citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message the missouri athletic club type private club founded st. louis missouri 1903 headquarters st. louis missouri website www.mac stl.org the missouri athletic club often referred to as the mac founded in 1903 is a traditional gentlemen s club and athletic club in downtown st. louis missouri usa with a separate athletic campus in the st. louis county suburb of town and country . the mac awards the annual hermann trophy the highest award in american college soccer and the jack buck award in recognition of enthusiastic and dedicated support of sports in the city of st. louis . notable members have included president harry s. truman stan musial and alan shepard . the american legion was organized there in 1919 . contents 1 facilities 1.1 downtown clubhouse 1.2 mac west 2 history 3 notable members 4 see also 5 references 6 external links facilities edit downtown clubhouse edit the missouri athletic club s downtown clubhouse main article missouri athletic club building the club is headquartered at 405 washington avenue at the corner of fourth street adjacent to the entrance to the eads bridge on the missouri side . the thirteen story clubhouse designed by william b. ittner contains four restaurants a cigar parlor a ballroom a barber shop numerous private meeting rooms a reading room a billiard parlor a rooftop deck 80 guest rooms and full service athletic facilities . 1 the athletic facilities include weight training a golf practice room a pro shop whirlpools tanning beds wet and dry saunas trainers pros a masseuse squash courts racquetball courts and handball courts . 1 mac west edit history edit in 1903 during the lead up to the 1904 louisiana purchase exposition having organized amateur athletic and social clubs in new york city and new orleans entrepreneur charles henry genslinger came to st. louis and persuaded local prominent citizens to fund a similar club . 2 boatmen s bank donated a seven story building at fourth street and washington avenue to the club which adopted missouri athletic club as its name . 2 more than 3 200 members enrolled prior to the club s opening in september 1903 . 2 immediately upon its founding the mac joined the amateur athletic union which allowed members to participate in the 1904 summer olympics also held in st. louis . 2 as part of the aau the mac formed basketball swimming track baseball boxing wrestling bowling and billiards teams which competed throughout the united states . 2 in 1914 the mac clubhouse was totally destroyed by a fire which also killed 30 members guests and staff . 2 the club decided to construct a new building in its place which opened in 1916 . 2 this has been the clubhouse ever since . 2 from 1916 1939 the mac was renamed the missouri athletic association . 2 in 1987 the mac began awarding the hermann trophy to the united states s top male and female college soccer players . 2 this is the highest player s award in college soccer equivalent to the heisman trophy for college football . 2 in 1988 the club s membership voted overwhelmingly to admit female members . 2 before that membership had been restricted only to men . 2 in 1995 the club bought the town and country racquet club in st. louis county . 2 after investing 2 million in upgrading the facilities they were reopened as the missouri athletic club west . 2 mac west was re renovated for 8 million in 2003 . notable members edit jack buck st. louis cardinals sportscaster jimmy dunn american soccer player gwynne evans american olympic athlete joseph forshaw olympic marathon runner augustus goessling american olympic athlete charles f. haanel american businessman and author sidney hatch american olympic athlete charles lindbergh pioneer aviator john meyers american olympic athlete stan musial st. louis cardinals baseball player baseball hall of fame inductee william orthwein american olympic athlete marquard schwarz american olympic athlete alan shepard astronaut first american in space harry a. slattery united states deputy secretary of the interior 1917 18 author of the slattery report manfred toeppen american olympic athlete harry s. truman 33rd president of the united states 1945 1953 jackie joyner kersee american olympic athlete see also edit list of traditional gentlemen s clubs in the united states kansas city club references edit a b the missouri athletic club official website clubhouse layout a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o the new missouri athletic club 100 years of history tradition & service missouri athletic club 2003 external links edit the missouri athletic club official website coordinates 38 37 48 n 90 11 14 w 38.629965 n 90.187165 w 38.629965 ; 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