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Terry Allvord
Personal details
Alma materNaval Air Station Pensacola
AwardsVeterans Advantage Hero Vet.
Military service
AllegianceUnited States of America
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy
RankLieutenant commander

Terry Allvord is an American sports industry executive. He was in the U.S. Navy, where he rose to the rank of lieutenant commander.

Naval career

Allvord graduated from Canyon High School in California. He was a flight student at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida.

When he retired he became an executive of the Nocona Athletic Goods Company and of Boston Baseball All-Stars, 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.

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. He later started more than forty military teams, the U.S. Military All-Stars, and the Red, White and Blue Tour3. He was a baseball coach at the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Newport, Rhode Island.

Honors

In 2003, he was selected as a Veterans Advantage Hero Vet.

Publications

References

  1. ^ "Honoring Heroes at Home And Abroad". Veterans Advantage. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. ^ "American Defenders ink Holman Stadium deal; will offer shares to the local community". ballparkdigest.com. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. ^ 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. ^ 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).
  6. "Navy edges Marines in Baseball Challenge at San Diego". stripes.com. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
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