Background
Buck, Clifford Howard was born on April 22, 1901 in Rushville, Illinois, United States. Son of Nathaniel C. and Blanche (Pollock) Buck.
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Buck, Clifford Howard was born on April 22, 1901 in Rushville, Illinois, United States. Son of Nathaniel C. and Blanche (Pollock) Buck.
Bachelor, Iowa Wesleyan College, 1923. Postgraduate, University Iowa, 1925. Postgraduate, University Michigan, 1926.
Director athletics, physical education, head coach football, basketball Salida (Colorado) High School, 1925-1927. With Wilson Sporting Goods Company, 1927-1963, manager Rocky Mountain sales division, 1930-1940, 46-62, Texas sales division, 1940-1946. With Amateur Athletic Union, Denver, 1946-1967, national basketball tournament committee, 1946-1967, national Executive Committee, 1957-1967, foreign relations committee, 1956-1967, president, 1964-1966.
Vice president International Amateur Basketball Federation, from 1962, Amateur Athletic Union, from 1962, member Center Bureau, from 1962. Board directors United States Olympic Committee, president, 1969-1973. Member Mount Vernon Country Club (Golden, Colorado), Boulder Country Club, Lakewood Country Club.
Married Isabel McFerran, December 1923 (divorced 1947). Children: John N., Nancy Jean Buck Brown.