1948 Olympics: The forgotten man of the Olympic movement

In 1948, a reader wrote to the Guardian praising Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the man regarded as the father of the modern Olympics, but wondered if the contribution of Demetrius Bikelas had been forgotten. Bikelas (also Vikelas) was the first president of what later became the International Olympic Committee, before de Coubertin took over. It was largely Bikelas who pushed for the first modern Games to return to Greece in 1896.