AKA Wesley Branch Rickey

Born: 20-Dec-1881
Birthplace: Stockdale, OH
Died: 9-Dec-1965
Location of death: Columbia, MO
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Rushtown Cemetery, Rushtown, OH

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Baseball

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Longtime Baseball GM

Military service: US Army (WWI)

Father: Frank W. Rickey
Mother: Emily Thompson
Wife: Jane Moulton
Son: Wesley Branch Rickey, Jr. (MLB executive, b. 1913, d. 1961)
Daughter: Lindsay Wolfe

    University: Ohio Wesleyan University
    Law School: University of Michigan

    Missouri Sports Hall of Fame 1965
    Baseball Hall of Fame 1967
    St. Louis Walk of Fame 1997

    SPORTS FRANCHISE HISTORY
    Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager (1950-55)
    Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager (1943-50)
    St. Louis Cardinals General Manager (1925-42)
    St. Louis Cardinals Manager (1919-25)
    St. Louis Browns (1914)
    St. Louis Browns Manager (1913-15)
    New York Highlanders (1907)
    St. Louis Browns (1905-06)

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