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William A. Shea
Shea in 1959
Born
(1907-06-21)June 21, 1907
New York City, U.S.
Died
October 2, 1991(1991-10-02) (aged 84)
New York City, U.S.
Alma mater
Georgetown University (AB, LLB)
Occupation(s)
Lawyer; co-founder of Continental League
William Alfred Shea (/ʃeɪ/SHAY; June 21, 1907 – October 2, 1991) was an American lawyer and a name partner of the prominent law firm of Shea & Gould. He is better known as the founder of the Continental League, which was instrumental in bringing National League baseball back to New York City with the New York Mets, and for being the namesake of the stadium where that team played for 45 years, and paving the way for all of the MLB expansion teams that have followed.
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consider the WHA a major league and wanted to keep the Raiders out. WilliamShea, who had helped bring Major League Baseball's New York Mets to the area...
league for baseball, the Continental League, was proposed by lawyer WilliamShea in November 1958. Shortly after in December, MLB had created an Expansion...
retired number. WilliamShea was the attorney who was in large part responsible for the creation of the Mets in 1961. The team's second home, Shea Stadium, was...
league and wanted nothing to do with the Raiders. Nassau County retained WilliamShea to get an NHL team to play in the new building. The NHL responded by...
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Assembly from 1971 to 1972. The son of WilliamShea and Ellen Cleary, he was born in St. John's and was educated there. Shea worked for the Canadian government...
General William Barr at the Department of Justice; a lobbyist; and private corporate lawyer. During his short tenure as U.S. attorney, Shea took the...
p. 3. Kuhn 1962. Kuhn 1962, pp. 130–132. Shea 2001, pp. 62–64. According to science historian WilliamShea, the number of epicycles used by Copernicus...