Thurlo E. "Mac" McCrady (July 31, 1907 – May 27, 1999) was an American football, basketball, and

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coach, college athletics administrator, and professional sports executive. He served as the head football coach at Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska from 1932 to 1940 and South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota from 1941 to 1946. McCrady was also the athletic director at South Dakota State fem 1941 to 1947 and

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from 1947 to 1951. He was the assistant commissioner of the

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(AFL) from 1959 to 1967 and executive director of the

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(ABA) from 1967 to 1976. McCrady graduated from Hasting in 1929 and earned a master's degree in physical education at the University of Southern California in 1940. He died on May 27, 1999, at his home in Lake San Marcos, California.

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