Politicians Who Were Involved in Professional Sports in Texas
as players, owners, commissioners, sports journalists, etc.
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Politicians Who Were Involved in Professional Sports in Texas
as players, owners, commissioners, sports journalists, etc.
  John Wood Barnes (1893-1950) — also known asJohn W. Barnes — of Paris,LamarCounty, Tex.BornApril11, 1893.President, Paris (minor league)baseball club; owner, localDr. Pepperbottlingcompany;mayor ofParis, Tex., 1942-46.DiedJanuary27, 1950 (age56 years, 291days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Paris, Tex.
| Harrell Edmonds Chiles (1910-1993) — also known asEddie Chiles — of Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.BornMay 11,1910.Republican. Owner, Texas Rangers professionalbaseball team;known for his late 1970s radio commercials which featured the line"I'm Eddie Chiles, and I'm mad!"; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Texas,1988.Died in Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.,August22, 1993 (age83 years, 103days).Burial location unknown. Curt Flood (1938-1997) — also known asCharles Curtis Flood — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,January18, 1938.Democrat. Professionalbaseball player in 1959-71; sued tooverturn the reserve clause and make players free agents; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1988.Africanancestry.Died, fromthroatcancer andpneumonia,in UCLAMedicalCenter, Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,January20, 1997 (age59 years, 2days).Entombed in mausoleum atInglewoodPark Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
| Roy Mark Hofheinz (1912-1982) — also known asRoy Hofheinz;"Father of theAstrodome" —of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Born in Beaumont,JeffersonCounty, Tex.,April10, 1912.Lawyer;realestate developer; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1934-36; county judge in Texas,1936-44;mayorof Houston, Tex., 1953-55; prime mover in building the HoustonAstrodomesports arena (1965), which became the home of theHouston Colt 45s (Astros)baseball team and the Houston Oilersfootball team.Died, of aheartattack, in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,November22, 1982 (age70 years, 226days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex.
| Wilmer David Mizell (1930-1999) — also known asWilmer D. Mizell;"VinegarBend" —of Winston-Salem,ForsythCounty, N.C.Born in Vinegar Bend,WashingtonCounty, Ala.,August13, 1930.Republican.U.S.Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1969-75;defeated, 1974.Christianand Missionary Alliance.Professionalbaseball player; pitcher for St. Louis Cardinals,Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Mets.Died in Kerrville,KerrCounty, Tex.,February21, 1999 (age68 years, 192days).Interment atFaithMissionary Alliance Church Cemetery, Winston-Salem, N.C.
| Outlaw Josey Wales IV — of Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.Candidate formayorof Houston, Tex., 1999, 2007.Professionalwrestling promoter. Still living as of 2007. |
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