Eddie Einhorn | |
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 Einhorn in 1988 (right), pictured withBob Martinez (middle) andJerry Reinsdorf (left) | |
| Born | January 3, 1936 Paterson, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | February 24, 2016 (aged 80) Alpine, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Known for | Broadcasting college basketball games and former vice chairman of theChicago White Sox |
| Spouse | Ann Einhorn (Married 1963) |
| Awards | 1xWorld Series champion (2005 with White Sox) |
Eddie Einhorn (January 3, 1936 – February 24, 2016) was minority owner and vice chairman of theChicago White Sox.
Einhorn grew up in aJewish family inPaterson, New Jersey, the son of Mae (née Lippman) and Harold B. Einhorn[1] and resided inAlpine, New Jersey.[2]
Einhorn produced the nationally syndicated radio broadcast of theNCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1958. In 1960, he founded theTVS Television Network to telecastcollege basketball games to regional networks at a time when the sport was of no interest to the national networks. The first broadcast was a semi-final game betweenBradley University vs.St. Bonaventure University in the1960 National Invitation Tournament fromMadison Square Garden. Einhorn helped put together the first national broadcast of college basketball for theGame of the Century between theHouston Cougars andUCLA Bruins in 1968. He later sold his interest in the network and became the head ofCBS Sports. Later, he would co-found subscription TV channelSportsvision, which, after a number of sales and restructurings, eventually became cable networkSportschannel. For his role in propelling NCAA basketball into a more public light, he was inducted into theNational Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.[3]
Einhorn's TVS network carried theWorld Football League in its inaugural1974 season. He would later emerge in theUnited States Football League; as the proposed owner of the league's dormantChicago franchise, Einhorn was one of the most outspoken supporters of the proposed, but ultimately failed, attempt to move to fall in 1986.
He was an owner of theIWA wrestling promotion in United States in 1975. The promotion was originally intended to be the first one to run cards nationally and promoted mainly in the Midwest and even ran cards in the Carolinas.
After his success as a broadcasting executive, he was selected to join Jerry Reinsdorf's ownership group of theChicago White Sox when it was purchased in 1981, due in part to him meeting Reinsdorf while he was in law school.[4] While involved in the team, he acted as the team's president and chief operating officer from 1981 to 1990, before transitioning into the role of vice chairman from 1991 to 2015.
Einhorn died on February 24, 2016, at the age of 80 from complications following a stroke.[5]During the 2016 season, the White Sox wore a memorial patch on their uniforms in honor of Einhorn, a black diamond with "Eddie" in the center in white.
Mr. Einhorn -- who was born and raised in Paterson and lives in Alpine -- is the flamboyant yin to the steely yang of the principal owner, Jerry Reinsdorf.
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