Terry Allvord

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Terry Allvord
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Personal details
Alma mater Naval Air Station Pensacola
Awards Veterans Advantage Hero Vet. [1]
Military service
AllegianceUnited States of America
Branch/service United States Navy
RankLieutenant commander

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Honoring Heroes at Home And Abroad". Veterans Discount Card | Military Discounts | Veterans Advantage. Veterans Advantage. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 "American Defenders ink Holman Stadium deal; will offer shares to the local community". ballparkdigest.com. 22 October 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 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. ↑ "Those We Help" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 18, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Navy edges Marines in Baseball Challenge at San Diego". stripes.com. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
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