Walter Byers - Wikipedia
In 1970 the NCAA -- in a decision in which Byers was involved -- banned Yale from participating in all NCAA sports for two years.
Walter Byers Graduate Scholarship - NCAA.org
Nov 21, 2013 · Annually, one male and one female student-athlete are awarded a $24,000 Walter Byers scholarship in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and potential for success in graduate study.
Walter Byers: The Man Who Built The NCAA, Then Tried To Tear It Down - WBUR
Oct 13, 2017 · Walter Byers established the NCAA's enforcement division and turned the league into a moneymaking operation. But after more than 30 years of defending amateurism, he started speaking...
Byers, NCAA's 1st executive director, dies at 93
May 28, 2015 · Walter Byers, the first executive director of the NCAA who spent 36 years leading and shaping the organization that oversees college athletics, has died. He was 93. Byers died Tuesday at...
How Walter Byers built, fought, lost, and wrote | John Gasaway
May 29, 2015 · Longtime NCAA executive director Walter Byers passed away this week at the age of 93, and his New York Times obituary says that late in his career "he viewed the college sports landscape with increasing cynicism."
Walter Byers, Ex-N.C.A.A. Leader Who Rued Corruption, Dies at 93
May 28, 2015 · Walter Byers, who as executive director of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for more than three decades forged a moneymaking colossus from the concept of the student-athlete only to...
Walter Byers, first NCAA executive director, inventor of 'student ...
May 28, 2015 · Walter Byers, who died on Wednesday, coined the term "student-athlete" while building the NCAA into a money-making monolith and college athletics' enforcement arm as the organization's first...
The Vision of Walter Byers, a Flawed Leader, Still Shapes the N.C.A.A.
May 30, 2015 · Walter Byers died last week at the age of 93, but his legacy as the first executive director of the N.C.A.A. resonates in virtually every aspect of the multibillion-dollar enterprise of...
Byers, Walter - Encyclopedia.com
BYERS, Walter (b. 13 March 1922 in Kansas City, Missouri), athletic association director who guided the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to a dominant role in marketing intercollegiate sporting events and regulating competition. Byers is the son of Ward Byers and Lucille Hebard Byers.
Walter Byers dies at 93, first NCAA executive director
May 28, 2015 · Walter Byers, who as the first executive director of the NCAA spent 36 years leading and shaping the organization that oversees college athletics, has died. He was 93. Byers died Tuesday at...
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