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5 unusual facts about Peter Ueberroth


1984 Summer Olympics boycott

Among those subscribing to the 'revenge hypothesis' was Peter Ueberroth, the chief organizer of the 1984 L.A. Games, who expressed his views in a press conference after the boycott was announced, on the same day that the Olympic torch relay in the United States began in New York City.

Floyd Youmans

After the 1987 season, Youmans checked into an alcohol rehabilitation center under speculation that he had been forced to do so by Commissioner Peter Ueberroth.

Harry Usher

When he was practicing law, he met his client Peter Ueberroth, the future chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XXIII Olympiad.

Joaquín Andújar

On top of that, on February 28, 1986, Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth handed down season-long suspensions to Andújar, who had also dealt drugs to Lonnie Smith in 1982, and six other players who had admitted to cocaine abuse during the Pittsburgh drug trials.

Peter J. Cutino Award

Former major league baseball commissioner and US Olympic Committee chair Peter Ueberroth, himself once a water polo player at San Jose State, presented the first awards on January 22, 2000.



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