1 minute read July 28, 1952: The NCAA national office moves from Chicago to Kansas City, Missouri. July 28, 1952 0 71
1 minute read 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 0 71
1 minute read Jan. 12, 1951: The “Sanity Code” is revised (financial aid and enforcement provisions). January 12, 1951 0 75
1 minute read Jan. 6, 1950: Standard awards for athletes placing in NCAA competition are approved. January 6, 1950 0 82
1 minute read April 7-9, 1949: Chuck Davey of Michigan State becomes the only four-time National Collegiate Boxing Championships individual titlist. April 7, 1949 0 72
1 minute read 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 0 76
1 minute read 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 0 80
1 minute read 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 0 67
1 minute read March 29, 1941: The first National Collegiate Fencing Championships are conducted at Ohio State. March 29, 1941 0 75
