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Eddie Einhorn

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Eddie Einhorn
Governor Bob Martinez speaks to the owners of the Chicago White Sox
Einhorn in 1988 (right), pictured withBob Martinez(middle) andJerry Reinsdorf(left)
BornJanuary 3, 1936
Paterson, New Jersey,U.S.
DiedFebruary 24, 2016 (aged 80)
Alpine, New Jersey,U.S.
Known forBroadcasting college basketball games and former vice chairman of theChicago White Sox
Awards1xWorld Series champion(2005with White Sox)

Eddie Einhorn(January 3, 1936 – February 24, 2016) was minority owner and vice chairman of theChicago White Sox.

Biography[edit]

Einhorn grew up in aJewishfamily 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 Championshipin 1958. In 1960, he founded theTVS Television Networkto telecastcollege basketballgames 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 Universityvs.St. Bonaventure Universityin the1960 National Invitation TournamentfromMadison Square Garden.Einhorn helped put together the first national broadcast of college basketball for theGame of the Centurybetween theHouston CougarsandUCLA Bruinsin 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 Famein 2011.[3]

Einhorn's TVS network carried theWorld Football Leaguein 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 theIWAwrestling 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 Soxwhen 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.

References[edit]

  1. ^The Record: "Mae (Lippman) Einhorn - Obituary"September 3, 2006
  2. ^Cahillane, Kevin (September 25, 2005)."WORTH NOTING; White Sox Fans? Say It Ain't So".The New York Times.RetrievedDecember 9,2007.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.
  3. ^cbesitemaster."Eddie Einhorn".College Basketball Experience.Retrieved2023-01-27.
  4. ^"White Sox vice chairman Eddie Einhorn dies at 80".RSN.25 February 2016.Retrieved2023-01-27.
  5. ^Levin, Jay (25 February 2016)."Eddie Einhorn of Alpine, co-owner of the White Sox, dies at 80".The Record.Retrieved25 February2016.[permanent dead link]

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