Principal Owner
"Success in both the world of business and sports is nothing new to George M. Steinbrenner, Principal Owner of the New York Yankees.
In 1973, Steinbrenner put together the group which purchased the New York Yankees from CBS. Under his direction, it took only five years for his aggressive leadership to turn the Yankees once again into World Champions. In addition, since his purchase of the Club, the Yankees have won more games than any other club in Major League Baseball and are the last team to win consecutive World Championships.
His success in the sports world is not limited to the Yankees. He was a multi-sport athlete at Culver Military Academy, where he is in the Athletic Hall of Fame, and at Williams College. He began his coaching career as an assistant football coach at two Big Ten universities, Northwestern and Purdue, and followed that by assembling championship basketball teams in both the National Industrial and American Basketball Leagues. More recently, in 1987, he captured the NARHMA Celebrity Challenge Series as a harness race driver. He also devotes a great deal of time to his extensive interest in thoroughbred breeding and racing which includes his 800-acre stud farm in Florida.
In 1963, he entered the business world in earnest. He serves as Chairman of The American Shipbuilding Company and has extensive interests in Great Lakes and ocean shipping and towing. In 1983 he was honored as Florida's Industrialist of the Year.
Steinbrenner is heavily involved in civic and community causes. He is the founder of the Silver Shield Foundation in New York City and the Gold Shield Foundation in Tampa, which provides college educations for all children of policemen and firefighters who gave their lives in the line of duty."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
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