William C. Bartholomay (August 11, 1928 – March 25, 2020) was a successful Chicago business executive, who made his living in the insurance industry. In November 1962 at age 34, he was the leader of a consortium who bought the Major League Baseball (MLB) Milwaukee Braves — a franchise in the organization's National League (NL) — from Lou Perini of Boston.[1][2][3]
Despite the Braves' success in Milwaukee, where the team had set league attendance records (after the franchise was moved from Boston) during the 1950s, Bartholomay was intent on moving the team to Atlanta, a growing regional center, where there was more television revenue, and where the new, 52,000-seat Atlanta Stadium had recently been built. He wanted to be the first man to bring a baseball team to the Deep South. Bartholomay worked with many civic leaders to help attain his dream. After an extended legal battle with Milwaukee that kept the Braves from moving through the 1965 season, and many death threats, the National League agreed to the shift to Atlanta. The case ultimately led to baseball's guidelines on local ownership.[4]
In 1976, Bartholomay was approached with a business proposition by a friend, Ted Turner: The two knew that a baseball team and network deal would be a good way to market the Atlanta Braves on a national scale and provide programming for Turner's developing (TBS) network. Bartholomay agreed and sold the controlling interest of the team to Turner (of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., and owner of CNN), while retaining his interest as chairman.[5]
Bartholomay was a Life Trustee of Illinois Institute of Technology.[6][7]
^Thisted, Red (November 17, 1962). "McHale, Six Others Buy Braves for $5.5 Million". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1, part 1.
^Wolf, Bob (November 17, 1962). "Midwestern Group Purchases Braves". Milwaukee Journal. p. 1, part 1.
^"Perini Sells Braves To Milwaukee Group". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. November 17, 1962. p. 11.
^Quirk, Charles E. (1999). Sports and the Law: Major Legal Cases. Taylor & Francis. pp. 221–224. ISBN 978-0-8153-3324-1.
^Jozsa, Frank P. (2003). American sports empire: how the leagues breed success. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-56720-559-6.
^Sweet, David (November 5, 2014). "Baseball Continues to Fit the Bill". jwcdaily.com. JWC Media. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
^"Board of Trustees". IIT.edu. Archived from the original on December 11, 2019.
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