Philip Knight Wrigley (December 5, 1894 – April 12, 1977) was an American chewing gum manufacturer and a Major League Baseball executive, inheriting both of those roles as the quiet son of his much more flamboyant father, William Wrigley Jr.

2012年1月8日 · Philip Knight Wrigley owned the Chicago Cubs from 1932 until his death in 1977. During that time, he brought baseball the infamous “college of coaches,” founded the revolutionary All-American Girls Baseball League , maintained Wrigley Field as one of the great stadiums in all of sports, and — to the despair of Cubs’ fans — presided ...

During World War II when lack of regular chewing gum ingredients nearly halted production, he continued his father’s trend of quirky advertising schemes, allowing the gum to rise to extreme levels of popularity in the post-war years. Initiatives focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve alone.

Philip K. Wrigley, chewing gum magnate and owner of the Chicago Cubs was the father of the AAGPBL. As an entreprenuer, Wrigley envisioned placing women’s softball teams in major league parks when the War Department notified baseball owners in the fall of 1942 that Major League Baseball would probably have to suspend play in the spring and ...

1977年4月13日 · Philip K. Wrigley, the chairman of the company that sold billions of sticks of chewing gum a year and the owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, died yesterday in an Elkhorn, Wis., hospital....

With $10 and a dream, Chicago Cubs owner Philip K. Wrigley traveled to Springfield, Ill., to charter what would become the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in February of 1943. Originally recognized as a nonprofit affiliated with the Cubs, the AAGPBL would flourish for over a decade from 1943-1954.

2022年5月1日 · Philip Knight Wrigley (December 5, 1894 - April 12, 1977), sometimes also called P.K. or Phil, was an American chewing gum manufacturer and executive in Major League Baseball, inheriting both those roles as the quiet son of …

Philip K. Wrigley, also known as P.K. or Phil, was born December 5, 1894 in Chicago, IL. He was the second, quiet child of the outgoing business man, William Wrigley Jr.. During World War II, Wrigley enlisted for four years in the United States Naval Reserve.

Philip Knight Wrigley (December 5, 1894 – April 12, 1977) was an American chewing gum manufacturer and a Major League Baseball executive, inheriting both of those roles as the quiet son of his much more flamboyant father, William Wrigley Jr.

… owner and chewing gum magnate Philip K. Wrigley. He started the league out of a concern that men’s major league baseball would suffer when players were called for military service. The “Belles of the Ball Game,” however, delivered such a …