 1976
Fred Schmertz was one of the founders of the Millrose Athletic
Association
in 1908 in New York City. In its heyday, the Millrose Games
in New
York’s Madison Square Garden was the world’s
premier indoor track and
field meet. It continues today as one of the major international
indoor
track events.
In 1915, Schmertz was named assistant director
of the Millrose
Games—known in the United States as the Indoor Olympics—and
served
at that post until 1933, when he became meet director. He held
that position
until 1974, retiring at age 85, whereupon his son Howard took
the
Millrose Games’ helm. Fred Schmertz served in an official
capacity with
several U.S. Olympic teams dating back to 1928.
In 1961, he was chairman of the U.S. Maccabiah Track Team. |
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