GEORGE STEINBRENNER (Principal Owner)
"Every young man searching for his own place in today's world would be well advised to heed the advice and example of sportsman, business executive and civic leader George M. Steinbrenner.
Steinbrenner, a national figure before he was 40, offers a succinct basic formula for success: "Work as hard as you ask others to. Strive for what you believe is right, no matter the odds. Learn that mistakes can be the best teacher of all." Certainly, the meteoric career of this energetic son of a distinguished Great Lakes shipping family bears out the practical results of these simple beliefs.
In 1963, he entered the business world in earnest. In a way, it was a difficult adjustment for a man who had already been an assistant football coach at two Big Ten Universities, Northwestern and Purdue, and put together national championship teams in both the National Industrial and American Basketball Leagues.
In the business world, Steinbrenner is Chairman of the American Shipbuilding Company which he and associates took over and revitalized in 1967. Under his early leadership, American Ship tripled its annual revenues and since has climbed to the $200 million mark in annual sales.
In 1973, Steinbrenner put together the group which purchased the New York Yankees from CBS. As the Principal Owner, it took only five years for his keen foresight and aggressive leadership to turn the Yankees, once again, into World Champions.
Apart from corporate business and civic involvements, he devotes a great deal of time to his extensive interest in thoroughbred breeding and racing. This includes his 800-acre stud farm in Florida, the Florida Breeders Sales Company and Florida Horse Magazine, the latter two companies which he recently purchased with associates."
-1982 New York Yankees Media Guide
LOU SABAN (President)
"After an outstanding career in professional football and coaching, Lou Saban became President of the New York Yankees in March 1981.
Having served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a First Lieutenant in the OSS as a Chinese interpreter in the China-Burma-India area, Mr. Saban continued his education, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from Baldwin-Wallace College in Ohio and his Master's Degree from Western University in Ohio.
An all-league linebacker with the Cleveland Browns in the late 1940s, Mr. Saban went on in his career to coach football at the college level at Case Institute of Technology, the University of Washington, Northwestern, Western Illinois, Maryland, the University of Miami and West Point. In professional football, he was the head coach of the Boston Patriots in 1960, and as head coach of the Buffalo Bills (1962-65), the team won the American Football League Championship twice, and he was voted Coach of the Year in both 1964 and 1965. As head coach of the Denver Broncos (1967-71), he reconstructed their entire business and physical programs, returning to the Bills in 1972. In eight years as their coach, he compiled an impressive 68-43-4 record.
Teacher, lecturer, athlete and coach- Lou Saban has been honored personally and professionally for his outstanding achievements throughout the United States."
-1982 New York Yankees Media Guide
CEDRIC TALLIS (Executive Vice-President)
"Cedric Tallis, Executive Vice-President of the New York Yankees, is in his 34th season of professional baseball, although it took the highest honor an executive can achieve, The Sporting News Executive of the Year Award (1971), to make him nationally known among sports fans.
Tallis began his baseball career in 1948 with the Thomasville, Georgia franchise, and his minor league experience also carried him to Jamestown, New York; Flint, Michigan; Montgomery, Alabama; Vancouver, British Columbia; and Seattle, Washington. It was with Vancouver in 1957 that he was named Pacific Coast League Executive of the Year when his club drew 306,000 fans, a total unequalled in the minor leagues for the next decade. In 1961, he joined the new Los Angeles Angels, the American League expansion team, as Business Manager. In 1965, with the club moving to Anaheim as the California Angels, Cedric became Vice-President of Operations, helping to oversee the construction of beautiful Anaheim Stadium.
Tallis joined the Kansas City Royals in January 1968 during the formative season preceding their entry into the American League. Serving as Vice-President and General Manager, Tallis engineered a series of successful drafts and trades that molded the Royals into the winningest expansion franchise in history.
The opening of Royals Stadium was one of the highlights of Tallis' stay in Kansas City and he oversaw the refurbishing of the 'new' Yankee Stadium in 1975 and 1976. With those remarkable feats in hand, Tallis has had an association with the three most modern and beautiful new parks in the league.
Tallis, who attended Concord (New Hampshire) College, enlisted in the Army in 1940 and received a commission after Infantry Officer Candidate School in 1941, serving in the Aleutian Campaign and in the European Theatre. He left the army as a Major in 1948."
-1982 New York Yankees Media Guide
BILL BERGESCH (Vice-President of Baseball Operations)
"As the Yankees Vice-President of Baseball Operations, Bill Bergesch works with Lou Saban and Cedric Tallis in providing Manager Bob Lemon the talent he needs on the field to produce another American League pennant and World Championship.
Bill is in his second stint with the Yankees. From 1963 through 1967 he served as traveling secretary and as stadium manager. From 1968 to 1977 he was president of Small Business Investment Company in Manhattan. He returned to the Yankees in 1978 as Director of Scouting and in 1980 was named Vice-President of Baseball Operations.
Bergesch began his career with the St. Louis Cardinals organization following his graduation from Washington University in St. Louis. He began as general manager in Albany, Georgia and also worked in Winston Salem, North Carolina; Columbus, Georgia; and Omaha, Nebraska. In 1959 and 1960 he served as scouting coordinator in St. Louis.
He moved to the Kansas City Athletics as assistant general manager in 1962 and worked with the New York Mets as the farm and scouting director, setting up farm clubs and hiring scouts for the new expansion team."
-1982 New York Yankees Media Guide
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