United States Air Force general and Commissioner of Baseball
William Eckert
4th Commissioner of Baseball
In office November 17, 1965 – December 6, 1968
Preceded by
Ford Frick
Succeeded by
Bowie Kuhn
Personal details
Born
William Dole Eckert
(1909-01-20)January 20, 1909 Freeport, Illinois, U.S.
Died
April 16, 1971(1971-04-16) (aged 62) Freeport, Bahamas
Education
United States Military Academy (1926) Harvard Business School (MBA, 1940)[1]
Nickname
"Spike"
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Army United States Army Air Corps United States Air Force
Years of service
1930–1961
Rank
Lieutenant general
Commands
452nd Bomb Group
Battles/wars
World War II
Awards
Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit
William Dole Eckert (January 20, 1909[2] – April 16, 1971) was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force,[3]
and later the fourth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1965 to 1968.
^Fogerty, Robert P. (1953). "Biographical Data on Air Force General Officers, 1917-1952, Volume 1 – A thru L" (PDF). Air Force Historical Research Agency. pp. 524–526. USAF historical studies: no. 91. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 31, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
^"Lieutenant General William D. Eckert". Biographies. United States Air Force. October 1960. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
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