John Lorenzo Griffith
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- John Lorenzo Griffith
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- August 20, 1877
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- Leo
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- 🇺🇸 United States
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- Profession
- Athlete, Sprinter / Track Athlete
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Biography
John Lorenzo Griffith is 149 years old, an athlete, from United States.
John Lorenzo Griffith (August 20, 1877 – December 7, 1944) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, track athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the first commissioner of the Big Ten Conference from 1922 until his death in 1944. Griffith attended Beloit College where he competed on the varsity football, baseball, basketball, and track and field teams.
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