Robert Smith (baseball)
President of the International Baseball Federation (1936–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert E. "Ish" Smith, (May 15, 1936 – August 18, 2021)[1] was the President of the International Baseball Federation, which is the international governing body for the sport of baseball, and the United States Baseball Federation.
As President of the International Baseball Association from 1981 to 1993, he is the person most credited with having had the sport of baseball added into the Olympic Games as an official gold medal sport. For these efforts, he was a recipient of the Olympic Order, the highest honor given by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).