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Aau

1970 AAU player Steve Myers makes a basketball field goal of 92'3 " from out of bounds, Tacoma-it shouldn't have counted, but was allowed 1957 AAU awards Bobby Morrow, James Sullivan Memorial Trophy 1954 Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record) 1952 Francie Larrieu Smith, U.S., 1.5/3/10K track runner, AAU 1 mile-1979 1952 Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title 1951 Fred Wilt wins AAU Sullivan Memorial Trophy (U.S. athlete of 1950) 1949 Marty Liquori, U.S., runner, AAU 3 mile-1979, 13:14.7, 1947 AAU record for a 25' rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds 1943 Sweden's Gunther Hagg beats favorite Greg Rice by 35 yards in 5,000m at national AAU track and field championship in NY 1939 Don Lash wins 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K championship 1938 AAU's decides to continue linear measuring system over metric 1935 Pacific Assoc of AAU votes not to participate in Berlin Olympics 1929 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held 1924 Charles Paddock captures 100 and 200 yd AAU national senior outdoor track and field championships 1887 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) forms

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