FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Race Number Bib #49 Alyeska

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FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Race Number Bib #49 Alyeska
This would have been used no later than the 1980s.
Some info on the collections previous owner:
•Served on FIS Alpine Technical Committee from 1960 to 1967, on its Medical Committee as chairman from 1971 to 1988 and, finally was the council vice president from 1967 to 1988; he was made an honorary vice president in 1988.
•Chairman of the Alpine Committee of the International Ski Federation (FIS) World Championships and manager of the FIS World Championships held in Aspen, Colorado in 1950.
•Served on the U.S. Olympic Ski Games Committee for the Winter Olympics in 1952, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972,1976 and 1980.
•Manager of the 1960 U.S. Olympic Alpine Team in Squaw Valley, Calif. and U.S. FIS Alpine Team at the World Ski Championships in Chamonix, France, in 1962.
Referee of the slalom competitions at:
•1962 FIS World Championships in Chamonix, France
•Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria in 1964
•FIS World Championships in Portillo, Chile in 1966
•Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble, France in 1968.
•He served as treasurer of the U.S. Ski Association from 1960 to 1966, served on its board of directors from 1948 to 1988 and was chairman of the International Competition Committee from 1960 to 1967.
•Elected to the U.S. Ski Association’s Ski Hall of Fame in 1965, and received the John Clair Award in 1987.
In addition to being made an honorary vice president of the FIS in 1988, Bud was also named an honorary member of the USSA (1989), and the United States Ski Team (1989).
•Bud and Mary were honored by the United States Ski Association in 1988 when the USSA awarded them the first annual “Bud and Mary Little Award.
Ships within one business day from Montana.