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