Ford Frick
Ford Christopher Frick was an American sportswriter and baseball executive. After working as a teacher and as a sportswriter for the New York American, he served as public relations director of the National League (NL) and then as the league's president from 1934 to 1951. He was the third Commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1951 to 1965.
19 December 1894
Born on the same birth day (19 December): Amy Locane • Chito Martínez • Doug Harvey (ice hockey) • Grace Marie Bareis • Italo Svevo • Minnie Maddern Fiske • Rafael Soriano • Robert Lang (ice hockey) • Sumire Uesaka • Tony Taylor (baseball) • W. A. Criswell • Walter Murphy
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