Walter Byers (March 13, 1922 – May 26, 2015) was an American sports executive and sportswriter. He was the first executive director of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.[1]
^Walter Byers, Ex-N.C.A.A. Leader Who Rued Corruption, Dies at 93. The New York Times (May 27, 2015). Retrieved on 2018-01-11.
WalterByers (March 13, 1922 – May 26, 2015) was an American sports executive and sportswriter. He was the first executive director of the National Collegiate...
The WalterByers Scholar (also known as WalterByers Scholarship, and WalterByers Postgraduate Scholarship) program is a scholarship program that recognizes...
School of Business (1993). Pelinka was also named the 1993 NCAA Male WalterByers Scholar Athlete of the Year. Pelinka is the son of Robert Todd Pelinka...
leadership. WalterByers, previously an assistant sports information director, was named executive director in 1951. The Harvard Crimson described Byers as "power-mad...
International Group for "ByeByeBye") and Blockbuster Entertainment Award 2001 (category Favorite Single for "ByeByeBye"). "ByeByeBye" debuted on the Billboard...
in engineering and business, Pinkett is both a Rhodes Scholar and a WalterByers Scholar, and holds five academic degrees. Before entering the reality...
purposes of college basketball. In August 1956, NCAA executive director WalterByers announced that, starting in 1957, the NCAA would hold separate basketball...
winner as one of the six top NCAA student-athletes and the 1991 female WalterByers Scholarship winner as the National Collegiate Athletic Association's...
National Collegiate Athletic Association's highest academic honor, the 2001 WalterByers Award, in recognition of being the nation's top female scholar-athlete...
with the urging of National Collegiate Athletic Association director WalterByers to serve the interests of journalists who cover college basketball. The...
institution or school. The term student-athlete was coined in 1964 by WalterByers, the first executive director of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
University of Nebraska. In college, he won both the Draddy Trophy and a WalterByers Scholarship. He was the first Giant draft pick to sign after the 1995...
National Collegiate Athletic Association's highest academic honor, the 2005 WalterByers Award, in recognition of being the nation's top female scholar-athlete...
Missouri, United States. The National Collegiate Athletic Association under WalterByers had its headquarters in the building from the 1950s until it moved to...
ByeBye Birdie is a stage musical with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams, based upon a book by Michael Stewart. Originally titled Let's...
was no longer admissible in infractions cases. NCAA executive director WalterByers famously disliked Tarkanian, and said "Tark's black players play a fast...
Christa Gannon was the female winner of the 1994 WalterByers Award, the National Collegiate Athletic Association's highest academic honor, in recognition...
Jessica Ann Walter (January 31, 1941 – March 24, 2021) was an American actress who appeared in more than 170 film, stage, and television productions. In...
Marsha Harris was the female winner of the 1998 WalterByers Award, the National Collegiate Athletic Association's highest academic honor, in recognition...
Party) for U.S. president in 1996 Marsha Harris, winner of the 1998 WalterByers Award as the nation's top female scholar-athlete Marsha Henderson, Saint...
wrestling coach at Oklahoma State University. Supported by such officials as WalterByers, then the executive director of the NCAA, wrestling officials sought...
forced to cancel the entire 1952–53 basketball season. Years later, WalterByers, the first executive director of the NCAA, unofficially referred to this...
role that had formerly been held by the NCAA. NCAA executive director WalterByers, whom the Harvard Crimson described as "power-mad" and others described...
National Collegiate Athletic Association's highest academic honor, the 1999 WalterByers Award, in recognition of being the nation's top male scholar-athlete...