Florence Edith Wolf Dreyfuss (March 31,1872 – May 12, 1950) was an executive in Major League Baseball who owned the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise from 1932 to 1946.
Florence Dreyfuss | |
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 Dreyfuss in 1944 | |
| Born | March 31, 1872 Louisville, Kentucky, US |
| Died | May 12, 1950 (aged 78) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US |
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| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | William Benswanger (son-in-law) |
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Baseball career | |
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Personal life
editFlorence Edith Wolf, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, met Barney Dreyfuss on a train to Cincinnati in 1892. They married in 1895. The couple had two children: Samuel and Eleanor Dreyfuss.[1] in the late 19th century, Barney bought into the Louisville Colonels baseball team, eventually moving into ownership of Pittsburgh. It was intended for Samuel to inherit the Pirates upon his death. However, Samuel died in 1931, a year before his father. Florence, now majority owner of the Pirates, urged her son-in-law, William Benswanger, to take over as president and operating head of the franchise. Benswanger ran the team until it was sold in 1946, ending the Dreyfuss-Benswanger family's half-century in baseball.[2]
Death
editDreyfuss died on May 12, 1950.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Dreyfuss Family". Rauh Jewish Archives.
- ^ a b "Mrs. Dreyfuss Dies; Owned The Pirates; Inherited Pittsburgh Baseball Club From Husband--Sold It in 1946 for $2,250,000". The New York Times. May 14, 1950 – via TimesMachine.