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1996 Pete Rozelle, commissioner NFL, dies at 70
1992 Bud Selig becomes interm commissioner of baseball 1992 Baseball commissioner Faye Vincent resigns 1992 Commissioner Fay Vincent permanently bans Steve Howe from baseball 1992 Larry Smith, named 9th Commissioner of the CFL 1991 J Donald Crump resigned as CFL Commissioner 1990 George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign as prinicipal partner of New York Yankees 1990 J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL 1989 Fay Vincent elected baseball's 8th commissioner 1989 A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner, dies of heart attack at 51 1989 A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball 1989 Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years 1989 Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling 1985 Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle 1984 Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead 1984 Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of baseball 1984 Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner 1984 Douglas H Mitchell, QC of Calgary becomes 6th CFL Commissioner 1984 Peter Ueberroth elected baseball commissioner (Effective Oct 1) 1984 Daniel Stern becomes NBA commissioner 1982 Major leagues vote not to renew Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's contract 1978 Ford Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at 83 1978 U.S. Court of Appeals upholds Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales by A's owner Charlie Finley in June 1976 1975 Commissioner Bowie Kuhn is reelected for a 7-year term 1973 Mike Storen becomes American Basketball Association's 4th commissioner 1970 Quebec separatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross 1969 Temp Commissioner Bowie Kuhn elected for 7-year term by unanimous vote 1969 Joe Namath resigns from NFL after Pete Rozelle, football commissioner, said he must sell his stake in a bar 1968 Baseball dismisses Commissioner William Eckert after 3 years 1968 Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball 1967 Ted Workman replaces Senator Keith Davey as CFL commissioner 1966 AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner 1965 William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as 4th commissioner of baseball 1965 William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball 1964 Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes 1964 Ford Frick says he will not run for another term as commissioner 1961 Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games 1961 Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner 1960 Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on 23rd ballot 1959 Joe Foss named 1st commissioner of AFL 1957 Baeball Owners re-elect Commissioner Ford Frick 1957 Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Detroit Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates 1956 Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group 1951 Ford Frick replaces Happy Chandler as 3rd commissioner of baseball Warren C Giles becomes president of baseball's National League 1951 Henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, assassinated 1951 NL President Ford Frick elected 3rd commissioner of baseball 1951 Jan Franssen, born in Hilversum, North Holland, politician, Dutch liberal political party, in 2006, named Queen's Commissioner in South Holland, previously served as city councilor, Nederhorst den Berg, President, House of Representatives 1982 - 1994, mayor of Zwolle, 1994 - 2000 1951 FBI director J. Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner 1950 Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), and Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner 1950 Baseball owners vote 9-7 not to renew Commissioner Chandler's contract 1948 Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players 1946 Bert Bell becomes 2nd NFL commissioner, moves Chicago headquarters to Philadelphia 1945 Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner 1943 Fritz Schmidt, Nazi commissioner in Holland, commits suicide at 39 1942 David J Stern, NBA commissioner, 1984- 1942 Margaret Wright, chief commissioner, Guide Association 1942 Christopher Howes, Crown Estate Second Commissioner 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II 1941 Hans Wiegel, Dutch commissioner of the queen, Frisia 1941 Elmer Layden becomes 1st NFL commissioner 1940 Paul Tagliabue, NFL commissioner, 1989- 1940 Paul Tagliabue, commissioner, NFL 1940 Dave DeBusschere, Detroit, NBA foward, New York Knick, last ABA commissioner 1940 German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling government 1940 Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers 1938 Francis Thomas, Fay, Vincent, baseball commissioner 1938 A Bartlett Giamatti, born in Boston, President of Yale and baseball commissioner, 1989 1937 Peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics, 1984, baseball commissioner 1934 Bud Selig, owner, Milw Brewers, acting baseball commissioner 1934 Nicholas Barrington, high commissioner, Pakistan 1933 William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner, dies at 88 1933 Myrlie Evers, politician and commissioner LA Board of Public works 1933 Margaret Laird, Commissioner, Third Church Estates 1930 Gwyn Francis, British Forestry commissioner 1930 Peter Marshall, police commissioner, London 1926 Kenesaw Mountain Landis renewed 7-years as baseball commissioner 1926 Bowie Kuhn, born in Maryland, lawyer, sports administrator, fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball 1926 Pete Rozelle, NFL commissioner 1960-89 1925 David McNee, commissioner, Metropolitan Police 1925 General M Froense replaces Trotsky as People's Commissioner of Defense 1922 John Heerbecq, Church commissioner 1921 Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball 1920 Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner 1920 James Munn, commissioner, British University 1920 1st woman U.S. Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed 1920 NL votes 6-2 for 1 commissioner AL votes 6-2 to keep group commission 1913 Ronald Harris, British 1st Church Estates Commissioner 1912 Richard Catling, commissioner of police (Kenya) 1905 Carroll Wright appointed 1st U.S. Commissioner of Labor 1897 Hercules Robinson, South Africa Commissioner (1880-89,1895-97), dies at 72 1895 S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner 1895 DeBenneville "Bert" Bell, Pennsylvania, NFL owner/commissioner/HOF, Eagles 1894 Ford Frick, baseball commissioner, 1951 - 1965 1893 M Kaganovitsj Kogan, people's commissioner for Stalin 1866 Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball 1845 William Muldoon, Belfast, New York, boxing commissioner, help find PAL 1824 Hercules Robinson, Ire, South Africa Commissioner, 1880-89, 1895-97 |
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