AAU Annual National Convention Locations: AAU (Amateur Athletic Union of USA) Annual National Convention locations:
NAAA (National Association of Amateur Athletics) Conventions (1879 to 1889): (Link)
NAAA Track and Field Championship locations 1879 to 1888: (Link) (Mar 30, 1890 Buffalo Sunday Morning)
1890: Jan 1, 1890: NAAA to be “merged” into the AAU. (Dec 30, 1889 Brooklyn Citizen)
AAU Conventions (1888/1889 to 1978): (Annual Convention; National Convention; Annual Meeting):
1887: Oct 1, 1887: New York: Held preliminary meeting to form a new association. AAU positions: Harry McMillian (President), Otto Ruhl (Secretary), James E Sullivan (Director) (Oct 2, 1887 Chicago Tribune) (Oct 2, 1887 Sun, New York) (Oct 3, 1887 Evening Star, Washington, DC) (Jan 25 and Dec 10, 1888 Gazette, Montreal) (Mar 30, 1890 Buffalo Sunday Morning) (1891 Spalding’s Official Athletic Guide and Handbook)
1887: Meeting to form the AAU on Jan 21, 1888; AAU founded by James E Sullivan (St Louis Globe-Democrat Dec 29, 1887) (AAU-1) (AAU-2)
Jan. 21, 1888: AAU begins Jan 21, 1888. Also held meeting Jan 21, 1888 and the Constitution and By-Laws were adopted. (1891 Spalding’s Official Athletic Guide and Handbook) (External Link: Americas Best History)
1888: Aug 25, 1888: One meeting (Board of Managers; “Travers Island Resolution”) at Travers Island, New York. Sept 19, 1888: Track and Field Competition in Detroit, MI. This was the First AAU National Championship competition. *
1888: James E Sullivan and William Curtis assisted creating standards and uniformity. Harry McMillan was elected its first President in 1888 and served three years. Fifteen clubs joined initially. (External Link: Americas Best History)
1888: Scheduled Oct 6, 1888 Meeting. 28 Clubs now part of the AAU. *
*=(External Link) (Aug 1, 1889 New York Times) (Aug 2, 1889 Brooklyn Citizen) (Aug 21, 1888 Detroit Free Press) (Aug 26, 1888 Sunday Leader, Wilkes-Barre) (Aug 27, 1888 Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester) (Sept 1, 1888 Times Union, Brooklyn) (Sept 16, 1888 Detroit Free Pres) (Sept 16, 1888 Chicago Tribune) (Sept 20, 1888 Gazette, Montreal) ( (Sept 20, 1888 New-York Tribune) (Sept 20, 1888 Gazette, Montreal) (Sept 30, 1888 Times, Philadelphia) (Oct 4, & Oct 6 & Oct 14, 1888 Sun, New York) (Oct 7 & Oct 8, 1888 Buffalo Morning Express) (Dec 15 & 30, 1988 St Louis Post-Dispatch) (formation per: External Link: The Outing Club, page 363-365)
1888 or 1889 was the 1st Annual Meeting
1889: July 31 and Sept 15, 1889: New York at Astor House. James E Sullivan was AAU Secretary at the meeting. Adopted “Travers Island Resolution” from 1888. Discussions between AAU and NAAA took place. Sept 14, 1889 Second Annual AAU T&F National Championship competition was held at Travers Island, NY. (Sept 15, 1889 Brooklyn Citizen)
(Aug 1, 1889 New York Times) (Aug 2 & Sept 15 & Sept 16, 1889 Brooklyn Citizen) (Sept 5, 1889 New York Times)
1890: Oct 10-11, 1890: Washington, DC: “Annual Meeting.” Oct 11, 1890 Third Annual AAU T&F National Championship competition was held at Washington, DC (Brooklyn Daily Eagle Oct 8 & Oct 11, 1890) (New York Times Oct 11, 1890) (Oct 12, 1890 Brooklyn Citizen)
1891: Nov 16, 1891: New York at Astor House: (Times Union, Brooklyn Nov 14, 1891)
1892: Nov 1892: New York at Astor House: (Standard Union, Brooklyn Nov 22, 1892)
1983: Nov 20, 1893: New York at Astor House (Dec 6, 1893 Times-Picayune, New Orleans) (Oct 17, 1893 San Francisco Call)
1894: Nov 1894: New York at Astor House: W B Curtis elected AAU Pres (Nov 20, 1894 The Sun, New York)
1895: Nov 1895: New York at Astor House: (Chicago Chronicle Nov 19, 1895)
1896: Nov 1896: New York at Astor House: (Baltimore Sun Nov 9, 1896)
1897: Nov 15, 1897: New York at Astor House (Nov 16, 1897 Standard Union, Brooklyn)
1897: AAU Annual Bulletin issued includes list of suspended athletes (John W Kelly Jr, Treasurer) (Nov 1, 1897 New York Times) (Nov 4, 1897 Austin American-Statesman)
1898: Nov 21, 1898: New York, NY
1899: Nov 1989: New York at Astor House: (Los Angeles Time Nov 20, 1899)
1900: Nov 1900: New York, NY
1901: Nov 18, 1901 New York (Los Angeles Evening Express Nov 4, 1901)
1902: Nov 1902: New York, NY: (AAU President: Walter H. Liginger replaces E. E. Babb)
1903: Nov 1903: New York: Walter H Liginger was AAU President (Nov 13, 1903 Chicago Tribune) (Aug 8, 1903 Baltimore Sun)
1904: Nov 22, 1904: New York. James B M’Cabe elected AAU President (Nov 22, 1904 Dayton Daily News)
1905: Nov 20, 1905: at Grand Union Hotel (New York Times, Nov 21, 1905)
1906: Nov 19, 1906: New York. James E Sullivan was AAU Pres (Nov 20, 1906 Missoulian, Missoula)
1907: Nov 18, 1907: New York. James E Sullivan AAU President (Nov 19, 1907 Des Moines Register) (Nov 17, 1907 Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
1908: Nov 16, 1908: New York (External Link-1) (External Link-2) (New York Times Nov 16, 1908)
1909: Nov 15, 1909: New York at Hotel Astor: (External Link-1) (External Link-2)
1910: Nov 19-20, 1910: New York at Hotel Astor (External Link)
1911: Nov 1911: New York (Harrisburg Telegraph Nov 22, 1911)
1912: Nov or Dec 1912: New York (Nov 9 and Dec 10, 1912 Los Angeles Times)
1913: Nov 1913: New York (Nov 26 & Dec 9, 1913 Los Angeles Times)
1914: Nov 16, 1914: New York (External Link) (Nashville Banner Oct 24, 1914)
1915: Nov 15, 1915: New York. George J Turner AAU President (Nov 16, 1915 Fresno Morning Republican)
1916: Nov 1916: New York at Hotel Astor: (Spokesman-Review, Spokane Oct 9, 1916)
1917: Nov 19, 1917: St Louis, MO: President of AAU Charles A. Dean and 14 Associations (Nov 20, 1917 Oregon Daily Journal) (Dec 30, 1917 Spokesman-Review, Spokane)
1918: Nov 1918: Philadelphia, PA (External Link)
1919: Nov 1919: Boston, MA
1920: Nov 15, 1920: New Orleans, LA (External Link)
1921: Nov 1921: Chicago, IL
1922: Nov 1922: New York
1923: Nov 1923: Detroit, MI
1924: Nov 1924: Atlantic City, NJ (Nov 18, 1924 Los Angeles Times)
1925: Nov 1925: Philadelphia, PA (St Louis Star and Times Nov 16, 1925)
1926: Nov 16, 1926: Baltimore, MD (Nov 16, 1926 Minneapolis Star)
1927: Nov 21-22, 1927: Cincinnati, OH (Standard Union, Brooklyn Nov 20, 2927)
1928: Nov 19-20, 1928: New York at Waldorf Astoria Hotel (External Link)
1929: Nov 19, 1929: St Louis, MO (June 12, 1929 Huntsville Times) (Nov 20, 1929 Arizona Republic, Phoenix)
1930: Nov 1930: Washington, DC (Nov 25, 1930 Los Angeles Times) (71 records accepted: Dec 21, 1930 Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA)
1931: Nov 1931: Kansas City, MO (Nov 10, 1931 Los Angeles Times) (Nov 18, 1931 Austin American-Statesman)
1932: Nov 20-22, 1932: New York (Shreveport Journal Nov 4, 1932)
1933: Nov 19-21, 1933: Pittsburgh, PA (Nov 20, 1933 Los Angeles Times) (Nov 1, 1933 Winnipeg Tribune)
1934: Dec 1934: Miami, FL (Capital Times, Madison, WI Dec 9, 1934) (Dec 7, 1934 San Bernardino County Sun)
1935: Dec 6-7, 1935: New York (Dec 7, 1935 San Bernardino County Sun)
1936: Dec 1936: Houston, TX (Dec 6, 1936 Kilgore Herald) (Dec 7, 1936 Star Tribune, Minneapolis)
1937: Nov 1937: Boston, MA (Dayton Herald & San Bernardino County Sun – Nov 8, 1937)
1938: Dec 2-4, 1938: Washington, DC (Nov 16, 1938 Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
1939: Dec 1939: Miami, FL (Records Chair: John J Magee of Bowdoin College) (Dec 5, 1939 Bangor Daily News)
1940: Dec 6, 1940: Denver (Great Falls Tribune Dec 7, 1940) (Dec 6, 1940 San Bernardino County Sun)
1941: Nov 15-17, 1941: Philadelphia, PA (Oct 30, 1941 Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
1942: Dec 1942: Chicago at La Salle Hotel (Dec 11, 1942 Dayton Herald) (Dec 13, 1942 Chicago Tribune)
1943: Dec 1943: Columbus, OH (Dec 4, 1943 Honolulu Star-Bulletin) (Dec 12, 1943 Cincinnati Enquirer)
1944: Dec 1944: Atlantic City, NJ (Dec 9, 1944 Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph & Abilene Reporter-News)
1945: Dec 1945: Richmond, VA (Oct 21, 1945 Times Dispatch, Richmond) (Dec 7, 1945 Independent-Record, Helena)
1946: Dec 1946: San Antonio, Texas (Dec 8, 1946 Daily Oklahoman)
1947: Dec 5-7, 1947: Omaha, Nebraska (Dec 10, 1947 Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
1948: Dec 4-6, 1948: New York at Hotel Astor (Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Nov 7, 1948)
1949: Dec 7-10, 1949: San Francisco, CA (Capital, Annapolis, MD Oct 21, 1949) (Dec 11, 1949 San Bernardino County Sun)
1950: Dec 1950: Washington, DC (Nov 16, 1950 Index-Journal, Greenwood) (Dec 15, 1950 Times-Tribune, Scranton)
1951: Nov 29 – Dec 2, 1951: Daytona Beach, FL (Daily Oklahoman Nov 28, 1951)
1952: Dec 1952: Spokane, WA (Dec 8, 1952 San Bernardino County Sun)
1953: Nov 1953: Washington, DC (Nov 30, 1953 San Bernardino County Sun)
1954: Scheduled Dec 1954 in Miami Beach, FL (Nov 30, 1953 San Bernardino County Sun)
1955: Dec 1-4, 1955: Louisville, KY: (Nov 11, 1955 San Bernardino County Sun)
1956: Nov 2, 1956: Los Angeles, CA (Nov 3, 1956 San Bernardino County Sun)
1957: Nov 28 – Dec 1957: Washington, DC (Evening Sun, Baltimore Nov 28, 1957) (Dec 1, 1957 San Bernardino County Sun)
1958: Dec 1958: Chicago, IL (Salt Lake Tribune Dec 8, 1958) (1958 was originally scheduled for Cleveland per Nov 3, 1956 San Bernardino County Sun)
1959: Dec 1959 at Carillon Hotel (Miami ?) (Miami News Dec 3, 1959)
1960: Nov – Dec 1960: Las Vegas (Logansport Pharos-Tribune, Indiana Nov 29, 1960)
1961: Nov – Dec 1961: Washington, DC (Nashville Banner Nov 30, 1961) (Honolulu Star-Bulletin Dec 3, 1961)
1962: Nov – Dec 1962: Detroit (Kansas City Star Nov 29, 1962) (Nov 30, 1962 San Bernardino County Sun)
1963: Dec 1963: San Diego (Arizona Republic Dec 9, 1963)
1964: Dec 1964: Houston (Times-News, Twin Falls, ID Dec 7, 1964)
1965: Dec 1965: Washington, DC (Tucson Daily Citizen Dec 14, 1965)
1966: Nov 1966: Honolulu (Arizona Republic Sept 23, 1966)
1967: Nov-Dec 1967: New Orleans, LA: (Nov 29, 1967 Daily World, Opelousas newspaper)
1968: Dec 1968: Las Vegas, NV:
1969: Dec 1969: Miami Beach, FL:
1970: Dec 1970: San Francisco, CA: AAU Convention (Feb 1971 USMITT, PDF, pg 3 of 6)
1971: Oct 3-10, 1971: Lake Placid, NY:
1972: Nov 1972: Kansas City. MO:
1973: Oct 1973: West Yellowstone, Montana: (Oct 16, 1973 The Billings Gazette, Billings newspaper)
1974: Oct 1974: Washington, DC:
1975: Nov 1975: New Orleans, LA:
1976: Oct 1976: Phoenix, AZ:
1977: Oct 1977: Columbus, OH:
1977: Nov 26-Dec 3, 1977: San Antonio, TX:
1977: (per Autumn 1977 NMN) and (Winter 1978 NMN, PDF, pg 1 of 8)
1978: Nov-Dec 1978: San Antonio, TX: (Spring 1979 NMN, PDF, pg 1 of 13)
Note: Sept 1979 TAC replaced AAU (per Dec 18, 1983 Journal and Courier, Lafayette, IN newspaper)
TAC (The Athletic Congress) Annual National Convention locations:
1979 to 1992: (Link)
USATF Annual National Convention locations:
1993 to Present: (Link)
Past:
AAU of the Pacific Coast started 1891 (held at the Olympic Club): (External Link)
Pacific Coast Amateur Athletic: prior to 1891: (1889 External Link-1) (External Link-2)
1931: Southern California Association was refereed to as S.P.A.A.U. (SPAAU) (Southern Pacific AAU) (Nov 9, 1912 and Nov 10, 1931 LA Times) (July 9, 1931 Kingsburg Recorder)
1876 to 1978 Amateur Open Outdoor Championship (competition) locations:
1876 to 1878: Amateur Championship of America locations, but not under NAAA (Link)
1879 to 1888: NAAA Open Track and Field Championship locations (Link)
1888 to 1923: AAU Open Track and Field Outdoor Championship Locations: (Link)
1888 to 1978: refer to the AAU Open Track and Field Outdoor Championship Locations: (External Link)
Winners from Past Open Championships: (External Link: USATF Outdoor Champions)
220 Yard Hurdles at the Open Outdoor National Championship: (Link)