General Secretaries and Presidents of the ITF 1896-2010
President |
period |
General Secretary* |
period |
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Tom Mann (British) |
1896-1901 |
Ben Tillett (British) |
1896 |
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1904 |
Robert Peddie (British) |
1896 |
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Tom Chambers (British) |
1901-1904 |
Tom Chambers (British) |
1896-1904 |
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Ben Tillett (British) |
Ben Tillett (British) |
1904 | |
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Hermann Jochade (German) |
1904-1916 |
Hermann Jochade (German) |
1904-1916 |
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Edo Fimmen (Dutch) |
1919-1942 |
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Robert Williams (British) |
1920-1925 |
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Concemore Cramp (British) |
1925-1933 |
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Charles Lindley (Swedish) |
1933-1946 |
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Jaap Oldenbroek (Dutch) |
1942-1950 |
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| John Benstead (British) | 1946-1947 | ||
| Omer Becu(Belgian) | 1947-1950 | ||
| Robert Bratschi (Swiss) | 1950-1954 | Omer Becu (Belgian) | 1950-1960 |
| Arthur Deakin (British) | 1954-1955 | ||
| Hans Jahn (German) | 1955-1958 | ||
| Frank Cousins (British) | 1958-1960 | ||
| Roger Dekeyzer (Belgian) | 1960-1962 | Pieter de Vries (Dutch) | 1960-1965 |
| Frank Cousins (British) | 1962-1965 | ||
| Hans Düby | 1965-1971 | Hans Imhof (Swiss) | 1965-1968 |
| Charles Blyth (British) | 1968-1977 | ||
| Fritz Prechtl (Austrian) | 1971-1986 | ||
| Harold Lewis (British) | 1977-1993 | ||
| Jim Hunter (Canadian) | 1986-1994 | ||
| David Cockroft (British) | 1993- | ||
| Eike Eulen (German) | 1994-1998 | ||
| Umraomal Purohit (Indian) | 1998-2006 | ||
| Randall Howard (South African) |
2006- |
Sources: Various ITF and Northrup compiled by Bob Reinalda (Nijmegen University).
* Until 1924: International Secretary