A.A.U.
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He also won 17 A.A.U. championships in indoor and outdoor vaulting competitions, and United States decathlon championships in 1951, 1954 and 1955.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2023
He also pounced on an opportunity when Nico Harrison, a marketing executive at Nike, set aside a few dollars for Udoka to launch an A.A.U. team, Memory said.
From New York Times • May 7, 2022
“There are a lot of shots that you can get away with in high school or A.A.U. basketball that you can’t get away with in college basketball, no matter who you’re playing,” Gaston said.
From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2021
At Bishop O’Dowd, and even with his A.A.U. team, he was a 6-foot-9 center, playing with his back to the basket.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2021
The two scholastic representatives in the A.A.U. championships at Manhattan Field on the 14th managed to hold their ends up pretty well.
From Harper's Round Table, September 24, 1895 by Various
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