1965 New York Yankees Management Profiles

DAN TOPPING (President)
"The Yankees this year enter a new era in their history. But as far as club President Dan Topping is concerned, the defending American League champions will have the same objectives as in the past.
'We want to continue to bring to Yankee fans in New York and around the country the same excellent brand of championship baseball that our fans have come to expect of us,' Topping said during spring training this year. 'Our new ownership and management alignment is determined to present the best in baseball and baseball entertainment at America's greatest and most historic ball park ... Yankee Stadium,' Dan added.
The post-war Yankee era has been a glamorous one. Since Topping became active head of the club 20 years ago, the Yankees have won an amazing 15 pennants and 10 World Championships ... a record of excellence unmatched in sports annals.
Topping long has been an avid sportsman. Once an outstanding amateur golfer, he also owned and operated the Brooklyn Football Dodgers and later the New York Football Yankees of the old All-American Conference. But for two decades his chief interest has been the baseball Yankees. Under the new ownership arrangement, Dan Topping will continue to direct the operations of baseball's most celebrated team ... the New York Yankees."

-The New York Yankees Official 1965 Yearbook

RALPH HOUK (Vice-President and General Manager)
"General Manager Ralph Houk is in his second year as administrative head of the vast Yankee organization. His meteoric career as a Yankee has seen Houk move through the ranks from a rookie minor league catcher (Neosho - 1939) to the Yankees as a utility receiver, to minor league Yankee manager at Denver, to Yankee coach, to manager of two World Championship Yankee teams, to his present status as General Manager, Vice-President and director. All this was accomplished with more than four years out for distinguished military service.
As manager of Denver, he always had his clubs in the playoffs, winning the Little World Series in 1957. He managed the parent Yanks for three seasons and it would be hard to improve on his record of three consecutive pennants and a pair of World Series winners.
In his new and increased responsibilities, Ralph Houk is pledged to the task of keeping the Yankees strong while continuing to present the best baseball anywhere for the legion of loyal Yankee fans everywhere."

-The New York Yankees Official 1965 Yearbook

DAN TOPPING, JR. (Vice-President and Assistant General Manager)
"Now serving as Vice-President and Assistant General Manager of the Yankees, Dan Topping, Jr. has had a close affiliation with baseball since his early childhood. He's had excellent training for the important responsibilities he holds today. After graduation from college and lengthy Marine Corps training, Dan served as G.M. of the Ft. Lauderdale Yankees, where he won a pennant in the first year of operation. He then served in various Stadium and other administrative capacities before assuming his present duties."

-The New York Yankees Official 1965 Yearbook