July 28, 1952: The NCAA national office moves from Chicago to Kansas City, Missouri. July 28, 1952 49
Oct. 1, 1951: Walter Byers becomes the first full-time executive director of the NCAA after serving since 1947 as part-time executive assistant. October 1, 1951 42
Jan. 12, 1951: The “Sanity Code” is revised (financial aid and enforcement provisions). January 12, 1951 46
Jan. 6, 1950: Standard awards for athletes placing in NCAA competition are approved. January 6, 1950 52
April 7-9, 1949: Chuck Davey of Michigan State becomes the only four-time National Collegiate Boxing Championships individual titlist. April 7, 1949 42
July 23, 1946: A $5,000 grant is made to the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau in New York City for statistics compilation and other record services (directed by Homer F. Cooke Jr.). July 23, 1946 46
July 22-23, 1946: The Conference of Conferences is held in Chicago, resulting in the development of the “Principles for the Conduct of Intercollegiate Athletics.” Five points of the principles — known as the “Sanity Code” — formally were adopted in 1948. July 22, 1946 47
June 25-30, 1945: Francisco “Pancho” Segura of Miami (Florida) becomes the only three-time singles titlist in NCAA tennis championships (the only other three-time collegiate titlist is Malcolm Chace, who competed in the pre-NCAA Intercollegiate Tennis Championships for Brown and Yale from 1893 to 1895). June 30, 1945 40
March 29, 1941: The first National Collegiate Fencing Championships are conducted at Ohio State. March 29, 1941 48
