Harry Lillis Crosby---AKA Bing Crosby
Minority Owner: Pittsburgh Pirates, August 8, 1946 - 1960's?.
Born: May 3, 1903, Tacoma, WA
Died: October 14, 1977, Beverly Hills, CA, age 74,---d. Heart attack, buried at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles county, CA
Pittsburgh Pirates' Vice-President, 1947 - 1960's. Owned 15% of Pirates.
-----------March 18, 1950

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John Irving Taylor:
Owner: Boston Red Sox, winter, 1903-04 - September, 1911
Born: January 14, 1875
Died: January 26, 1938, Boston, MA, age 63,---d. in hospital after a brief illness.[/B]
He was the 3rd and youngest son of General Charles H. Taylor, a publisher of The Boston Globe. John decided to build a new ballpark to replace Huntington Avenue Grounds on his own land. Construction commenced in September 1911. It took only one year for the 27,000 seat ballpark to be constructed. Named Fenway Park and built of steel and concrete, the ballpark had only one level of seating. Fenway Park opened on April 20, 1912.
He sold half the club in September, 1911 to James R. McAleer/Robert McRoy for $150,000. He continued on as a vice-president, with half-interest in the team, but with no controling interest.
-----------------------------------------------------------February 9, 1914

Harry N. Hempstead:
New York Giants' President, November 27, 1912 - January 14, 1919
Born: June 25, 1868, Philadelphia, PA
Died: March 26, 1938, age 69,---d. stroke
Following the 1912 World Series, Giants' owner, John Brush headed to California to regain his health. He died in his private car in Louisiana, Missouri. The team passed to his heirs; his wife Elsie Lorraine (b. February 19, 1889, Kansas City, MO) and daughters, Eleanor B. (b. March 18, 1872, Albany, NY) and Natalie. Eleanor's husband, Harry Hempstead, who had served as the team's vice-president, assumed control over the team's day to day affairs, and rose to team President. He sold most of his stock to a group headed by New York broker Charles A. Stoneham on January 14, 1919. For a number of years, he had handled Mr. Brush's clothing business in Indianapolis, IN.
Minority Owner: Pittsburgh Pirates, August 8, 1946 - 1960's?.
Born: May 3, 1903, Tacoma, WA
Died: October 14, 1977, Beverly Hills, CA, age 74,---d. Heart attack, buried at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles county, CA
Pittsburgh Pirates' Vice-President, 1947 - 1960's. Owned 15% of Pirates.
-----------March 18, 1950

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John Irving Taylor:
Owner: Boston Red Sox, winter, 1903-04 - September, 1911
Born: January 14, 1875
Died: January 26, 1938, Boston, MA, age 63,---d. in hospital after a brief illness.[/B]
He was the 3rd and youngest son of General Charles H. Taylor, a publisher of The Boston Globe. John decided to build a new ballpark to replace Huntington Avenue Grounds on his own land. Construction commenced in September 1911. It took only one year for the 27,000 seat ballpark to be constructed. Named Fenway Park and built of steel and concrete, the ballpark had only one level of seating. Fenway Park opened on April 20, 1912.
He sold half the club in September, 1911 to James R. McAleer/Robert McRoy for $150,000. He continued on as a vice-president, with half-interest in the team, but with no controling interest.
-----------------------------------------------------------February 9, 1914

Harry N. Hempstead:
New York Giants' President, November 27, 1912 - January 14, 1919
Born: June 25, 1868, Philadelphia, PA
Died: March 26, 1938, age 69,---d. stroke
Following the 1912 World Series, Giants' owner, John Brush headed to California to regain his health. He died in his private car in Louisiana, Missouri. The team passed to his heirs; his wife Elsie Lorraine (b. February 19, 1889, Kansas City, MO) and daughters, Eleanor B. (b. March 18, 1872, Albany, NY) and Natalie. Eleanor's husband, Harry Hempstead, who had served as the team's vice-president, assumed control over the team's day to day affairs, and rose to team President. He sold most of his stock to a group headed by New York broker Charles A. Stoneham on January 14, 1919. For a number of years, he had handled Mr. Brush's clothing business in Indianapolis, IN.

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