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Michael Burke
Michael Burke (Executive. Born, Enfield, CT, June 8, 1916; died, Galway, Ireland, Feb. 5, 1987.) One of the most colorful characters in New York sports in the 1960s and 1970s, Edward Michael Burke was president of both the Yankees (1966-73) and Madison Square Garden (1973-81). Burke spent nearly a third of his life in Europe for […]
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