Brundage was better known as an art collector than for his sports career, and some believe he will be remembered more for his jade and bronze collection than his sports activities. While Dick Pound considers Brundage one of the great IOC presidents alongside de Coubertin and Samaranch, he concedes Brundage was out of touch with sports by the end of his term. Pound credits Brundage with holding the Olympic movement together during challenging times but notes this may not be appreciated by those who remember Brundage's final years and the Munich Games. Alfred Senn suggests Brundage remained president of the IOC for too long, as he departed after Munich.
Brundage was better known as an art collector than for his sports career, and some believe he will be remembered more for his jade and bronze collection than his sports activities. While Dick Pound considers Brundage one of the great IOC presidents alongside de Coubertin and Samaranch, he concedes Brundage was out of touch with sports by the end of his term. Pound credits Brundage with holding the Olympic movement together during challenging times but notes this may not be appreciated by those who remember Brundage's final years and the Munich Games. Alfred Senn suggests Brundage remained president of the IOC for too long, as he departed after Munich.
Brundage was better known as an art collector than for his sports career, and some believe he will be remembered more for his jade and bronze collection than his sports activities. While Dick Pound considers Brundage one of the great IOC presidents alongside de Coubertin and Samaranch, he concedes Brundage was out of touch with sports by the end of his term. Pound credits Brundage with holding the Olympic movement together during challenging times but notes this may not be appreciated by those who remember Brundage's final years and the Munich Games. Alfred Senn suggests Brundage remained president of the IOC for too long, as he departed after Munich.
activities, and "there are those who maintain that he will be remembered not for his career in sports but for his jades and bronzes."[170] Andrew Leigh, a Member of the Australian House of Representatives, criticizes Brundage for expelling the two athletes in Mexico City, calling him "a man who'd had no difficulty with the Nazi salute being used in the 1936 Olympics".[171] Dick Pound believes Brundage to have been one of the IOC's great presidents, along with de Coubertin and Samaranch, but concedes that by the end of his term, Brundage was out of touch with the world of sports. While Pound credits Brundage with holding the Olympic movement together in a period when it was beset by many challenges, he notes that this might not be fully appreciated by those who remember Brundage for the final years of his term, and for Munich.[172] Alfred Senn suggests that Brundage remained too long as IOC president: After Munich, Brundage departed the Games,