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That is Espresso with Larry for Tuesday, July 16, 2024.
Our subject:
1. Particular Version: Deep Ideas on John Bennett
2. John Bennett handed away on July 12, 2024, he was 91.
3. We ship our ideas and prayers to his spouse of 65 years, Ann, and his youngsters, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
4. We’re indebted to John Bennett due to the course his enterprise profession took from 1984 to 1996.
5. John Bennett was the Govt VP of Advertising and marketing at VISA.
6. John was immediately concerned in VISA changing into an Olympic sponsor.
7. His love, no, his habit to the decathlon, gave us the VISA Decathlon program after being pitched by Coaches Harry Marra and Fred Samara.
8. John satisfied his board to sponsor the VISA Decathlon program from 1990-2000.
9. Throughout that point, John Bennett helped change the trajectory of the Decathlon within the US, supporting 4 gold medals, a number of world information, and the event of two generations of decathletes.
10. A part of this system was selling the decathlon with Dr. Frank Zarnowski, the dean of the Decathlon.
11. Dan O’Brien, Dave Johnson, Chris Huffins, and Brian Brophy have been among the many athletes who benefitted from John Bennett’s magnificent obsession.
12. John as soon as instructed me that the help of the highest ten decathletes within the US value “about the price of a industrial) for VISA.
13. John additionally instructed me that VISA found that Olympic involvement activated their playing cards as much as fifteen p.c extra!
14. One wonders why USATF and WA do not need world sponsors for every occasion on the observe and discipline program.
15. The sense of historical past brings Bob Mathias, Milt Campbell, Invoice Toomey, Bruce (now Caitlyn) Jenner, and Rafer Johnson to satisfy and communicate with the present decathletes within the 1990-2000 interval.
16. John Bennett directed his advert company to buy of the again covers of American Athletics and American Observe & Subject for 5 years, which helped our journal. His company paid the complete charge and the whole, $64,000, which was some huge cash to us then.
Exterior of the working manufacturers, Visa was a novel advertiser who helped us contract with M&M Mars on the time.
17. John Bennett was a considerate man, a loving husband, father, grandfather, and nice grandfather. I used to be luck that I had met him and noticed him and Ann at many World Champs, and Olympic video games.
18. John Bennett, 1932-2024, R.I.P.
See you tomorrow with Espresso with Larry!
