Jim Dunn (baseball team owner)

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Jim Dunn (born 1865, died June 1922), aka James Christopher Dunn, aka "Sunny Jim" Dunn, was a businessman and baseball team owner.

[edit] Biography

Dunn was born in Marshalltown, Iowa and became wealthy through his partnership in a railroad construction firm. In 1916 he was recruited by American League president Ban Johnson to head up a syndicate to buy the Cleveland Indians baseball team from Charles Somers for $500,000.[1] During his tenure the team's ballpark League Park was renamed "Dunn Field" and in 1920 the Indians won their first World Series. At his death at age 57, control of the team passed to his surviving spouse and his estate.[2] In 1927 ownership of the Indians changed hands when Dunn’s widow, by then known as Mrs. George Pross, sold the franchise for $1 million to a group headed by Alva Bradley.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Franklin Lewis (2006). The Cleveland Indians. The Kent State University Press, Kent OH, reprint originally G.P.Putnam & Sons, NY NY 1949. 
  2. ^ Lewis, op cit, p. 140
  3. ^ Lewis, op cit, pp. 153-156
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NAME Dunn, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dunn, James Christopher
SHORT DESCRIPTION Businessman and baseball team owner
DATE OF BIRTH 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Marshalltown, Iowa
DATE OF DEATH June 1922
PLACE OF DEATH


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