Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston

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name = Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston


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birth_date = July 17, 1867
birth_place = Buffalo, New York
death_date = March 29, 1938
death_place = Darien, Georgia
occupation = Baseball executive
spouse = Lena Belle Gladstone
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Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston (July 17, 1867 – March 29, 1938) was co-owner of the Major League Baseball team that became the New York Yankees with Jacob Ruppert from 1915 to 1922. They had purchased the club from Frank J. Farrell and William S. Devery. [cite web |url=http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/history/timeline1.jsp |title=Yankees Timeline |accessdate=2007-06-18 |quote=January 29, 1915: Col. Jacob Ruppert and Col. Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston purchase the Yankees for $1.25 million. |publisher=Major League Baseball ] In 1922, Huston retired and sold his share to Ruppert for $1.50 million. [cite web |url=http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/history/timeline1.jsp |title=Yankees Timeline |accessdate=2007-06-18 |quote=May 21, 1922: Col. Ruppert buys out Col. Huston for $1.5 million.|publisher=Major League Baseball ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Frank J. Farrell, Sportsman, Dies. |url= |quote=Suffers a Heart Attack While Recuperating From Bronchitis in Atlantic City. ... Devery and Ferrell remained in baseball from 1903 until 1915, when the holdings were sold to Colonel Jacob Ruppert, the present owner, and Colonel T.H. Huston for $460,000. |publisher=New York Times |date=February 11, 1926, Thursday|accessdate=2007-06-18 ] [Note that the Yankee website uses the number $1.25 million for the "purchase" by Huston. The obituary for Farrell reports the figure as $460,000. Huston "sold" the franchise for $1.25 million. The Yankee archivist has been contacted about the error on June 18, 2007.]

He was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1867, married Lena Belle Gladstone, and died on March 29, 1938, in Darien, Georgia. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Col. T. L'H. Huston, Ball Club Partner; Former Co-Owner Of Yankees Dies. Helped In Team's Rise To Two Championships. Sold Out For $1,250,000. Engineer And Contractor Had Served As Officer In World And Spanish Wars Built Game Into An Industry Favored Public Control |url= |quote=Colonel Tillinghast L'H. Huston, who was co-owner of the New York Yankees baseball club before retiring to a Georgia plantation, died in his home today. He was 71 years old. |publisher=New York Times |date=March 30, 1938, Wednesday|accessdate=2007-06-18 ]

ee also

*New York Yankees managers and ownership

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