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Busch had been the first credible buyer who was willing to keep the team in town. [ 7 ] As chairman, president or CEO of the Cardinals from the time the club was purchased by the brewery in 1953 until his death, Busch oversaw a team that won six National League pennants (1964, 1967, 1968, 1982, 1985, and 1987) and three World Series ( 1964 ...
Busch had been the first credible buyer who was willing to keep the team in town. [ 17 ] As chairman, president or CEO of the Cardinals from the time the club was purchased by the brewery in 1953 until his death, Busch oversaw a team that won six National League pennants (1964, 1967, 1968, 1982, 1985, and 1987) and three World Series ( 1964 ...
According to A-B historian William Knoedelseder, however, Saigh had preferred from the beginning to sell to St. Louis-based interests, and he was willing to accept a lower offer from a credible buyer who would keep the Cardinals in town. Busch agreed the company would pay $2.5 million for the team and assume $1.25 million of Saigh's debt. [67]
With the breaking of the color barrier that had started in 1947, in 1954, the Cardinals débuted Tom Alston, the first African-American player on the Major League club. [6] This was at the initiative of Gussie Busch, CEO of Anheuser-Busch and team president.
How many Missourians buy a 30-pack of Busch Light every single weekend?” “How many families have been employed by Anheuser-Busch? The Busch family has influenced Missouri politics for decades.
Busch Valentine, 64, is the daughter of August “Gussie” Busch, the powerful beer magnate who helped grow Anheuser-Busch to one of the most recognizable brands in the country. She grew up on ...
Thomas Edison Alston (January 31, 1926 – December 30, 1993) was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1954 to 1957, the first African-American to do so. A native of Greensboro, North Carolina , he stood 6'5" (200 cm) and weighed 210 pounds (95 kg).
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