George Steinbrenner
Chronology
| 1930 | Born on July 4 in Rocky River, Ohio |
| 1948 | Attends Williams College in Massachusetts |
| 1952 | Earns B.A. from Williams College |
| 1952 | Serves in U.S. Air Force |
| 1952 | Pursues master's degree in physical education at Ohio State University |
| 1955 | Relocates to Evanston, Illinois to become assistant football coach at Northwestern University |
| 1956 | Joins football coaching staff at Purdue University |
| 1956 | Marries Joan Zieg |
| 1958 | Returns home to Ohio of work for Kinsman Marine Transit Company |
| 1960 | Purchases Cleveland Pipers basketball team |
| 1962 | Becomes president of Kinsman Marine Transit Company |
| 1967 | Merges Kinsman Marine Transit Company with American Ship Building Company |
| 1973 | Buys New York Yankees |
| 1974 | Pleads guilty to running an illegal scheme to raise money for Richard Nixon's 1972 presidential campaign |
| 1976 | Leads New York Yankees to its first World Series game since 1964 |
| 1989 | Receives pardon from President Ronald Reagan |
| 1999 | Merges New York Yankees with New Jersey Nets into YankeeNets |
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