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Elwood Stanley Brown (April 9, 1883 – March 24, 1924) was an American college basketball coach for the University of Illinois from 1905 to 1906. Brown is also credited for the development of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation (PAAF) the Far Eastern Athletic Association (FEAA) and the Inter-Allied Games.〔http://www.aafla.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1926/BODE3/BODE3i.pdf〕 As the physical director of the American YMCA in Manila, Philippines, Brown is credited for introducing volleyball and basketball to the Philippines in 1910.〔(The History Of Volleyball In The Philippines | LIVESTRONG.COM )〕〔(Memorandum to Colonel Bruce Palmer - 1910's Sports )〕 Elwood Brown played a landmark role in the history of Boy Scouting in the Philippines. Brown died of complications from a heart attack on March 24, 1924, three weeks prior to his 41st birthday. == Further reading == * Stefan Hübner, “Muscular Christianity and the ‘Western Civilizing Mission’: Elwood S. Brown, the YMCA and the Idea of the Far Eastern Championship Games,” in: Diplomatic History (advance access version); doi: 10.1093/dh/dht126 http://dh.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/12/09/dh.dht126.full.pdf+html 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elwood Brown」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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