GENE MCHALE (President)
"In naming Gene McHale as President of the New York Yankees on January 5, 1983, Principal Owner George M. Steinbrenner said, 'In filling this key position, there was no need to look anywhere else but within the Yankee organization. Gene has a solid and proven administrative, business and financial background and has been a longtime employee of the Yankees.
'Much of the progress the Yankees have made in the areas of television, radio, publications, merchandising and ticketing is due to the efforts of him. The Yankees are proud to have employees of the caliber of Gene McHale and to promote from within the organization to fill this position.'
Eugene J. 'Gene' McHale, 47, has been with the Yankees since December 1972. As an employee of CBS, who then owned the Yankees, he was assigned to supervise the Yankee accounting department. When George Steinbrenner and associates purchased the Yankees from CBS in January 1973, McHale remained with the team as controller. He was named administrative vice-president in 1977. Before coming to the Yankees, he worked for seven years at CBS with responsibilities in financial and business affairs in their radio division.
A native of the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, McHale graduated from Cardinal Hayes High School several blocks away from Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. He is a graduate of Fordham University and also served three years in the U.S. Navy. Gene is a resident of Locust Valley, New York."
-1986 New York Yankees Information Guide
CLYDE KING (Vice-President and General Manager)
"On April 9, 1984 Clyde King was named Vice-President and General Manager of the New York Yankees. In making the announcement, Yankees Principal Owner George Steinbrenner said, 'Clyde is a great company man and is highly respected in the baseball community, both on and off the field. He is a man who has served the Yankees for nine years as a manager, coach and scout. He has been a total friend and confidant, and I think that he will be an outstanding general manager.'
King, 60, has been a member of the Yankee organization since 1975 in a variety of roles. He originally joined the Yankees as a special assignment scout, and his duties have included working and traveling with the team in 1978 and 1980. He served as interim Yankee manager from August 3, 1982 until the end of that season, compiling a 29-33 record. He began the 1982 season as an advance scout before being named pitching coach on June 11. He served in that capacity until being shifted to the front office on special assignments on July 19.
He managed the San Francisco Giants in 1969 and 1970, and the Atlanta Braves in 1974 and 1975. He also served for five years as a coach with the Reds, Cardinals and Pirates.
As a player, Clyde pitched in the majors for a total of seven years with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds. His best season was 1951 when he was 14-7 for the Dodgers. Clyde is a graduate of the University of North Carolina where he played basketball and baseball. In 1983 he was named to the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame."
-1986 New York Yankees Information Guide
WOODY WOODWARD (Vice-President of Baseball Administration)
"Woody Woodward was named the Yankees' Vice-President of Baseball Administration on October 22, 1984.
Woody came to the Yankees from the Cincinnati Reds where he was the assistant general manager. While with the Reds he handled player contract negotiations and was involved in all areas of player personnel work. He assumed his former position in November 1980 after two and half years as the Reds' minor league field coordinator.
A former coach and All-America player at Florida State University, Woodward earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in education. He coached his alma mater from 1975 to 1978, recording the second best winning percentage in Seminole history (170-57, .749 percentage).
As a professional player, Woodward spent eight and a half seasons in the major leagues as an infielder with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds."
-1986 New York Yankees Information Guide
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