Charles Herbert (sports official)

Charles Herbert (* 19th January 1846 in India ; † 17th February 1924 in Streatham , London ) was the General Secretary of the British Athletics -Verbandes (AAA), a founding member of the International Olympic Committee , rower , athlete and professional officials of the tax authorities.

Life

After childhood in India, Herbert came to England at boarding school in Hammersmith , Middlesex when he was 11 , shortly before his entire family was murdered in the Cawnpore Massacre in 1857. Due to the precarious financial situation, it was impossible for him to study and he entered the public service early as a tax officer.

1875 was his most successful sporting year, as he won the Silver Goblet in the two without a helmsman as the winner of the Henley Rowing Regatta and only one month later in front of 15,000 spectators in the stadium at Lillie Bridge he was the double winner over one and over two miles. He was involved as a member of the Civil Service Athletic Club in the oldest English sports association (CSSC), the association of the public service. This he brought as a member of the English Athletics Association (AAA), where he was then elected honorary Secretary General (1883-1906). He helped Pierre de Coubertin found the Olympic Games and made sure that they were carried out according to the rules of the AAA. As a founding member of the IOC (1894–1906) he ensured through his connections that the entire Anglo-Saxon world (up to New Zealand ) participated in the Olympic Games from the outset . However, his own finances did not allow him to go to the first Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 on his own account.

In 1906 he fell down the stairs from the first floor of a London double-decker bus . As a result, he suffered such severe head injuries that he resigned from all positions in sports.

Individual evidence

^ Andrew Ward: Our bones are scattered. The Cawnpore massacres and the Indian mutiny of 1857. John Murray Publishers, London 2004, ISBN 0-7195-6410-7 .
^ Richard Holt: Amateur Athletic Association. Oxford dictionary of national biography. Oxford 2004.
^ Matthew P. Llewellyn: Rule Britannia. Nationalism, identity, and the modern Olympic Games. Routledge, London et al. 2012, ISBN 0-415-66390-3 , p. 7.
^ Arnd Krüger : "Nothing Succeeds like Success". The Context of the 1894 Athletic Congress and the Foundation of the IOC. In: Stadium. Vol. 29, 2003, pp. 47-64.
↑ Buchanan, Lyberg: 10. Charles Herbert. Biographies of all IOC members. Part 1. In: Journal of Olympic History. Vol. 17, No. 1, 2009, ISSN 1085-5165 , pp. 55-56 .

personal data
SURNAME	Herbert, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British athlete, sports official, founding member of the International Olympic Committee
DATE OF BIRTH	January 19, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH	India
DATE OF DEATH	February 17, 1924
Place of death	Streatham , London

[1] Andrew Ward: Our bones are scattered. The Cawnpore massacres and the Indian mutiny of 1857. John Murray Publishers, London 2004, ISBN 0-7195-6410-7 .

[2] Richard Holt: Amateur Athletic Association. Oxford dictionary of national biography. Oxford 2004.

[3] Matthew P. Llewellyn: Rule Britannia. Nationalism, identity, and the modern Olympic Games. Routledge, London et al. 2012, ISBN 0-415-66390-3 , p. 7.

[4] Arnd Krüger : "Nothing Succeeds like Success". The Context of the 1894 Athletic Congress and the Foundation of the IOC. In: Stadium. Vol. 29, 2003, pp. 47-64.

[5] Buchanan, Lyberg: 10. Charles Herbert. Biographies of all IOC members. Part 1. In: Journal of Olympic History. Vol. 17, No. 1, 2009, ISSN 1085-5165 , pp. 55-56 .