Terry_Allvord

Terry Allvord

Terry Allvord

American sports industry executive

Terry Allvord is an American sports industry executive.[2] He was in the U.S. Navy, where he rose to the rank of lieutenant commander.

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Allvord graduated from Canyon High School[clarification needed] in California.[3] He was a flight student at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida.[4]

When he retired he became an executive of the Nocona Athletic Goods Company and of Boston Baseball All-Stars,[2] which owned the short-lived American Defenders of New Hampshire team.

Sports

Allvord founded the National Search and Rescue Competition for search-and-rescue professionals from all parts of the world.[5]

In 1990, while an ensign at the Naval Air Station, Allvord started the U.S. Navy Baseball Club, also known as the Southwestern Baseball League, following a visit by President George H. W. Bush to the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola.[4][6] He later started more than forty military teams, the U.S. Military All-Stars, and the Red, White and Blue Tour3.[4] He was a baseball coach at the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, Rhode Island.[3]

Honors

In 2003, he was selected as a Veterans Advantage Hero Vet.[1]

Publications

  • as "Crash Allvord": Heroes of the Diamond. Mascot Books (2011) ISBN 978-1936319510

References

  1. [1]
    "Honoring Heroes at Home And Abroad". Veterans Advantage. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. [2]
    "American Defenders ink Holman Stadium deal; will offer shares to the local community". ballparkdigest.com. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. [3]
    Amy Raisin (27 March 2002). Navy Prep player is big hit: ex-Valencia High athlete returns for spring training. Daily News (Los Angeles, CA). McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. (subscription required)
  4. [4]
    Scott Brown (2013). Baseball in Pensacola: America's Pastime and the City of Five Flags. The History Press. p. 181. ISBN 9781625840592. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Those We Help" (PDF).
  6. [6]
    "Navy edges Marines in Baseball Challenge at San Diego". stripes.com. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
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