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John Fetzer
Born
John Earl Fetzer
March 25, 1901
Decatur, Indiana, U.S.
Died
February 20, 1991(1991-02-20) (aged 89)
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Occupation(s)
Radio and television executive
Known for
Owner of the Detroit Tigers
John Earl Fetzer (March 25, 1901 – February 20, 1991) was an American radio and television executive who was best known as the part-owner of the Detroit Tigers from 1956 to 1961 and sole owner from 1961 through 1983. Under his ownership, the 1968 Tigers won the World Series.
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to Senator John Porter East (both Republicans). After entering the private sector, Fetzer worked as a marketing executive. In 1988 Fetzer, as a Republican...
instead were sold to a Michigan-based group led by broadcasting magnates JohnFetzer and Fred Knorr. In 1959, when Dorothy Comiskey Rigney put her majority...
team, but he was forced to sell it in 1956 to broadcast media owners JohnFetzer and Fred Knorr. Notwithstanding Detroit's fall in the standings, the...
which broadcast Tigers games. In 1956, Knorr and fellow radio magnate JohnFetzer led an ownership group intending to acquire the Tigers and Briggs Stadium...
Milwaukee, now WJYI-AM and at WKZO in Kalamazoo (where he was fired by JohnFetzer) in the 1950s. For a time he worked at Savannah, Georgia, AM station...
Briggs, Sr. 1935–1952 Walter Briggs, Jr. 1952–1956 Fred Knorr 1956–1960 JohnFetzer 1956–1983 Tom Monaghan 1983–1992 Mike Ilitch 1992–2017 Christopher Ilitch...
Briggs Sr was succeeded by his son Jr, but he would sell the team to JohnFetzer and Fred Knorr in 1956. Al Kaline made his debut on the roster in 1953...
The Scott Fetzer Company, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, is an American diversified manufacturer and marketer of products for the home, family, and...
credited the Tigers with helping calm the city. In a letter to owner JohnFetzer, Romney wrote: "The deepest meaning of this victory extends beyond the...
on the Elections Committee ruled in favor of his Democratic opponent, JohnFetzer, finding that Scofield had been defeated by 15 votes. In 1896 Scofield...
owner JohnFetzer, and other Tigers executives by criticizing the front office in the media. Campbell had defended Martin in the past when Fetzer expressed...
auto-body manufacturer Walter Briggs, Sr., and another 25 percent to wheelmaker John Kelsey. In 1927, Briggs bought Kelsey's interest and became a full partner...
(1884–1971) designed the first Kirby vacuums for George Scott and Carl Fetzer after World War I, although the Kirby name was not used on a vacuum cleaner...
in Salt Lake City, Utah to JohnFetzer, an architect, and his wife Margaret Baer. She was the older sister of Emil B. Fetzer. Elizabeth graduated from...
control laws. The more common conspiracy theory, adopted initially by James Fetzer, James Tracy, and others, and further popularized by Alex Jones, denied...
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