Maury Van Vliet | |
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| Born | Maurice Lewis Van Vliet (1913-08-03)August 3, 1913 Bellingham, Washington |
| Died | April 4, 2001(2001-04-04) (aged 87) |
Maurice Lewis (Maury) Van Vliet,OC (August 3, 1913 – April 4, 2001) was a USA-born Canadian academic who taughtphysical education andfitness.
Born inBellingham, Washington, the son of Frank D. and Nellie (Booker) Van Vliet, he was raised inMonrovia,California. He playedbaseball andfootball at theUniversity of Oregon where he received aB.Sc. in 1935. He received aMaster of Science from theUniversity of Oregon in 1940 and aDoctor of Education from theUniversity of California, Los Angeles in 1951.
He declined an offer from theNew York Yankees in order to accept the newly created position of physical education director at theUniversity of British Columbia and started in 1935. He was a coach of theVarsitybasketball, football,track,boxing, andwrestling teams.
In 1945, he moved toEdmonton,Alberta to become a professor. He was Head (1945 to 1954), Director (1954 to 1964), and Dean (1964 to 1975) of theFaculty of Physical Education and Recreation at theUniversity of Alberta. He was the president and CEO of the organizing committee of the1978 Commonwealth Games.
