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Dan Topping
Born
Daniel Reid Topping
(1912-06-11)June 11, 1912
Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
Died
May 18, 1974(1974-05-18) (aged 61)
Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
Resting place
Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
Alma mater
Hun School of Princeton, University of Pennsylvania
Occupations
Owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) (1934–1945)
Co-owner of the New York Yankees (1945–1964)
President of the New York Yankees (1948–1966)
Spouses
Theodora Boettger
(m. 1932; div. 1935)
Arline Judge
(m. 1937; div. 1940)
Sonja Henie
(m. 1940; div. 1946)
Kay Sutton
(m. 1946; div. 1952)
Alice Lowthers
(m. 1954; div. 1958)
Charlotte Lillard
(m. 1957)
Children
9, including Dan Topping Jr.
Awards
10× World Series champions:
1947
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1956
1958
1961
1962
Daniel Reid Topping (June 11, 1912 – May 18, 1974) was a part owner and president of the New York Yankees baseball team from 1945 to 1964. During Topping's tenure as chief executive of the Yankees, the team won 14 American League pennants and ten World Series championships.[1]
^"Dan Topping Dead at 61; Yankee Owner 22 Years". The New York Times. May 20, 1974. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
Daniel Topping inherited a portion of both fortunes. Topping had two brothers: Henry J. Topping (1914–1968), and John Reid Topping (1921–1969). Topping attended...
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semiprofessional baseball player and a lifelong fan, Webb and partners DanTopping and Larry MacPhail purchased the New York Yankees in 1945 for $2.8 million...
was married four times, her husbands included Frederick Moulton Alger, DanTopping (his fourth marriage), Clifton Stokes Weaver and Edward Cronjager. Roberta...
DiMaggio in 1947. In late April, Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey and Yankees owner DanTopping agreed to swap the players, but a day later canceled the deal when Yawkey...
1945 construction and real estate magnate Del Webb along with partners DanTopping and Larry MacPhail purchased the team from the Ruppert estate for $2...
the entire league, which upset owners Alexis Thompson, Bert Bell, and DanTopping. Bell stated that Layden had been "railroaded" into office over other...
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and one game at New York's Yankee Stadium. After Brooklyn Tigers owner DanTopping announced his intentions to join the new All-America Football Conference...
day-to-day operations of the Brooklyn Tigers football team while owner DanTopping served in the US Marine Corps. After the war, Gallery served as a director...
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female competitive figure skaters. Henie was married three times: to DanTopping (1940–1946), Winthrop Gardiner Jr. (1949–1956), and Niels Onstad (1956–1969)...
All-America Football Conference) was founded by the Tigers' former owner, DanTopping. The Miami Seahawks of the A.A.F.C. were shut down and replaced in the...
After mismanaging Ruppert's brewery, the heirs sold the Yankees to DanTopping, Del Webb and Larry MacPhail in 1945. The brewery sold its flagship beer...
City. He had long been a business associate of New York Yankees owners DanTopping, Larry MacPhail and Del Webb, and had even bought Yankee Stadium in 1953...