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Bob Howsam
Born
February 28, 1918
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Died
February 19, 2008(2008-02-19) (aged 89)
Sun City, Arizona, U.S.
Nationality
American
Occupation(s)
Major League Baseball executive American Football League co-founder and team owner
Robert Lee Howsam (February 28, 1918 – February 19, 2008) was an American professional sports executive and entrepreneur. In 1959, he played a key role in establishing two leagues—the American Football League, which succeeded and merged with the National Football League, and baseball's Continental League, which never played a game but forced expansion of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 16 to 20 teams in 1961–62. Howsam then became a prominent MLB executive as the highly successful general manager (GM) and club president of the Cincinnati Reds during the Big Red Machine dynasty between 1967 and 1977, when his team won four National League pennants and two World Series titles. He also served as GM of the St. Louis Cardinals from August 17, 1964, until January 22, 1967, where he inherited a team that would win the 1964 World Series, but made material contributions to the Redbirds' 1967 world champions and 1968 pennant-winners.
Born in Denver, Howsam attended the University of Colorado and served as a U.S. Navy pilot during World War II. He was the son-in-law of Edwin C. Johnson, a three-term United States Senator and two-term governor of Colorado.[1] Johnson also was involved with professional baseball as founder and first president of the postwar Class A Western League, an upper-level minor league that played from 1947 to 1958.
^"Howsam "believed in Denver"". February 19, 2008.
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an American football franchise based in Denver, Colorado. Founded by BobHowsam on August 14, 1959, the team was one of the founder members of the American...
and Gary Nolan. The tipping point came in 1967, with the appointment of BobHowsam as general manager. That same year, the Reds avoided a move to San Diego...
Cincinnati Reds. His appointment reunited Anderson with Reds' general manager BobHowsam, who had hired him as a minor-league skipper in the St. Louis Cardinals...
included Bill DeWitt Jr. One month later, the senior DeWitt was succeeded by BobHowsam as general manager. In 1967, DeWitt's name was briefly linked with an...
football coach at the University of Illinois Bob Houbregs Mu Professional basketball player BobHowsam Pi 1938 President and General Manager of the Cincinnati...
begin in April 1961 with eight teams, including one in Denver headed by BobHowsam. The new league quickly evaporated, without ever playing a game, when...
member of the Reds had sported facial hair since 1902, general manager BobHowsam put a formal ban into place in 1967. The following year, Cincinnati mascot...
v t e Denver Broncos presidents BobHowsam (1960–1961) Calvin Kunz (1961–1965) Allan Phipps (1965–1981) Edgar Kaiser Jr. (1981–1984) Pat Bowlen (1984–2011)...
Edwin C. Johnson. Representing the team owners at the announcement were BobHowsam (Denver), Craig F. Cullinan Jr. (Houston), Wheelock Whitney Jr. (Minneapolis–St...
replaced long-time GM BobHowsam, who retired after running the Reds for 12 years. Through some good drafts and several key trades, Howsam built a team that...
Cincinnati). He chose the Reds to honor that team's former general manager BobHowsam, who gave him his first major-league managing job. Anderson won two World...
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Reds attempting to win the National League West. It marked the return of BobHowsam as General Manager, after Dick Wagner was fired during the 1983 season...
Busch fired Devine on August 17 and replaced him with Rickey protégé BobHowsam, the 82-year-old consultant and special advisor was cast as the cause...
artificial turf, but Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson and General Manager BobHowsam took advantage of it by encouraging speed and line drive hitting that...
take over for 1965. Meanwhile, Devine's old job went to Rickey protégé BobHowsam. As events unfolded, Busch had acted in haste. The Cardinals began to...
Stadium was originally built as Bears Stadium for minor league baseball by BobHowsam in 1948 at the site of a former landfill. The stadium initially consisted...
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St. Louis at the time of the trade, so Cepeda joined the team there. BobHowsam, the Cardinals general manager, was interested in him because the team...
Bidwills, similar offers were made by Bud Adams, BobHowsam, and Max Winter. When Hunt, Adams, and Howsam were unable to secure a controlling interest in...
was a hands-off owner, leaving the team in the hands of general manager BobHowsam. On February 20, 1981, Nippert sold his interest to a group headed by...
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