President of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee
In office August 3, 1980 – August 12, 1984
IOC President
Juan Antonio Samaranch
Preceded by
Ignati Novikov (Official Representative)
Succeeded by
Roh Tae-woo
Chair of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee
In office March 26, 1979 – August 12, 1984
Preceded by
Committee established
Succeeded by
Position dissolved
Personal details
Born
Peter Victor Ueberroth
(1937-09-02) September 2, 1937 (age 86) Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater
San Jose State University
Ueberroth (front right) watches President Ronald Reagan throw the first pitch prior to a game at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.
Peter Victor Ueberroth (/ˈjuːbərɒθ/; born September 2, 1937) is an American sports and business executive known for his involvement in the Olympics and in Major League Baseball. A Los Angeles–based businessman, he was the chairman of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee which brought the games to Los Angeles in 1984. Ueberroth was named 1984's Time Man of the Year for his success in organizing the Olympic games.
After the conclusion of the games, he was named as the sixth Commissioner of Baseball, a role he held from 1984 to 1989. He later served as the chairman of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee from 2004 to 2008.[1]
^Macur, Juliet (October 2, 2008). "U.S.O.C. Picks Video-Game Executive to Replace Ueberroth". The New York Times. Retrieved October 3, 2008.
Peter Victor Ueberroth (/ˈjuːbərɒθ/; born September 2, 1937) is an American sports and business executive known for his involvement in the Olympics and...
stay for the 1984 regular season before being replaced by PeterUeberroth. PeterUeberroth was elected to succeed Bowie Kuhn on March 3, 1984, and took...
impressed Major League Baseball owners, was unanimously elected to succeed PeterUeberroth as commissioner on September 8, 1988. He formally took office on April...
Commissioner PeterUeberroth handed down suspensions to 11 players. All the suspensions were commuted in exchange for fines and community service. Ueberroth also...
questioned in February 1989 by Giamatti and Commissioner of Baseball PeterUeberroth. With his lawyer present, Rose stated that he had bet on football,...
speech by former Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee president PeterUeberroth, as well as a re-enactment of the lighting of the Olympic cauldron...
involved in gambling, and both were reinstated by Kuhn's successor PeterUeberroth in 1985. Also in 1970, Kuhn described Jim Bouton's Ball Four as "detrimental...
after being elected commissioner in 1984, PeterUeberroth addressed the owners at a meeting in St. Louis. Ueberroth called the owners "damned dumb" for being...
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World Series that PeterUeberroth presided over as commissioner. Ueberroth began his tenure on October 1, succeeding Bowie Kuhn. Ueberroth had been elected...
Series in five games. This would also be the final full season for PeterUeberroth as MLB commissioner. One of the American League's best players in 1988...
(1951–1965), Spike Eckert (1965–1968), Bowie Kuhn (1969–1984) and PeterUeberroth (1984–1989), only three players (or former players) were banned for...
Los Angeles Dodgers in six games. This was the first full season for PeterUeberroth as commissioner. There was a brief interruption during the regular...
were paid for by corporate sponsors. The Organizing Committee led by PeterUeberroth used some of the profits to endow the LA84 Foundation to promote youth...
he had asked Commissioner PeterUeberroth, who was in attendance, to overrule the call and declare Orta out. If Ueberroth had refused to do so, Herzog...
Thatcher, Jimmy Carter, Jesse Jackson, Ronald Reagan, David Lee Roth, and PeterUeberroth. Sultan bin Salman served in the Royal Saudi Air Force beginning in...
informal name for the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIII Olympiad. The President of LAOOC was PeterUeberroth. v t e v t e...
break the news. Two general managers called Commissioner of Baseball PeterUeberroth asking about Finch. The St. Petersburg Times sent a reporter to find...
Jackson, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (basketball) 2016: PeterUeberroth, San Jose State University (water polo) 2017: Beth Brooke-Marciniak...
The Judds, an interview with the outgoing commissioner of baseball, PeterUeberroth (interrupted briefly when Chase, who followed late-night talk show...
the flag of the "organizing city". Berlioux as well as LAOOC head PeterUeberroth agreed to use the Los Angeles city flag instead. The Olympic hymn was...
members of the Pirates. On February 28, 1986, Baseball Commissioner PeterUeberroth suspended several players including Berra. The suspensions were waived...
national business, and was owned for a time in the 20th century by PeterUeberroth, one time Commissioner of Baseball. The building once featured an historic...
Athletic Foundation. Schroeder died in 1987. Under the direction of PeterUeberroth the Helms Athletic Foundation collection, library, and archives were...
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