Sydney Grange

Sydney Broadway Grange AO OBE MVO (28 August 1912 – 28 October 1996) was an Australian sports administrator and President of the Australian Olympic Federation.

Personal Grange was born on 28 August 1912 in Watford, England. He was one of six children. As a 16-year-old, he joined New South Wales Public service as a messenger boy. He retired in August 1974. He was an Executive Board member for the International Swimming Federation from 1964 to 1984 and vice president from 1972 to 1984. In 1983, he was appointed the first and only honorary president of the AOF.

During the 1970s and early 1980s, the Australian Olympic Federation was primarily administered by Grange as President and Julius Patching as secretary-general. Olympic historian Harry Gordon has rated their period of administration as one of the most effective partnerships in the history of Australian sports administration.

Grange was a member of the Australian Commonwealth Games Association Board from 1969 to 1980. 1960 - Life Member of the NSW Olympic Council 1970 - Royal Victorian Order - Member of the Fifth Class (MVO5) 1976 - Life Member Swimming Australia 1978 - Life Member of the Australian Olympic Federation 1980 - Life Member of the Australian Commonwealth Games Association 1980 - Silver Medal of the Olympic Order 1983 - Honorary Life President Australian Olympic Committee 1984 - Officer of the Order of Australia 1985 - International Olympic Committee Olympic Order 1989 - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee Manly Pathway of Olympians