Philippine
Amateur Athletic Federation (PAAF) National Championship 1964-65
Measures
approx. 47 mm x 46 mm.
The Philippine
Amateur Athletic Federation (PAAF) was established in 1911. According to
the Federation`s Handbook, the spirit behind the organization was to resolve
the ongoing `menace of professionalism and erosion in Philippine sports. U.S.
Governor-General W. Cameron was its first president.
In 1913, Elwood Brown, president of the
Philippine Amateur Athletic Association and Manila Carnival Games, proposed the
creation of the "Far Eastern Olympic Games" to China and Japan. It
was at that time that Governor-General William Cameron Forbes was the president
of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation from 1911-1913. Governor-General
Forbes formed the Far Eastern Olympic Association.
The first event was held on the Manila
Carnival grounds (later the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex) in Malate, Manila,
Philippines on February 4, 1913 and was known as the "First Oriental
Olympic Games". Forbes was also the one who formally declare the games
open. Six countries participated in the eight-day event: the host country then-named
Philippine Islands, Republic of China, Empire of Japan, British East Indies
(Malaysia), Kingdom of Thailand and British crown colony Hong Kong.
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